[FairfieldLife] Re: What is the relationship between God and Devatas?

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:57:56 -0800 

--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>

> >   
> A little Sanskrit 101 here: deva if masculine so devatas refers to the 
> male deities and if you notice Maharishi only mentions male deities.  
> OTOH, devi is feminine so devitas refers to the female deities and
if he 
> had been asked about the "devitas" he would have only mentioned female 
> deities.  So for complete knowledge on the subject one would want to
ask 
> about both.  ;-)
>

 :D

Well, seriously, according to A. A. Macdonell, under "Secondary
nominal suffixes", "tâ: forms abstract f.[feminine -- CM] substantives
with the sense conveyed by the English suffixes /-ship/ and /-ness/;
e. g. bandhu-tâ /relationship/, vasu-tâ /wealthiness/;
deva-tâ /divinity/, puruSa-tâ /human nature/."

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