deva
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deva /ˈdeɪvə/
▶noun a member of a class of divine beings in the Vedic period, which in Indian religion are benevolent and in Zoroastrianism are evil. Compare with asura.
– origin from Sanskrit, lit. ‘shining one’.
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