Divaukas: 10 definitions
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Divaukas means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationDivaukas (啶︵た啶掂啶曕じ啷�) refers to the 鈥渉eaven-dwelling Devas鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.2.39.鈥擜ccordingly, as Brahm膩 narrated to N膩rada:鈥斺�淸...] all the weapons hurled by the devas of whom N膩r膩ya峁嘺 and Indra were the most important, bowed down in reverence to that trident. Bereft of their virility, the heaven-dwelling Devas (i.e., divakaus) fled. Vi峁ａ箛u, alone, the foremost of those who make use of M膩y膩, remained there but he was afraid鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
: Shodhganga: Portrayal of Animal Kingdom (Tiryaks) in Epics An Analytical studyDivaukas (啶︵た啶掂啶曕じ啷�) refers to a divine bird and is a synonym (another name) for the Sparrow (C膩taka), according to scientific texts such as the M峁沢apak峁艣膩stra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or 鈥渢he ancient Indian science of animals and birds鈥� by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDivaukas (啶︵た啶掂啶曕じ啷�).鈥�m., [divaukas, -sa岣 'inhabitant of the heaven', a god; 艢.7; R.3.19,47; 啶︵た啶掂た啶粪う啷嵿さ啷冟え啷嵿う啷堗 (诲颈惫颈峁诲惫峁沶诲补颈岣�) G墨tagovinda 7.
See also (synonyms): divokas, divaukasa.
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Divaukas (啶︵た啶掂啶曕じ啷�).鈥�m.
1) a god.
2) the Ch膩taka bird.
3) a deer.
4) a bee.
5) an elephant.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDivaukas (啶︵た啶掂啶曕じ啷�).鈥攎.
(-办腻岣�) 1. A deity. 2. The Chataka, (Cuculus melanoleucos.) 3. A deer. 4. A bee. 5. An elephant. E. diva heaven either, okas a mansion; also with the vowel unaltered divokas .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDivaukas (啶︵た啶掂啶曕じ啷�).鈥攎. a god, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 1, 95; 11, 242.
Divaukas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms diva and okas (啶撪啶膏).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDivaukas (啶︵た啶掂啶曕じ啷�).鈥擺masculine] an inhabitant of heaven, a god.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Divaukas (啶︵た啶掂啶曕じ啷�):鈥擺from diva > div] m. 鈥榮ky-dweller鈥�, a deity, [Manu-sm峁泃i; Mah膩bh膩rata; K膩lid膩sa] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] planet, [Ga峁噄t膩dhy膩ya]
3) [v.s. ...] the C膩taka
4) [v.s. ...] a deer
5) [v.s. ...] a bee
6) [v.s. ...] an elephant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDivaukas (啶︵た啶掂啶曕じ啷�):鈥擺divau+kas] (办腻岣�) 5. m. A deity; 肠丑腻迟补办补; a deer; a bee; an elephant.
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Divaukasa.
Full-text: Tridivaukas, Divaukasa, Divokas, Okas, Divaukahpati, Sarvadivaukas.
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Abhijnana Shakuntala (synthetic study) (by Ramendra Mohan Bose)
Chapter 7 - Saptama-anka (saptamo'nkah) < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and commentary]
Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)