devala

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devala [ devala ]
1. m. an attendant upon an idol ( who subsists on the offerings made to it; oftener °laka, Mn. iii, 152 ; 180, MBh. )
a virtuous or pious man, Uṇ. i, 108, Sch.
N. of a descendant of Kaśyapa and one of the authors of RV. ix
of Asita or a son of Asita, MBh. Pur.
of a man mentioned with Asita, Prav.
of an astronomer, Var.
of a legislator ( also, -bhaṭṭa ), Madhus. Kull.
of a son of Pratyūsha, MBh. Hariv.
of an elder brother of Dhaumya, MBh.
of the husband of Eka-parṇā, Hariv.
of the father of Saṃnati ( the wife of Brahma-datta ), Hariv.
of the grandfather of Pāṇ., Col.
of a son of Viśvā-mitra ( pl. his descendants ), Hariv.
of a son of Kṛśāśva by Dhishaṇā, BhP.
devala-smṛti [ devalasmRti ]
f. Devala's law-book, Cat.
devala [ devala ]
2. = devara ( q.v. )