शिवकवच

devá-kavaca

ṡivá-kavaca

devá

heavenly, divine ( alsoﾠ said of terrestrial things of high excellence)
RV. AV. VS. ṠBr. ;
(superl. m. devá-tama RV. IV, 22, 3 etc.. ;
f. devi-tamā, II, 41, 16);
m. (according to Pāṇ. 3-3, 120 déva)
a deity, god RV. etc.etc.;
(rarely applied to) evil demons AV. III, 15, 5 TS. III, 5, 4, 1 ;
(pl. the gods as the heavenly orﾠ shining ones;
víṡvedevā́s, all the gods RV. II, 3, 4 etc..,
orﾠ a partic. class of deities < seeﾠ under víṡva>, often reckoned as 33, either 11 for each of the 3 worlds RV. I, 139, 11 etc.. ;
<cf. tri-daṡa>, orﾠ 8 Vasus, 11 Rudras, andﾠ 12 Ādityas <to which the 2 Aṡvins must be added> Br. ;
cf. alsoﾠ Divyâ̱v. 68 ;
with Jainas 4 classes, viz. bhavanâ̱dhî ̱ṡa, vyantara, jyotishka, andﾠ vaimānika;
devā́nāmpátnyas, the wives of the gods RV. VS. Br. ;
<cf. deva-patnī below >);
N. of the number 33 ( seeﾠ above) Gaṇit. ;
N. of Indra as the god of the sky andﾠ giver of rain MBh. R. etc.;
a cloud L. ;
(with Jainas) the 22nd Arhat of the future Ut-sarpiṇī;
the image of a god, an idol Vishṇ. ;
a god on earth orﾠ among men, either Brāhman, priest RV. AV. (cf. bhū-d-), orﾠ king, prince (as a title of honour, esp. in the voc. « your majesty» orﾠ « your honour» ;
alsoﾠ ifc. e.g.. ṡrī-harsha-d-, vikramâ̱ṅka-d-, king Ṡrī-harsha orﾠ VikrñVikramâṇka, andﾠ in names as purushôttama-d- <lit. having Vishṇu as one's deity;
cf. atithi-d-, ācārya-d-, pitṛi-d-, mātṛi-d->;
rarely preceding the name e.g.. deva-caṇḍamahāsena Kathās. XIII, 48)
Kāv. Pañc. etc. (cf. kshiti-, nara-, etc.);
a husband's brother (cf. devṛi andﾠ devara) W. ;
a fool, dolt L. ;
a child L. ;
a man following any partic. line orﾠ business L. ;
a spearman, lancer L. ;
emulation, wish to excel orﾠ overcome L. ;
sport, play L. ;
a sword Gal.;
N. of men VP. ;
of a disciple of Nāgârjuna MWB. 192 ;
dimin. for devadatta Pāṇ. 5-3, 83 Vārtt. 4 Sch. ;
(n. L.) an organ of sense MuṇḍUp. III, 1, 8; 2, 7 ;
(ā) f. Hibiscus Mutabilis orﾠ Marsilia Quadrifolia;
(ī́), f. seeﾠ s.v.
