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devi
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Devi \De"vi\, n. ; fem. of Deva. A goddess.
Wikipedia
Devi is the Sanskrit word for goddess.
Devi may also refer to:
In characters:
- Devi d., a character in Johnny the Homicidal Maniac
- Devi, a character in " The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss.
- Devi (comics), a character in Virgin Comics
- Devi, Max Cohen's love interest in π
In films:
- Devi (1960 film), a Bengali film by Satyajit Ray
- Devi (1970 film), a Hindi film by V. Madhusudhana Rao
- Devi (1972 film), a Malayalam film by K. S. Sethumadhavan
- Devi (1999 film), a Telugu film by Kodi Ramakrishna, winner of a Nandi Award for Best Child Actor
- The 14th episode of the Xena: Warrior Princess (season 4)
In places:
- Devi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Devi, Punjab, a town in Punjab, Pakistan
Devi ( Bengali:দেবী; English:The Goddess) is a 1960 Bengali drama film by director Satyajit Ray, starring Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore. It is based on a short story by Provatkumar Mukhopadhyay. The title means "Goddess".
Devi is the fictional character created by Shekhar Kapur and Virgin Comics, as part of their debut Shakti line, which focuses on Indian settings. The character is loosely based upon the mythological figure, Durga.
Devi is a 1970 film directed by Madhusudan Rao V..
Devi was a Hindi-language television series that premiered on Indian television network Sony TV in 2002. It was produced by Ajay Devgan's production house Devgan Software. The series aired Friday evenings.
'''Devī ''' is the Sanskrit word for " goddess"; the masculine form is Deva. Devi – the feminine form, and Deva – the masculine form, mean "heavenly, divine, anything of excellence", and are also gender specific terms for a deity in Hinduism.
The concept and reverence for goddesses appears in the Vedas, which were composed in the 2nd millennium BC; however, they do not play a central role in that era. Goddesses such as Saraswati and Usha have continued to be revered into the modern era. The medieval era Puranas witnessed a major expansion in mythology and literature associated with Devi, with texts such as the Devi Mahatmya, wherein she manifests as the ultimate truth and supreme power, and she has inspired the Shaktism tradition of Hinduism.
The divine feminine, has the strongest presence as Devi in Hinduism, among major world religions, from the ancient times to the present. The goddess is viewed as central in Shakti and Saiva Hindu traditions.
Devi is a 1972 Indian Malayalam film, directed by KS Sethumadhavan and produced by MO Joseph. The film stars Prem Nazir, Madhu, Sheela and Adoor Bhasi in lead roles. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan.
Devi (full name: Vedisa-Mahadevi Sakyakumari) was, according to the Ceylonese chronicles, the first wife of the third Mauryan emperor Ashoka. She was also the mother of Ashoka's first two children—his son, Mahendra, and daughter, Sanghamitra—both of whom played important roles in the spread of Buddhism to other countries. She is also remembered for the Sanchi Stupa.
Devi is a 1999 Telugu devotional film directed by Kodi Ramakrishna and produced by M. S. Raju. The film stars Shiju and Prema in the lead roles. It was the first Telugu film of Shiju. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad making his debut. The film was released in 1999 and became successful at box office.
Usage examples of "devi".
They had not touched her, but something had snapped, and by the time the bouncer had arrived, Devi was nine again, and screaming.
Christa and Melinda made their way to the back of the store, Devi found herself with the feeling that Christa did indeed understand.
For as Christa powered out a series of odd-sounding scales, lingering over occasional notes in a strange, deliberate pattern, Devi opened her eyes and saw a roiling, turbulent sheet of gray mist where there should have been a wall hung with guitars.
She herself was maintaining her silk-blouse-and-pink-nails persona, just as she had for several other keyboardist auditions, but Devi did not appear to notice such superficialities.
To Jerry she had given the images of tree and river, but Devi seemed to have her own sources of inspiration.
She stabilized it in an instant, and she finished the solo perfectly, but when she looked up at the control-room window again, she saw Devi watching her intently.
Did she have to add Devi Anderson to the list of those who suspected that there was more to Christa Cruitaire than harp and guitar?
Christa was relieved to find that the magic had not been captured on the tape, but she was pointedly aware that Devi was still watching her.
Though she had asked for a ride, Devi seemed tense, watchful, as though Christa might turn into an unexpected threat.
A woman could heal by a word, but she felt that words would be, for Kevin as for Devi, only a beginning.
Lisa was changing the head on her much-hated snare while Devi was helping Monica with her microphone stand.
Christa had offered a hand and had pulled her out of the whirling montage of childhood abuse and bitter images, and it no longer mattered to Devi that what the guitarist had done was founded upon so ephemeral a rock as magic.
Twenty years later, Devi could control the necessary instrumental forces from two keyboards.
Now she came back to it for relaxation, for the savoring of the transformation that allowed her to look back at the nine-year-old girl who was Devi and reassure her that everything would, in the end, be all right.
Thinking back, Devi recalled the rush of power that had enveloped her.