# देवापि (devāpi)

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देवापि (devāpi) is a Sanskrit word meaning a friend of the gods, the name of a Rishi, son of Pratipa, the name of a sage, the originator of the Kshatriyas in the Krta age. Its 8 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Son of King Pratīpa (Epic/Puranic figure), Vedic Ṛṣi, son of Ṛṣṭi-ṣeṇa.

- **SLP1:** `devApi`  **IAST:** devāpi  **Devanagari:** देवापि
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devapi
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/devapi/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Son of King Pratīpa (Epic/Puranic figure) (7 definitions)
- The son of Pratipa, supposed to be still alive near the Sumeru mountain.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > देवापि (devāpi) [Printed book page 424 ] देवापि (devāpi) m. ( - पिः (-piḥ) ) The son of PRATĪPA, supposed to be still alive, near the Sumeru mountain. [ ID=19701 ]
- Son of Pratipa  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > देवापि (devāpi) [Printed book page 377-b ] देवा _ पि (devā_pi) ( पिः ) ((piḥ)) 1. m. Son of Pratīpa. [ ID=19177 ]
- The son of Pratipa, believed to still reside near Mount Sumeru.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > देवापि (devāpi) [Printed book page 353-a ] देवापि (devāpi) m. ( - पिः (-piḥ) ) The son of PRATĪPA, supposed to be still alive, near the Sumeru mountain. [ ID=19687 ]
- The name of a sage  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > देवापि (devāpi) [Printed book page 0416-b ] देवापि (devāpi) devāpi, m. The name of a Ṛṣi or sage, MBh. 1, 3750. [ ID=6691 ]
- son of Pratipa  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > देवापि (devāpi) [Printed book page 237-1 ] Devāpi, son of Pratīpa. § 155 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 94, 3750 (eldest son of Pratīpa), 3751 (renounced the world— pravavrāja ).—§ 156 (do.): I, 95, ††3797, ††3798 (being yet a child D. retired to the woods, and Śāntanu there- fore became king).—§ 569 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 149, 5055, 5056, 5057, 5062, 5066 (on account of a skin disease D.'s installation on the throne was forbidden by the brahmans; D. then retired to the woods).—§ 615 (Baladevatīrthayātrāp.): IX, 39, 2282; 40, 2286, 2294 (had become a brahman).— § 619 (Strīvilāpap.): XI, 23, 651 ( °inā samaṃ, sc. Bhīṣma). [ ID=3258 ]
- 1. A son of Pratipa and brother of Shantanu. 2. A royal sage and descendant of Puru who lived as a sage and practiced yoga.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > देवापि (devāpi) [Printed book page 2-131 ] Devāpi (I) — a son of Pratīpa and brother of Śantanu; renounced the home and turned muni; requested by Śantanu to take up the throne; he spoke impeaching the Vedas. He took to yoga living in Kalāpagrāma. He was to establish the Lunar race in the Kṛta Yuga; Purohita of the Devas; 1 un- acceptable to the people as he suffered from leprosy. 2 A Rājaṛṣi and a gotrapravartaka of the Treta yuga 3 and a Paurava. [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. IX. 22. 12-18; XII. 2. 37; Vā. 99. 234.] [ Footnote: 2) M. 50. 39-41; 273. 56.] [ Footnote: 3) Vā. 32. 39.] [ ID=6315 ]
- 1. A Paurava king and son of Pratipa. 2. The originator of the Kshatriyas in the Krta age.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Devāpi (II) — a Paurava king who continues to live in Kali in Kalāpagrāma; Kṣatrapraṇetāra in the 24th Catur- yuga. Originator of Kṣatriyas in the Kṛta. 1 A son of Pra- tīpa. Even as a child retired to forest. The famine in his brother Santanu's (s.v) kingdom was said to be due to his elder brother Devāpi having been passed over for succes- sion. Infected with heretical views through the minister of Śantanu by means of ascetics in the forest; thus disquali- fied for the throne. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Vā. 99. 437-8; Vi. IV. 24-118.] [ Footnote: 2) Vi. IV. 20. 9-30.] [ ID=6316 ]

### Vedic Ṛṣi, son of Ṛṣṭi-ṣeṇa (1 definition)
- 1. A friend of the gods. 2. The name of a Rishi.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 495,2] देवा (devā) पि (pi) m. ‘friend of the g° ’, N. of a Ṛṣi who was son of Ṛṣṭi-ṣeṇa, Ṛg-veda (Title) x (according to a later legend he is a son of king Pratipa, resigns his kingdom, retires to the woods and is supposed to be still alive, Mahābhārata (Title); Purāṇas (Literary category) &c.) [ ID=96226 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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