As a deity name
Name 146 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 237 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 336 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
देविका · noun · feminine
घाघरा नदी, जिसमें मिलने के कारण सरजू को लोग देवहा कहते हैं । एक नीद का नाम जिसमें कालिकापुराण के मत से सरजू मिली है — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "देविका" is देविक + -आ: देविक means "[वि॰ स्त्री॰ देविकी]", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "देविका" is देविक + -आ: देविक means "[वि॰ स्त्री॰ देविकी]", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the thorn-apple
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "devikā" is the feminine form of "devika" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "devikā" is the feminine form of "devaka" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
M3 · meaning shifts "devika" is derived from "devi" with the ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
devi- and devī-, see devī.
devi in comp. for ˚vī.
devika mf(ī)n. appertaining to or derived from a deity, W.
devika m. fam. N. for deva-datta, Pāṇ. v, 3, 78, Kāś.
M3 · meaning shifts "devaka" is derived from "deva" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
deva mf(ī)n. (fr. 3. div) heavenly, divine (also said of terrestrial things of high excellence), RV.; AV.; VS.; ŚBr. (superl. m. deva-tama, RV. iv, 22, 3 &c.; f. devi-tamā, ii, 41, 16)
deva m. (according to Pāṇ. iii, 3, 120 deva) a deity, god, RV. &c. &c.
devaka mf(ikā)n. who or what sports or plays, W.
divine, celestial id.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
devikā f. N. of a class of goddesses of an inferior order, Br. (pl. the oblations made to them, viz. to Anu-matī, Rākā, Sinīvālī, Kuhū, and to Dhātṛ, TS.; cf. -havis, AitBr.; Vait.)
of the wife of Yudhiṣṭhira and mother of Yaudheya, MBh. i, 3828
of a river, MBh. iii, 5044 (cf. dāvika)
of a country, VarBṛS. xi, 35
the thorn-apple, Bhpr.
devika mf(ī)n. appertaining to or derived from a deity, W.
devika m. fam. N. for deva-datta, Pāṇ. v, 3, 78, Kāś.
devaka mf(ikā)n. who or what sports or plays, W.
divine, celestial id.
devi- and devī-, see devī.
devi in comp. for ˚vī.
deva mf(ī)n. (fr. 3. div) heavenly, divine (also said of terrestrial things of high excellence), RV.; AV.; VS.; ŚBr. (superl. m. deva-tama, RV. iv, 22, 3 &c.; f. devi-tamā, ii, 41, 16)
deva m. (according to Pāṇ. iii, 3, 120 deva) a deity, god, RV. &c. &c.
Alternative readings
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