دیو (ہندومت)
Appearance
دیو (Deva) (سنسکرت: देव) جس کے معنی "آسمانی، ربانی" کے ہیں اور ہندو مت میں الوہیت کے لیے ایک اصطلاح بھی ہے۔[1] دیو مذکر ہے جبکہ اس کی مؤنث دیوی ہے۔
حوالہ جات
[ترمیم]- ↑ Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary” Etymologically and Philologically Arranged to cognate Indo-European Languages, Motilal Banarsidass, page 492
بیرونی روابط
[ترمیم]- The Basic Concept of Vedic Religion FBJ Kuiper (1975), History of Religions, Vol. 15, No. 2, pages 107-120 (on roots of Devas and Asuras)
- The Proto-Indoaryans T Burrow (1973), Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, Vol. 105, Issue 2, pages 123-140 (on roots of Devas and Asuras in Indo-Iranian versus Indo-European history)
- Indo-European Deities and the Rigvedaآرکائیو شدہ (Date missing) بذریعہ w.omilosmeleton.gr (Error: unknown archive URL) ND Kazanas (2001), The Journal of Indo-European Studies, Vol. 29, No. 3 & 4
- The Vedic Gods of Japan S Kak (2004), Brahmavidyā: The Adyar Library Bulletin (on the spread of Vedic Devas such as Indra, Agni, Vayu outside India)
- On Translation: Māyā, Deva, Tapas Ananda Coomaraswamy, Isis, Vol. 19, No. 1, pages 74–91 (on alternate meanings of Devas)
- Ritual, Knowledge, and Being: Initiation and Veda Study in Ancient India Brian K. Smith (1986), Numen, Vol. 33, Fasc. 1, pages 65–89 (on the role of knowledge in empowering the Deva nature in man)