As a deity name
Name 607 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
div, dyu (nom. dyaus; voc. dyaus [; ]; acc. dyām, divam; instr. divā or divā [see below]; dat. dive [dyave, ]; abl. gen. divas [rarely dyos, e.g.; ]; loc. divi, dyavi; du. dyāvā s.…
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M2 · same meaning "dyauḥ" is "div" with final visarga (ḥ) — regular end-of-word sandhi (Aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15, cited from the engine's own derivation). Same word.
visarga sandhi · aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15 — cited from the derivationDictionary citations
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.
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