देविका

{ devikā }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

A holy centre. A dip in the tīrtha there will give the same result as that of a yajña. [M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 82, Verse 102] .
DEVIKĀ I   (VEDIKĀ). Daughter of Govāsa, the Śaibya King. She was wedded by Yudhiṣṭhira in Svayaṁvara, and to them were born a son called Yaudheya. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 95, Verse 76] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

देविका  f.  a f. N. of a class of goddesses of an inferior order, [Br.] ( pl. the oblations made to them, viz. to अनु-मती, राका, सिनीवाली, कुहू, and to धातृ, [TS.]; cf. -हविस्, [AitBr.]; [Vait.])
of the wife of युधिष्ठिर and mother of यौधेय, [MBh. i, 3828]
दाविक   of a river, [MBh. iii, 5044] ( cf.)
of a country, [VarBṛS. xi, 35]
the thorn-apple, [Bhpr.]
देविका  f.  b f. See देवक.

Shabda-Sagara

देविका  f.  ( -का) The name of a river, the Saraju or Deva.
E. देवी, and कन् affix, fem form.

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देवी कन्

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

noun  एकः देवतागणः ।   Ex. देविकायाः उल्लेखः ब्राह्मणेषु वर्तते