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Deva

nature_spirit earth theosophy corroborated · 13

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #408 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 13 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Documented in Geoffrey Hodson's 1952 book Kingdom of the Gods with color illustrations of claimed clairvoyant observations.

Relationships

co occurs with
Solar Logos, ishta-devata, Kuladevata, Gramadevata, Ma Dakshina Kali, Mata Mumbadevi, Sachchika, Mata Patan Devi, Sri Hattanath, Ambika, Mahalakshmi, Kal Bhairava, Murugan, Padmanabhaswamy, Meenakshi, Guru Gorakhnath, gandharvas, Yakṣas, Kiṁnara, Mahoraga, Śiva, Brihaspati, Ashvins, Tvashtar, Devata, devaputta, 天女, Mara, Ārūpyadhātu, Rūpadhātu, Śuddhāvāsa devas, nats, Bṛhatphala devas, Śubhakṛtsna devas, Ābhāsvara devas, Kāmadhātu, Parinirmita-vaśavartin devas, Nirmāṇarati devas, Tuṣita devas, Yāma devas, devi, Rudra, Nirṛti, Savitr, Prajapati, Ratri, Raka, Vāc, Aranyani, Dinsana, Puramdhi, Parendi, Bharati, Mahi, Sri, Tirthankaras, naraki, Residential, Peripatetic, Stellar devas, Bhagavati, Aditi, Diti, Kaśyapa, Nāgas, Garuda, Indra, Kami, Yaksha, Prithvi, Soma, Uṣas
manifests as
solar angels, stellar angels, solar devas, solar spirits
syncretized with
angels, Theoi, gods, 天, 天人
allied with
Vishnu
enemy of
Daitya, danavas, Ashura, Susna, Vritra, Aruṇa
has aspect
solar angels, stellar angels
served by
Agni, Ribhus, Saraswati

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Mentioned by

and 2 more

Sources

wikipedia (12)
  1. List of legendary creatures in Hindu mythology
  2. Deva (theosophy)
  3. Tutelary deity
  4. Eight Legions
  5. Ribhus
  6. Buddhist deities
  7. Deva (Buddhism)
  8. Hindu deities
  9. Deva (Jainism)
  10. Devi
  11. Diti
  12. Patala
encyclopedia (1)
  1. Adevism (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“A deva in theosophy and the New Age movement refers to any of the spiritual forces or beings behind nature...there are numerous different types of devas with a population in the millions performing different functions on Earth to help the ecology function better.”

#7144 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Deva (Chinese: 天眾; pinyin: Tiānzhòng; Japanese: 天部; rōmaji: tenbu; Korean: 천중; romaja: cheonjung; Vietnamese: Thiên, Thiên chúng; Tagalog: Deva, Standard Tibetan: ལྷ། lha) Nāga (Chinese: 龍眾; pinyin: Lóngzhòng; Japanese: 竜; rōmaji: ryū; Korean: 용; romaja: yong; Vietnamese: Long, Long chúng; Tagalog: Naga, Standard Tibetan: ཀླུ།”

#9372 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“the deva are so full of joy in this realm that they are unable to understand the teaching about the permanent dukkha in samsara. Furthermore, even a deva having consumed all the good karma within the pleasurable existence in this realm, can be reborn in Naraka”

#21997 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Deities in Hinduism are referred to as Deva (masculine) and Devi (feminine). The root of these terms means "heavenly, divine, anything of excellence".”

#22158 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The Sanskrit word Deva has multiple meanings in Jainism. In many places the word has been used to refer to the Tirthankaras (spiritual teachers of Dharma). But in common usage it is used to refer to the heavenly beings.”

#23044 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001