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deity

English

(wikipedia deity)

Noun

(deities)
  • The state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.10:
    • Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee: / All that is by the working of thy Deitee .
  • A divine being; a god or goddess.

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    * See also

    Derived terms

    * household deity

    Related terms

    * deicide * deify

    See also

    * cosmocrat * deism * god * godliness * theism

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    surya

    English

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    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Hinduism) The chief solar deity, one of the Adityas, son of Kasyapa and one of his wives Aditi, of Indra, or of Dyaus Pita (depending by the versions). Portrayed with golden arms and hair, Surya drives through the heaven in his triumphal chariot harnessed by seven horses or one horse with seven heads, which represent the seven colours of the rainbow or the seven chakras.
  • used in India.

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    * (wikipedia "Surya")

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