# इष्टदेवता (iṣṭadevatā)

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इष्टदेवता (iṣṭadevatā) is a Sanskrit word meaning a chosen tutelary deity or favourite god, a person's chosen or tutelary divinity.

- **SLP1:** `izwadevatA`  **IAST:** iṣṭadevatā  **Devanagari:** इष्टदेवता
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtadevata
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ishtadevata/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (3 definitions)
- a chosen tutelary deity or favourite god  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (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 ]
- A person's chosen or tutelary divinity.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इष्ट (iṣṭa) देवता (devatā) (iṣṭadevatā) [Printed book page 134 ] इष्ट (iṣṭa) देवता (devatā) (iṣṭadevatā) f. ( - ता (-tā) ) A person's chosen or tutelary divinity. E. इष्ट (iṣṭa) and देवता (devatā) divinity. [ ID=6422 ]
- A person's chosen or tutelary divinity.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > इष्ट (iṣṭa) देवता (devatā) (iṣṭadevatā) [Printed book page 110-a ] इष्ट (iṣṭa) देवता (devatā) (iṣṭadevatā) f. ( - ता (-tā) ) A person's chosen or tutelary. 2. divinity. E. इष्ट (iṣṭa) and देवता (devatā) divinity. [ ID=6420 ]

## Sources

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

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