देवी _dēvī

देवी 1 A female deity, a goddess.

-2 N. of Durgā.

-3 N. of Sarasvatī.

-4 N. of Sāvitrī.

-5 A queen, especially a crowned queen (अग्रमहिषी who has under- gone the consecration along with her husband); प्रेष्य- भावेन नामेयं देवीशब्दक्षमा सती । स्नायीयवस्त्रक्रियया पत्त्रोर्णं वोपयुज्यते M.5.12; देवीभावं गमिता परिवारपदं कथं भजत्येषा K. P.1.

-6 A respectful title applied to a lady of the first rank.

-7 A kind of bird (श्यामा).

-8 A particular supernatural power (कुण्डलिनी).

-Comp. -कोटः 1 the city of Bāṇa (शोणितपुर).

-2 Devikotta (on the Coro- mandal coast).

-गृहम् 1 the temple of a goddess.

-2 the apartment of a queen.

-पुराणम् N. of an Upapurāṇa.

-भागवतम् N. of an Upapurāṇa.

-भावः the dignity of a queen.

-सूक्तम् a Sūkta addressed to Devī.