Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“thief, lament, pain”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 224 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“thief, lament, pain”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
दिवा · noun · masculine
दिन । दिवस · २२ अक्षरों का एक वर्णावृत्त । एक वृत्त का नाम जिसके प्रत्येक चरण में ७ भगण और १ गुरु होता है । इसेक दूसरे नाम 'मालिनी' और 'मदिरा' भी है । जैसे,—भातस गौरि गुसाँइन को वर राम धनू दुइ खंड कियो — Śabdasāgara
दिवा · diwā · s.m.
A lamp ( = dīwā; diyā, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 530
दिवा · divā · adv.
By day — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 530
Cited formation "दिवा" is दिव + -आ: दिव means "Divine, &c. ( = divya, q.v.)", 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: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "दिवा" is दिव + -आ: दिव means "Divine, &c. ( = divya, q.v.)", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
g. svarādi, by day (often opposed to naktam)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "divā" is the nominative of "divan" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "divā" is the instrumental of "div" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "divā" is the feminine form of "diva" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
divā ind. (for divā, instr. of 3. div) g. svarādi, by day (often opposed to naktam), RV.
used also as subst., e.g. divā bhavati, ChUp. iii, 11, 3
(with rātris), MBh. ii, 154 &c.
esp. in beginning of comp.
divā ind. By day, in the daytime; divābhū ‘to become day.’ Comp. — aṭanaḥ a crow. — aṃdha a. blind by day. — (dhaḥ) an owl. — aṃdhakī, — aṃdhikā a musk-rat. — avasānaṃ ‘close of day’, evening. — karaḥ 1 the sun; Ku. 1. 12, 5. 48. 2 a crow. 3 the sun-flower. — kīrtiḥ 1 a Cāṇḍāla, a man of low caste. 2 a barber. 3 an owl. — caraḥ 1 a Cāṇḍāla. 2 a kind of bird (śyāmā). — niśaṃ ind. day and night. — puṣṭaḥ, -maṇiḥ the sun. — pradīpaḥ ‘a lamp by day’, an obscure man. — bhītaḥ, -bhītiḥ 1 an owl; divākarādrakṣati yo guhāsu līnaṃ divābhītamivāṃdhakāraṃ Ku. 1. 12. 2 a white lotus (opening at night). 3 a thief, house-breaker. — madhyaṃ midday. — rātraṃ ind. day and night. — vasuḥ the sun. — śaya a. sleeping by day; R. 19. 34. — svapnaḥ, -svāpaḥ sleep during day-time. — (paḥ) an owl.
divan m. a day, L. (cf. prati-).
divan n. The heaven. — m. A day.
1. div cl. 1. P. -devati cl. 10. P. -devayati, to cause to lament, to pain, vex; to ask, beg; to go; Ā. ˚te, to suffer pain, Dhātup. xxxiii, 51, 32.
2. div cl. 4. dīvyati, ˚te, RV.; Br. &c. (perf. dideva, AV.; fut. deviṣyati; cond. adeviṣyat, MBh.; Daś.; aor. adevīt, MBh.; &c.; inf. devitum, MBh. &c.; ind.p. devitvā, Pāṇ. i, 2, 18; -dīvya, RV. x, 42, 9) to cast, throw, esp. dice i.e. play, gamble (akṣais, RV. x, 34, 13; MBh. iii, 2260; akṣān, Pāṇ. i, 4, 43), with (instr. MBh. ii, 2509), for (instr., ii, 2061 &c.; acc. MaitrS. i, 6, 11; ŚBr. v, 4, 4, 23; dat. MBh. iv, 534; ii, 2468; gen. [śatasya] Pāṇ. ii, 3, 58); to lay a wager, bet with (sārdham), upon (dat.), MBh. i, 1192; to play, sport, joke, trifle with (acc. AV. v, 29); to have free scope, spread, increase (Pañc. ii, 193, B. vardhati); to shine, be bright [Zd. dīv; (?) Lit. dyvas] BhP. iii, 20, 22; to praise, rejoice, be drunk or mad; to sleep; to wish for; to go, Dhātup. : Caus. devayati, to cause to play (Sch.) or to sport, BhP. iii, 20, 22 : Desid. dideviṣati and dudyūṣati, Pāṇ. vii, 2, 49, Kāś. : Caus. of Desid. dudyūṣayati, to incite to play, Bhaṭṭ. v, 49 : Intens. dedivīti, dedyeti, dedeti &c., Vop. xx, 17.
diva n. heaven, sky, MBh.; Hariv.
day, esp. in dive-dive, day by day, daily, RV. and ifc. (g. śaradādi)
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