Devi

[ dey-vee ]

noun

, Hinduism.

1. a mother goddess of which Durga, Kali, etc., are particular forms.
2. Also called An·na·pur·na [an-, uh, -, poor, -n, uh, -, pur, -],. the consort of Shiva, identified with Shakti and Kali as a goddess of love, maternity, and death.

Devi

/ ˈdeɪviː /

noun

1. a Hindu goddess and embodiment of the female energy of Siva

Word History and Origins

Origin of Devi¹

From Sanskrit, feminine of deva deva

Word History and Origins

Origin of Devi¹

Sanskrit: goddess; see deva

Example Sentences

Devi struggles through insecurities about her self-worth, her culture, her sexual experience, and her mental health, along the way blowing up relationships with her oldest friends, her newest friends, her mother, and her two boyfriends.

From The Daily Beast

It accomplishes this by throwing a wrench into Devi’s plans early in the new season.

From Washington Post

Devi became a performer, touring internationally and stunning observers with her feats, which outpaced computers in the 1970s and ’80s.

From Science News

Devi likewise inspired schoolchildren, promoting math as fun and unintimidating and authoring books about numbers.

From Science News

Watching the two films, I couldn’t help but wonder how Devi’s life might have been different had she been privileged with the type of schooling Mirzakhani received.

From Science News

Their most important joint project, though, is protecting their youngest sister, free-spirited Devi.

From The Daily Beast

Born on July 7—a “luckless birthdate” associated with “many undefinable threats”—Devi seems fated for calamity.

From The Daily Beast

The sudden violence casts a threat on the safety not just of Devi but of the entire neighborhood.

From The Daily Beast

I noticed that my three main characters, Sarita, Karun and Jaz, formed a trinity just like Vishnu, Shiva, and Devi.

From The Daily Beast

Which left the villain Bhim to engineer the Karun-Devi union somehow (D5, D6).

From The Daily Beast

Before dawn great preparations were being made for a grand festival in honour of the great idol Devi.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, it was in this head that the soul was placed, so the devi came out on to the shore, full of wrath.

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From the sea there staggered forth the last ten-headed devi, and hid under a tree.

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As each devi awoke he went to the boy, but the lame devi took care of them.

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For a long time the other devis waited for their lame brother; they watched, but no lame devi was to be seen.

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