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DEVA (Sanskrit " heavenly ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 120 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DEVA (See also:Sanskrit " heavenly ") , in See also:Hindu and Buddhist See also:mythology, See also:spirits of the See also:light and See also:air, and See also:minor deities generally beneficent. In See also:Persian mythology, however, the word is used for evil spirits or demons. According to Zoroaster the devas were created by See also:Ahriman.

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