Definitions
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- noun (Hind. Myth.) A deity; a divine being; a good spirit; an idol.
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- noun Hinduism A kind of
good spirit , similar to aguardian angel .
Etymologies
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Davis’s use of the term devata and his quest to comprehensively analyse the collection of female carvings was also inspired by the work of a young French woman, Sappho Marchal, who began classifying the women by their attributes in her own personal drawings.
The Mysterious Women of Angkor Wat | Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine Context 2009
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Unknown to most people, this 1,000 year old building also protects the largest ancient royal portrait gallery in the world: 1,780 images of 12th century Khmer women, now called devata or apsara.
Video: Angkor Wat Documentaries | Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine Context 2009
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Like most Khmer temples, Ta Som is filled with standing female images called devata (or tevoda, tevada), and flying or dancing female divinities called apsara (or apsarases, apsaras).
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The portraits of sacred women, now called devata or apsaras depending on their style, surround the Bayon.
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The women of Angkor Wat, frequently called devata and apsaras, are related to many divine, semi-divine and mortal Asian females.
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Like Angkor Wat, Beng Melea’s designers and sponsors prominently included female deities, now referred to as devata (when standing) or apsara (when dancing).
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These photos reveal a few of the “Devata of Darkness”: images of Cambodia’s sacred women called devata – sometimes inaccurately referred to as apsaras –hidden from the light of day in passages beneath the collapsed structure.
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It's part of a concept known as ishta devata, or cherished deity.
Philip Goldberg: Colbert: Try Hinduism For Lent Philip Goldberg 2011
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It's part of a concept known as ishta devata, or cherished deity.
Philip Goldberg: Colbert: Try Hinduism For Lent Philip Goldberg 2011
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Cambodian History datasia devata devata photos devata research
2010 February | Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine Context 2010
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