# ग्रामदेवता (grāmadevatā)

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ग्रामदेवता (grāmadevatā) is a Sanskrit word meaning the tutelar deity of a village, definition not found, the tutelary deity of a village. Its 3 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Core Meaning: Village Tutelary Deity, Bibliographical Reference.

- **SLP1:** `grAmadevatA`  **IAST:** grāmadevatā  **Devanagari:** ग्रामदेवता
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramadevata
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/gramadevata/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Core Meaning: Village Tutelary Deity (2 definitions)
- the tutelar deity of a village  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 373,2] ग्राम (grāma) — देवता (—devatā) f. the tutelar deity of a village, Cāṇakya (Author) [ ID=68892 ]
- the tutelary deity of a village  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ग्रामदेवता (grāmadevatā) [Printed book page 255-06 ] ग्राम - देवता (grāma-devatā) f. the tutelary deity of a village. [ ID=12785 ]

### Bibliographical Reference (1 definition)
- Definition not found.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( Religious Thought and Life in India, also called ’Brāhmanism and Hindūism,’ by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) p. 209. ) [ ID=68893 ]

## Sources

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

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