देवलोक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देवलोक (devaloka).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪eːʋ.loːk/

Noun

देवलोक • (devlokm[1][2][3]

  1. paradise, heaven
  2. any of the seven worlds superior to earth

Declension

Declension of देवलोक (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct देवलोक
devlok
देवलोक
devlok
oblique देवलोक
devlok
देवलोकों
devlokõ
vocative देवलोक
devlok
देवलोको
devloko

References

  1. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “देवलोक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  2. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “देवलोक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 511
  3. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “देवलोक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 559

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देवलोक (devaloka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪eʋ.lok/

Noun

देवलोक • (devlokm[1][2][3]

  1. paradise, heaven
  2. any of the seven worlds superior to earth

References

  1. ^ दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “देवलोक”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1695
  2. ^ Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “देवलोक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  3. ^ Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “देवलोक”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

देवलोक m

  1. Devanagari script form of devaloka

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Compound of देव (deva, god) +‎ लोक (loka, world).

Pronunciation

Noun

देवलोक • (devaloká) stemm

  1. the world or realm of the gods; paradise, heaven
    • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) VI.1.1:
      देवमनुष्या दिशो व्यभजन्त प्राचीं देवा दक्षिणा पितरः प्रतीचीम् मनुष्या उदीचीꣳ रुद्राः । यत् प्राचीनवꣳशं करोति देवलोकम् एव तद् यजमान उपावर्तते परि श्रयति । अन्तर्हितो हि देवलोको मनुष्यलोकात् ।
      devamanuṣyā diśo vyabhajanta prācīṃ devā dakṣiṇā pitaraḥ pratīcīm manuṣyā udīcīṃ rudrāḥ. yat prācīnavaṃśaṃ karoti devalokam eva tad yajamāna upāvartate pari śrayati. antarhito hi devaloko manuṣyalokāt.
      The gods and the men divided the quarters [of the world]; the gods (obtained) the eastern, the Pitrs (obtained) the southern, men (obtained) the western, the Rudras (obtained) the northern. In that, he makes a hall with beams pointing east, the worshipper approaches the world of the gods. He covers it over, for the world of the gods is hidden from the world of men.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of देवलोक
singular dual plural
nominative देवलोकः (devalokáḥ) देवलोकौ (devalokaú)
देवलोका¹ (devalokā́¹)
देवलोकाः (devalokā́ḥ)
देवलोकासः¹ (devalokā́saḥ¹)
accusative देवलोकम् (devalokám) देवलोकौ (devalokaú)
देवलोका¹ (devalokā́¹)
देवलोकान् (devalokā́n)
instrumental देवलोकेन (devalokéna) देवलोकाभ्याम् (devalokā́bhyām) देवलोकैः (devalokaíḥ)
देवलोकेभिः¹ (devalokébhiḥ¹)
dative देवलोकाय (devalokā́ya) देवलोकाभ्याम् (devalokā́bhyām) देवलोकेभ्यः (devalokébhyaḥ)
ablative देवलोकात् (devalokā́t) देवलोकाभ्याम् (devalokā́bhyām) देवलोकेभ्यः (devalokébhyaḥ)
genitive देवलोकस्य (devalokásya) देवलोकयोः (devalokáyoḥ) देवलोकानाम् (devalokā́nām)
locative देवलोके (devaloké) देवलोकयोः (devalokáyoḥ) देवलोकेषु (devalokéṣu)
vocative देवलोक (dévaloka) देवलोकौ (dévalokau)
देवलोका¹ (dévalokā¹)
देवलोकाः (dévalokāḥ)
देवलोकासः¹ (dévalokāsaḥ¹)
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