# कुलदेवता (kuladevatā)

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कुलदेवता (kuladevatā) is a Sanskrit word meaning the family deity, an epithet of Durga, the guardian deity of a family.

- **SLP1:** `kuladevatA`  **IAST:** kuladevatā  **Devanagari:** कुलदेवता
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuladevata
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kuladevata/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (3 definitions)
- the family deity  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 294,3] कुल (kula) — देवता (—devatā) f. the family deity, Kumāra-sambhava (Title) vii, 27; VP. &c. [ ID=52873 ]
- an epithet of Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = - देवी (-devī) N. of Durgā, W. [ ID=52874 ]
- the guardian deity of a family  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कुलदेवता (kuladevatā) [Printed book page 196-35 ] कुल - देवता (kula-devatā) f. the guardian deity of a family, K.S. vii.27. [ ID=9851 ]

## 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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