More about देव शब्दः

Friends, I am writing this article after many days, since I was too busy. I have already written about देव शब्दः. This table shows different forms of the word ‘देव’. Each word has got a particular meaning. In this article, we are going to discuss the same.

          The first विभक्तिः is प्रथमा. This is used to name the thing. Here देवः is प्रथमा एकवचनम्. So, it means ‘a god’. देवौ is the dual form which means ‘two gods’. Similarly, देवाः which is slightly different from its singular form देवः, means many gods (more than 2 gods).

Let’s study what the other words mean –

देवम् – to a god

देवौ –  to two gods

देवान् – to many gods

देवेन – by a god

देवाभ्याम् – by two gods

देवैः – by many gods

देवाय – for a god

देवाभ्याम् – for two gods

देवेभ्यः – for many gods

देवात् – from a god

देवाभ्याम् – from two gods

देवेभ्यः – from many gods

देवस्य – of a god (god’s)

देवयोः – of two gods (two gods’)

देवानाम् – of many gods (many gods’)

देवे – in/on a god

देवयोः – in/on two gods

देवेषु – in/on many gods

हे देव – Oh God! (for calling out)

हे देवौ – oh two gods!

हे देवाः – oh many gods!

          Here you will find same words at more than two places. e.g. the word देवेभ्यः. Whether to treat this word as चतुर्थी or पञ्चमी depends on the meaning of the sentence. 

I will shortly write more about the same. Thank you!