Deva
[[File:Indra, Chief of the Gods LACMA M.69.13.4 (1 of 5).jpg|thumb|Sa pinakaamay na [[Vedas|Vedic literature]], an ''Devas'' are benevolent [[supernatural being]]s;<ref name="Klostermaier 2007">{{cite book |last=Klostermaier |first=Klaus K. |author-link=Klaus Klostermaier |year=2007 |chapter=Part I. Hinduism: Sources and Worldview – The Many Gods and the One God of Hinduism |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8CVviRghVtIC&pg=PA101 |title=A Survey of Hinduism |location=[[Albany, New York]] |publisher=[[SUNY Press]] |edition=3rd |series=India and South Asian Studies |pages=101–102 |isbn=9780791470824 |lccn=2006021542 |quote=The Hindu ''deva'' is not [[God in Hinduism|God]]—at the most ''deva'' could be loosely translated as a “divine being.” Etymologically it means “shiny,” “exalted”; and thus we find that the term ''deva'' covers everything that has to do with the supernatural: all figures, forms, processes and emotions, melodies, books, and verse meters—whatever needs the explanation of a transcendent origin or status—are called ''devas'' or ''devatā''. The functions of different parts of the body, symbols, and syllabes are explained as ''deva''. Sa [[Historical Vedic religion|Vedic religion]] satuyang nahanap an katagang ginamit sa relatively restricted way; alagad dawa igwa nin kita bakong entitled na iagid ini sa ''dios'', alagad kaagid ini kan mga tawong igwa nin ''supernatural powers'' sa pangkagabsan.}}</ref> above, a gilt-copper statue of [[Indra]], "Chief of the Gods", from 16th-century [[Nepal]].]] 

An '''deva''' ([[Sanskrito]]: देव, ''Deva'') an buot sabihon kan "makintab," "langitnon," "langitnon na pagkatawo," "divine," "an siisay man na may pagigin mahusay," asin saro man sa Sanskrit na termino na ginamit tanganing iparisa an sarong dios sa [[Hinduismo]].<ref name="monier">Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary” Etymologically and Philologically Arranged to cognate Indo-European Languages, Motilal Banarsidass, page 492</ref> An Deva sarong terminong maskulino; an katumbas kan sa babayi iyo an '''[[devi]]'''.

Sa kaenot - enoteng literaturang Vedic, an gabos na lihis sa natural na persona inaapod na Devas asin Asuras.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/deva-religious-being Encyclopaedia Britannica - Deva]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sEIngqiKOugC&pg=PA147&lpg=PA147&dq=deva+in+vedic+india&source=bl&ots=3wq_k2WbZB&sig=7F_a5jJFcKbQpQAJApkaH85VVgI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjTvKTctPTaAhVKto8KHRVYBZY4FBDoATAIegQIABAB#v=onepage&q=deva%20in%20vedic%20india&f=false Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities by Charles Russell Coulter, Patricia Turner. Pg.147]</ref><ref name="George Williams 2008">George Williams (2008), A Handbook of Hindu Mythology, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0195332612}}, pages 90, 112</ref><ref>Wash Edward Hale (1999), Ásura in Early Vedic Religion, Motilal Barnarsidass, {{ISBN|978-8120800618}}, pages 5-11, 22, 99-102</ref><ref>Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary” Etymologically and Philologically Arranged to cognate Indo-European Languages, Motilal Banarsidass, page 121</ref> An mga konsepto asin osipon na yaon sa suanoy na literaturang Indiyan, asin kan huring panahon nin Vedic, an maboot asin lihis sa natural na mga linalang inaapod na Deva-Asuras. Sa mga tekstong post-Vedic Hindu, arog kan Puranas asin Itihasas nin Hinduismo, nagrerepresentar an mga Deva sa karahayan, asin an Asuras sa karatan.<ref name="nickgier">Nicholas Gier (2000), Spiritual Titanism: Indian, Chinese, and Western Perspectives, State University of New York Press, {{ISBN|978-0791445280}}, pages 59-76</ref><ref name="fowlergita">Jeaneane D Fowler (2012), The Bhagavad Gita, Sussex Academic Press, {{ISBN|978-1845193461}}, pages 253-262</ref> Sa nagkapirang libro nin literatura kan edad media, inaapod man an Devas na Suras asin kabaliktaran kan arog man kaiyan kamakapangyarihan alagad half-brothers, na inaapod na Asuras.<ref name="ang">[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/40167/asura/40167rellinks/Related-Links Encyclopædia Britannica]</ref>

An Devas, kaiba an [[Asuras]], [[Yakshas]] (mga espiritu nin naturalesa), asin [[Rakshasas]] (ghoulish ogres/demons), kabtang kan mitolohiyang Indiyan, asin Devas na itinatampok sa dakol na kosmolohikong teoriya sa Hinduismo.<ref>Don Handelman (2013), One God, Two Goddesses, Three Studies of South Indian Cosmology, Brill Academic, {{ISBN|978-9004256156}}, pages 23-29</ref><ref>Wendy Doniger (1988), Textual Sources for the Study of Hinduism, Manchester University Press, {{ISBN|978-0719018664}}, page 67</ref>

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An deva (Sanskrito: देव, Deva) an buot sabihon kan "makintab," "langitnon," "langitnon na pagkatawo," "divine," "an siisay man na may pagigin mahusay," asin saro man sa Sanskrit na termino na ginamit tanganing iparisa an sarong dios sa Hinduismo.Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary” Etymologically and Philologically Arranged to cognate Indo-European Languages, Motilal Banarsidass, page 492 An Deva sarong terminong maskulino; an katumbas kan sa babayi iyo an devi.

Sa kaenot - enoteng literaturang Vedic, an gabos na lihis sa natural na persona inaapod na Devas asin Asuras.Encyclopaedia Britannica - DevaEncyclopedia of Ancient Deities by Charles Russell Coulter, Patricia Turner. Pg.147George Williams (2008), A Handbook of Hindu Mythology, Oxford University Press, , pages 90, 112Wash Edward Hale (1999), Ásura in Early Vedic Religion, Motilal Barnarsidass, , pages 5-11, 22, 99-102Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary” Etymologically and Philologically Arranged to cognate Indo-European Languages, Motilal Banarsidass, page 121 An mga konsepto asin osipon na yaon sa suanoy na literaturang Indiyan, asin kan huring panahon nin Vedic, an maboot asin lihis sa natural na mga linalang inaapod na Deva-Asuras. Sa mga tekstong post-Vedic Hindu, arog kan Puranas asin Itihasas nin Hinduismo, nagrerepresentar an mga Deva sa karahayan, asin an Asuras sa karatan.Nicholas Gier (2000), Spiritual Titanism: Indian, Chinese, and Western Perspectives, State University of New York Press, , pages 59-76Jeaneane D Fowler (2012), The Bhagavad Gita, Sussex Academic Press, , pages 253-262 Sa nagkapirang libro nin literatura kan edad media, inaapod man an Devas na Suras asin kabaliktaran kan arog man kaiyan kamakapangyarihan alagad half-brothers, na inaapod na Asuras.Encyclopædia Britannica

An Devas, kaiba an Asuras, Yakshas (mga espiritu nin naturalesa), asin Rakshasas (ghoulish ogres/demons), kabtang kan mitolohiyang Indiyan, asin Devas na itinatampok sa dakol na kosmolohikong teoriya sa Hinduismo.Don Handelman (2013), One God, Two Goddesses, Three Studies of South Indian Cosmology, Brill Academic, , pages 23-29Wendy Doniger (1988), Textual Sources for the Study of Hinduism, Manchester University Press, , page 67

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