देवक [ devaka ] [ devaka ] m. f. n. who or what sports or plays Lit. W.

  divine , celestial id.

  [ devaka ] m. ( [ div ] ) a god , deity ( at the end of an adj. comp.) Lit. MBh. ii , 1396 ( cf. [ daivaka ] )

  N. of a man (?) Lit. RV. vii , 18 , 20 Lit. Sāy.

  of a Gandharva (at once a prince , son of Āhuka and father of Devakī ( below ) Lit. MBh. i , 4480 ; v , 80 Lit. Hariv. Lit. Pur.)

  of a son of Yudhi-shṭhira and Yaudheyī or Pauravī ( cf. [ °vikā ] below) Lit. Pur.

  familiar N. for [ deva-dattaka ] Lit. Pāṇ. 5-3 , 83 Lit. Pat.

  m. pl. N. of the Śūdras in Krauñca-dvīpa Lit. BhP. v , 20 , 22

  [ devakā ] f. fam. for [ deva-dattikā ] Lit. Pāṇ. 7-3 , 45 Vārtt. 4 Lit. Pat.

  [ devikā ] f. N. of a class of goddesses of an inferior order Lit. Br. (pl. the oblations made to them , viz. to Anu-matī , Rākā , Sinīvālī , Kuhū , and to Dhātṛi Lit. TS. ; cf. [ -havis ] Lit. AitBr. Lit. Vait.)

  of the wife of Yudhishṭhira and mother of Yaudheya Lit. MBh. i , 3828

  of a river Lit. MBh. iii , 5044 ( cf. [ dāvika ] )

  of a country Lit. VarBṛS. xi , 35

  the thorn-apple Lit. Bhpr.

  [ devakī ] f. see below.