# देवऋषि (devaṛṣi)

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देवऋषि (devaṛṣi) is a Sanskrit word meaning a divine sage, specifically an epithet of Narada, a divine saint among the gods, established in the realm of the gods. Its 4 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Divine Sage / Sage among Gods (often Nārada), Category of Sages (Puranic Lists/Abode).

- **SLP1:** `devafzi`  **IAST:** devaṛṣi  **Devanagari:** देवऋषि
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devarishi
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/devarishi/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Divine Sage / Sage among Gods (often Nārada) (3 definitions)
- a divine sage, specifically an epithet of Narada  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 492,3] देव (deva) — ऋषि (—ṛṣi) m. ‘a Ṛṣi among the gods’, N. of Nārada, 16, 1 ( cf. ° वर्षि (°varṣi) ). [ ID=95542 ]
- a divine saint among the gods  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > देवऋषि (devaṛṣi) [Printed book page 124-3 ] देवऋषि (devaṛṣi) deva-ṛṣi, m. ṛṣi, among the gods, divine saint. [ ID=9554 ]
- 1. A divine sage. 2. An epithet of Narada.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > देवऋषि (devaṛṣi) [Printed book page 342-05 ] देवऋषि (devaṛṣi) m. 1. a divine sage; 2. an epithet of Nārada, एवं वादिनि देवर्षौ (evaṃ vādini devarṣau) K.S. vi.84. [ ID=17454 ]

### Category of Sages (Puranic Lists/Abode) (1 definition)
- established in the realm of the gods  
  *The Purana Index*
  > देवऋषि (devaṛṣi) [Printed book page 2-113 ] Devaṛṣis — a list of; 1 established in the Devaloka. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Vā. 61. 83-85.] [ Footnote: 2) Br. II. 35. 89-98; Vā. 61. 80, 88.] [ ID=6174 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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