Deva (Hinduizm)

Deva (Sanskrit: देव, [de:vɐ]), 'parlak', 'yüce', 'göksel varlık', 'ilahi varlık', 'mükemmelliğe sahip herhangi bir şey' anlamına gelmektedir^[1] ve Hinduizmde bir tanrıyı belirtmek için kullanılan Sanskritçe terimlerden biridir.^[2] Deva eril bir terimdir; dişil eşdeğeri Devi'dir. Kelime, Latince deus ('tanrı') ve Yunanca Zeus ile aynı kökten gelmektedir.

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^ ^a ^b Klostermaier, Klaus K. (2007). "Part I. Hinduism: Sources and Worldview – The Many Gods and the One God of Hinduism". A Survey of Hinduism. India and South Asian Studies. Albany, New York: SUNY Press. ss. 101-102. ISBN 9780791470824. The Hindu deva is not God—at the most deva could be loosely translated as a “divine being.” Etymologically it means "god", “shiny,” “exalted”; and thus we find that the term deva covers everything that has to do with the supernatural: all figures, forms, processes and emotions, melodies, books, and verse meters—whatever needs the explanation of a transcendent origin or status—are called devas or devatā. The functions of different parts of the body, symbols, and syllabes are explained as deva. In Vedic religion we find the term used in a relatively restricted way; but even there we are not entitled to equate it with god, but rather with supernatural powers in general.
^ Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary” Etymologically and Philologically Arranged to cognate Indo-European Languages, Motilal Banarsidass, page 492
^ Hermann Oldenberg (1988), The Religion of the Veda, Motilal Banarsidass, 978-8120803923, pages 110-114

[Klostermaier_2007-1] Klostermaier, Klaus K. (2007). "Part I. Hinduism: Sources and Worldview – The Many Gods and the One God of Hinduism". A Survey of Hinduism. India and South Asian Studies. Albany, New York: SUNY Press. ss. 101-102. ISBN 9780791470824. The Hindu deva is not God—at the most deva could be loosely translated as a “divine being.” Etymologically it means "god", “shiny,” “exalted”; and thus we find that the term deva covers everything that has to do with the supernatural: all figures, forms, processes and emotions, melodies, books, and verse meters—whatever needs the explanation of a transcendent origin or status—are called devas or devatā. The functions of different parts of the body, symbols, and syllabes are explained as deva. In Vedic religion we find the term used in a relatively restricted way; but even there we are not entitled to equate it with god, but rather with supernatural powers in general.

[monier2-2] Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary” Etymologically and Philologically Arranged to cognate Indo-European Languages, Motilal Banarsidass, page 492

[3] Hermann Oldenberg (1988), The Religion of the Veda, Motilal Banarsidass, 978-8120803923, pages 110-114

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