+ cf. Lat. dīvus, deus;
Lit. dē4vas;
Old Pruss. deiwas
- देवऋषभ
- देवऋषि
- देवकड
- देवकन्यका
- देवकन्या
- देवकमलपुर
- देवकर्दम
- देवकर्म
- देवकर्मन्
- देवकलश
- देवकल्प
- देवकवच
- देवकाञ्चन
- देवकान्त
- देवकाम
- देवकार्य
- देवकाष्ठ
- देवकिरी
- देवकिल्बिष
- देवकीर्ति
- देवकुण्ड
- देवकुरु
- देवकुरुम्बा
- देवकुल
- देवकुल्या
- देवकुसुम
- देवकूट
- देवकृत
- देवकृत्य
- देवकोश
- देवक्री
- देवक्षत्र
- देवक्षेत्र
- देवक्षेम
- देवखात
- देवगण
- देवगन्धर्व
- देवगन्धा
- देवगर्जन
- देवगर्भ
- देवगव
- देवगान्धार
- देवगायन
- देवगिरि
- देवगिरी
- देवगुप्त
- देवगुरु
- देवगुही
- देवगुह्य
- देवगृह
- देवगोपा
- देवग्रन्थ
- देवग्रन्थि
- देवग्रह
- देवघोष
- देवंगम
- देवचक्र
- देवचन्द्र
- देवचरित
- देवचर्या
- देवचिकित्सक
- देवचित्त
- देवच्छन्द
- देवच्छन्दस्
- देवच्छन्दस
- देवज
- देवजग्ध
- देवजग्धक
- देवजन
- देवजननी
- देवजप
- देवजय
- देवजा
- देवजात
- देवजामि
- देवजुष्ट
- देवजूत
- देवजूति
- देवतर
- देवतरथ
- देवतरस्
- देवतरु
- देवतर्पण
- देवतल्प
- देवता
- देवताड
- देवतात्
- देवताति
- देवतालक
- देवतिर्थ
- देवतुमुल
- देवत्त
- देवत्रा
- देवत्रात
- देवत्व
- देवदत्त
- देवदन्तिन्
- देवदमनिका
- देवदमनी
- देवदर्श
- देवदर्शन
- देवदर्शनिन्
- देवदर्शिन्
- देवदानी
- देवदारु
- देवदालिका
- देवदाली
- देवदास
- देवदिण्ण
- देवदिन्न
- देवदीप
- देवदुन्दुभि
- देवदुर्ग
- देवदुत
- देवदूति
- देवदेव
- देवदैवत्य
- देवद्युम्न
- देवद्रोणी
- देवद्र्याच्
- देवधर
- देवधर्म
- देवधर्मन्
- देवधानी
- देवधान्य
- देवधामन्
- देवधिष्ण्य
- देवनक्षत्र
- देवनदी
- देवनन्दा
- देवनल
- देवनागरी
- देवनाथ
- देवनाभ
- देवनाम
- देवनामन्
- देवनायक
- देवनाल
- देवनिकाय
- देवनिद्
- देवनिन्दक
- देवनिन्दा
- देवनिबन्ध
- देवनिर्माल्य
- देवनिर्मित
- देवनिश्रयणी
- देवनिश्रेणी
- देवनीथ
- देवपञ्चरात्र
- देवपण्डित
- देवपति
- देवपत्तन
- देवपत्नी
- देवपथ
- देवपद
- देवपरिषद्
- देवपर्ण
- देवपल्लीपट्टन
- देवपशु
- देवपाणि
- देवपात्र
- देवपात्रिन्
- देवपाद
- देवपान
- देवपाल
- देवपालित
- देवपीयु
- देवपुत्र
- देवपुर्
- देवपुर
- देवपुरीमाहात्म्य
- देवपुरोहित
- देवपुष्प
- देवपूजक
- देवपूजा
- देवपूजित
- देवपूज्य
- देवपूर्व
- देवपूर्वकम्
- देवप्रकाशिनी
- देवप्रतिकृति
- देवप्रतिमा
- देवप्रतिष्ठा
- देवप्रभ
- देवप्रयाग
- देवप्रश्न
- देवप्रसाद
- देवप्रसूत
- देवप्रस्थ
- देवप्रिय
- देवप्सरस्
- देवबन्धु
- देवबल
- देवबलि
- देवबाहु
- देवबोध
- देवबोधि
- देवबोधिसत्त्व
- देवब्रह्मन्
- देवभक्त
- देवभक्ति
- देवभट्ट
- देवभद्र
- देवभवन
- देवभाग
- देवभाष्यस्नानविधिपद्धति
- देवभिषज्
- देवभीति
- देवभू
- देवभूत
- देवभूति
- देवभूमि
- देवभूय
- देवभूरि
- देवभोग
- देवभोज्य
- देवभ्राज्
- देवमञ्जर
- देवमणि
- देवमण्डल
- देवमत
- देवमति
- देवमधु
- देवमनुष्य
- देवमय
- देवमलिम्लुच्
- देवमात
- देवमातृ
- देवमातृक
- देवमादन
- देवमान
- देवमानक
- देवमाय
- देवमार्ग
- देवमाला
- देवमास
- देवमित्र
- देवमिथुन
- देवमिश्र
- देवमीढ
- देवमीढुष
- देवमुनि
- देवयज्
- देवयजन
- देवयजि
- देवयज्ञ
- देवयज्य
- देवयज्या
- देवयशस्
- देवया
- देवयाजिन्
- देवयाज्ञिक
- देवयातु
- देवयात्रा
- देवयात्रिन्
- देवयान
- देवयानीय
- देवयावन्
- देवयुक्त
- देवयुग
- देवयोनि
- देवयोषा
- देवरक्तदंशी
- देवरक्षित
- देवरत
- देवरति
- देवरथ
- देवरहस्य
- देवराज्
- देवराज
- देवराजन्
