a chosen tutelary deity or favourite god
(H3) [Printed book page 169,2]
इष्ट (iṣṭa)—देव (—deva), m. (L.) or इष्ट (iṣṭa)—देव (—deva)ता (—devatā), f. a chosen tutelary deity, favourite god, one particularly worshipped (cf. अभी (abhī)ष्ट-देवता (ṣṭa-devatā)). [ID=29574]
इष्ट (iṣṭa)—देव (—deva), m. (L.) or इष्ट (iṣṭa)—देव (—deva)ता (—devatā), f. a chosen tutelary deity, favourite god, one particularly worshipped (cf. अभी (abhī)ष्ट-देवता (ṣṭa-devatā)). [ID=29574]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)