As a Hindi name
देवापि · noun · masculine
एक राजा का नाम — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘friend of the g˚’, N. of a Ṛṣi who was son of Ṛṣṭi-ṣeṇa, (according to a later legend he is a son of king Pratipa, resigns his kingdom, retires to the woods and is supposed to be…
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Dictionary citations
devāpi m. ‘friend of the g˚’, N. of a Ṛṣi who was son of Ṛṣṭi-ṣeṇa, RV. x (according to a later legend he is a son of king Pratipa, resigns his kingdom, retires to the woods and is supposed to be still alive, MBh.; Pur. &c.)
devāpi m. (-piḥ) The son of PRATĪPA, supposed to be still alive, near the Sumeru mountain.
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