- देवराज्य
- देवरात
- देवराम
- देवराष्ट्र
- देवरूपा
- देवरेतस
- देवर्षि
- देवलक्ष्म
- देवलता
- देवलाङ्गुलिका
- देवलाति
- देवलिङ्ग
- देवलेखा
- देवलोक
- देववक्त्र
- देववचना
- देववत्
- देववध
- देववेधू
- देववन्द
- देववर
- देववर्णिनि
- देववर्त्मन्
- देववर्धकि
- देववर्धन
- देववर्मन्
- देववर्य
- देववर्ष
- देववल्लभ
- देववाणी
- देववात
- देववायु
- देववाहन
- देवविजयगणि
- देवविद्
- देवविद्या
- देवविभाग
- देवविमलगणि
- देवविश्
- देवविशा
- देववी
- देववीति
- देववृक्ष
- देववृत्ति
- देववेश्मन्
- देवव्यचस्
- देवव्रत
- देवव्रतिन्
- देवशक्ति
- देवशतभाष्य
- देवशत्रु
- देवशब्द
- देवशर्मन्
- देवशस्
- देवशाबरतन्त्र
- देवशिल्प
- देवशिल्पिन्
- देवशिशु
- देवशिष्ट
- देवशुनी
- देवशूर
- देवशेखर
- देवशेष
- देवश्रवस्
- देवश्री
- देवश्रुत्
- देवश्रुत
- देवश्रू
- देवश्रेणी
- देवश्रेष्ठ
- देवसंसद्
- देवसंहिता
- देवसख
- देवसखि
- देवसंगीतयोनिन्
- देवसत्त्र
- देवसत्त्व
- देवसत्य
- देवसद्
- देवसदन
- देवसद्मन्
- देवसंध
- देवसंनिधि
- देवसभ
- देवसभ्य
- देवसरस
- देवसर्षप
- देवसव
- देवसह
- देवसाक्ष्य
- देवसागरगणि
- देवसात्कृ
- देवसायुज्य
- देवसावर्णि
- देवसिंह
- देवसिद्धि
- देवसुन्द
- देवसुमति
- देवसुमनस्
- देवसुषि
- देवसू
- देवसूकक्षेत्र
- देवसूद
- देवसूरि
- देवसृष्ट
- देवसेन
- देवसोम
- देवसोमक
- देवस्तव
- देवस्तुत्
- देवस्त्री
- देवस्थलि
- देवस्थान
- देवस्मिता
- देवस्व
- देवस्वपहरण
- देवस्वामिन्
- देवहविस्
- देवहव्य
- देवहिंसक
- देवहित
- देवहिति
- देवहू
- देवहूति
- देवहूय
- देवहेडन
- देवहेळअन
- देवहेति
- देवहोत्र
- देवह्रद

ṡivá

perhaps connected with ṡvi cf. ṡavas, ṡiṡvi) auspicious, propitious, gracious, favourable, benign, kind, benevolent, friendly, dear (ám ind. kindly, tenderly) RV. etc. etc.;
happy, fortunate BhP. ;
m. happiness, welfare (cf. n.) R. V, 56, 36 ;
liberation, final emancipation L. ;
« The Auspicious one»
N. of the disintegrating orﾠ destroying andﾠ reproducing deity (who constitutes the third god of the Hindū Trimūrti orﾠ Triad, the other two being Brahmā. « the creator» andﾠ Vishṇu « the preserver» ;
in the Veda the only N. of the destroying deity wss Rudra « the terrible god»,
but in later times it became usual to give that god the euphemistic N. Ṡiva « the auspicious» <just as the Furies were called Eὐμενίδες « the gracious ones» >, andﾠ to assign him the office of creation andﾠ reproduction as well as dissolution;
in fact the preferential worship of Ṡiva as developed in the Purāṇas andﾠ Epic poems led to his being identified with the Supreme Being by his exclusive worshippers < called Ṡaivas>;
in his character of destroyer he is sometimes called Kāla « black», andﾠ is then alsoﾠ identified with Time, although his active destroying function is then oftener assigned to his wife under her name Kālī, whose formidable character makes her a general object of propitiation by sacrifices;
as presiding over reproduction consequent on destruction Ṡiva's symbol is the Liṇga <q.v.> orﾠ Phallus, under which form he is worshipped all over India at the present day;
