As a deity name
Name 116 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 13 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
Name 464 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 654 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
देवदेव · noun · masculine
शिव · ब्रह्मा · विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘the god of gods’, N. of Brahmā
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Dictionary citations
deva—deva m. ‘the god of gods’, N. of Brahmā, MBh. i, 1628
of Rudra-Śiva, 7324
of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa, Bhag. x, 15
of Gaṇeśa, Kathās. xx, 55
du. Brahmā and Śiva, MBh. viii, 4456
Alternative readings
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