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दिव्य

दिव्य

See also: दैव्य

Sanskrit

Adjective

दिव्य (divya)

  1. (दिव्य Pāṇ. 4-2, 101) divine, heavenly, celestial (opp. to पार्थिव, आन्तरीक्ष or मानुष).
  2. supernatural, wonderful, magical (अङ्गार RV. x, 34, 9; औषध Bhartṛ. ii, 18; वासस् Nal. xiv, 24; compare -चक्षुस्, -ज्ञान etc. below)
  3. charming, beautiful, agreeable.

Noun

दिव्य (divya) m

  1. a kind of animal (= धन्वन).
  2. barley L.
  3. bdellium L.
  4. name of a prince.
  5. name of the author of RV.

Noun

दिव्य (divya) n

  1. divine world, anything divine.
  2. pl., the celestial regions, the sky, heaven.
  3. ordeal (10 kinds, viz. तुला, अग्नि, जल, विष, कोश, तण्डुल, तप्त-माष, फाल, धर्माधर्म, तुलसी, compare ss.vv.) Yājñ. ii, 22, 95 Pañc. i, 450/451, 451, 452, etc.
  4. oath, solemn promise.
  5. cloves L.
  6. a sort of sandal L.
  7. N. of a grammar, [compare Gk. δῖος for διϝιος; Lat. di1us for divius in sub@dIo.]

References

  • Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.