again one of his representations is as Ardha-nārī, « half-female», the other half being male to symbolize the unity of the generative principle RTL. 85 ;
he has three eyes, one of which is in his forehead, andﾠ which are thought to denote his view of the three divisions of time, past, present, andﾠ future, while a moon's crescent, above the central eye, marks the measure of time by months, a serpent round his neck the measure by years,
andﾠ a second necklace of skulls with other serpents about his person, the perpetual revolution of ages, andﾠ the successive extinction andﾠ generation of the races of mankind:
his hair is thickly matted together, andﾠ gathered above his forehead into a coil;
on the top of it he bears the Ganges, the rush of which in its descent from heaven he intercepted by his head that the earth might not be crushed by the weight of the falling stream;
his throat is dark-blue from the stain of the deadly poison which would have destroyed the world had it not been swallowed by him on its production at the churning of the ocean by the gods for the nectar of immortality;
he holds a tri-ṡūla, orﾠ three-pronged trident < alsoﾠ called Pināka> in his hand to denote, as some think, his combination of the three attributes of Creator, Destroyer, andﾠ Regenerator;
he alsoﾠ carries a kind of drum, shaped like an hour-glass, called Ḍamaru:
his attendants orﾠ servants are called Pramatha <qq.vv.>;
they are regarded as demons orﾠ supernatural beings of different kinds, andﾠ form various hosts orﾠ troops called Gaṇas;
his wife Durgā <otherwise called Kālī, Pārvatī, Umā, Gaurī, Bhavāṇī etc.> is the chief object of worship with the Ṡāktas andﾠ Tāntrikas, andﾠ in this connection he is fond of dancing < seeﾠ tāṇḍava> andﾠ wine-drinking;
he is alsoﾠ worshipped as a great ascetic andﾠ is said to have scorched the god of love (Kāma-deva) to ashes by a glance from his central eye, that deity having attempted to inflame him with passion for Pārvatī whilst he was engaged in severe penance;
in the exercise of his function of Universal Destroyer he is fabled to have burnt up the Universe andﾠ all the gods, including Brahmā. andﾠ Vishṇu, by a similar scorching glance,
andﾠ to have rubbed the resulting ashes upon his body, whence the use of ashes in his worship, while the use of the Rudrâksha berries originated, it is said, from the legend that Ṡiva,
on his way to destroy the three cities, called Tri-pura, let fall some tears of rage which became converted into these beads:
his residence orﾠ heaven is Kailāsa, one of the loftiest northern peaks of the Himâlaya;
he has strictly no incarnations like those of Vishṇu, though Vīra-bhadra andﾠ the eight Bhairavas andﾠ Khaṇḍo-bā etc. RTL. 266 are sometimes regarded as forms of him;
he is especially worshipped at Benares andﾠ has even more names than Vishṇu,
one thousand andﾠ eight being specified in the 69th chapter of the Ṡiva-Purāṇa andﾠ in the 17th chapter of the Anuṡāsana-parvan of the Maha-bhārata, some of the most common being Mahā-deva, Ṡambhu, Ṡaṃkara, Īṡa, Īṡvara, Mahêṡvara, Hara;
