As a Hindi name
देवालय · noun · masculine
स्वर्ग · वह घर जिसमें किसी देवता की मूर्ति रखी जाय । मंदिर — Śabdasāgara
देवालय · devālay · s.m.
See s.v. deva, dev — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 560
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘residence of the g˚’, heaven
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Dictionary citations
devālaya m. ‘residence of the g˚’, heaven, L.
temple, Pañc.; MārkP.
devālaya n. (-yaṃ) 1 A division of heaven, the residence of the gods. 2 A temple. E. deva and ālaya an asylum.
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