his sons are Gaṇêṡa andﾠ Kārttikeya) ĀṡvṠr. MBh. Kāv. etc.. RTL. 73 ;
a kind of second Siva (with Ṡaivas), a person who has attained a partic. stage of perfection orﾠ emancipation MBh. Sarvad. ;
ṡiva-liṅga L. ;
any god L. ;
a euphemistic N. of a jackal (generally ṡivā f. q.v.);
sacred writings L. ;
(in astron.) N. of the sixth month;
a post for cows (to which they are tied orﾠ for them to rub against) L. ;
bdellium L. ;
the fragrant bark of Feronia Elephantum L. ;
Marsilia Dentata L. ;
a kind of thorn-apple orﾠ = puṇḍarīka (the tree) L. ;
quicksilver L. (cf. ṡiva-bīja);
a partic. auspicious constellation L. ;
a demon who inflicts diseases Hariv. ;
= ṡukra m. kāla m. vasu m. L. ;
the swift antelope L. ;
rum, spirit distilled from molasses L. ;
buttermilk L. ;
a ruby L. ;
a peg L. ;
time L. ;
N. of a son of Medhâtithi MārkP. ;
of a son of Idhma-jihva BhP. ;
of a prince andﾠ various authors ( alsoﾠ with dīkshita, bhaṭṭa, paṇḍita, yajvan, sūri etc.) Cat. ;
of a fraudulent person Kathās. ;
(du.) the god Ṡiva andﾠ his wife Kir. V, 40 Pracaṇḍ. I, 20 ;
(cf. Vām. V, 2, 1);
pl. N. of a class of gods in the third Manvantara Pur. ;
of a class of Brāhmans who have attained a partic. degree of perfection like that of Ṡiva MBh. ;
(ā) f. Ṡiva's wife ( alsoﾠ ṡivī) seeﾠ ṡivā below ;
(am) n. welfare, prosperity, bliss ( āya, éna orﾠ ébhis, « auspiciously, fortunately, happily, luckily» ;
ṡivāyagamyatām, « a prosperous journey to you!») RV. etc. etc.;
final emancipation L. ;
water L. ;
rock-salt L. ;
sea-salt L. ;
a kind of borax L. ;
iron L. ;
myrobolan L. ;
Tabernaemontana Coronaria L. ;
sandal L. ;
N. of a Purāṇa (= ṡiva-purāṇa orﾠ ṡaiva) Cat. ;
of the house in which the Pāṇḍavas were to be burnt MārkP. ;
of a Varsha in Plaksha-dvīpa andﾠ in Jambu-dvīpa Pur. ;
- शिवकण्ठमलिका
- शिवकर
- शिवकर्णामृत
- शिवकर्णी
- शिवकवच
- शिवकाञ्ची
- शिवकान्ता
- शिवकान्ती
- शिवकामदुघा
- शिवकारिणी
- शिवकिंकर
- शिवकीर्तन
- शिवकुण्ड
- शिवकुसुमाञ्जलि
- शिवकृष्ण
- शिवकेशादिपादान्तवर्णनस्तोत्र
- शिवकेसर
- शिवकोपमुनि
- शिवकोश
- शिवक्षेत्र
- शिवखण्ड
- शिवगङ्गा
- शिवगण
- शिवगति
- शिवगया
- शिवगायत्री
- शिवगीता
- शिवगुप्तदेव
- शिवगुरु
- शिवघर्मज
- शिवंकर
- शिवचक्र
- शिवचतुःश्लोकीव्याख्या
- शिवचतुर्दशी
- शिवचन्द्र
- शिवचम्पू
- शिवचरित्र
- शिवचित्त
- शिवजी
- शिवज्ञ
- शिवज्ञान
- शिवज्योतिर्विद्
- शिवतत्त्व
- शिवतन्त्र
- शिवतम
- शिवतर
- शिवता
- शिवताण्डव
- शिवताति
- शिवताल
- शिवतीर्थ
- शिवत्व
- शिवदण्डक
- शिवदत्त
- शिवदयालु
- शिवदयासहर्स्र
- शिवदशक
- शिवदायिन्
- शिवदारु
- शिवदास
- शिवदिश्
- शिवदीक्षा
- शिवदीन
- शिवदूतिका
- शिवदूती
- शिवदृष्टि
- शिवदेव
- शिवदैव
- शिवद्युमणिदीपिका
- शिवद्रुम
- शिवद्विष्टा
- शिवधनुर्वेद
- शिवधर्म
- शिवधातु
- शिवधार
- शिवधारिणी
- शिवध्यानपद्धति
- शिवनक्षत्रपुरुषव्रत
- शिवनक्षत्रमालिका
- शिवनाथ
- शिवनाभि
- शिवनामावली
- शिवनामाष्टोत्तरशत
- शिवनारायण
- शिवनिर्माल्यभक्षण
- शिवनिर्वाणस्तोत्र
- शिवपञ्चमुखध्यान
- शिवपञ्चवदनस्तोत्र
- शिवपञ्चाक्षरस्तोत्र
- शिवपञ्चाक्षरी