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Aditi, and is said to have been born again as Pmrri, the wife of
King Su-tapas.
DEYALA. A Yedic J&slii, to whom some hymns are attri-
buted. There are several men of this name ; one was author
of a code of law, another was an astronomer, and one the grandfather
of ParainL
DEYALA. Music, personified as a female.
DEYA-LOKA. The world of the gods, i&, Swarga, India's
heaven.
DEVA-MATJSZ ' Mother of the gods.' An appeUation of
Aditi (q.v.).
DEYA-KATA. i. A royal ^ishi of the Solar race, who dwelt
among the Yidehas, and had charge of Diva's bow, which descended
to Janaka and was broken by Kama. 2. A name given
to $unaA-sephas.
DEYAESHIS. (Deva-nshis.) JSishis or saints of the celes-
tial class, who dwell in the regions of the gods, such as Narada.
Sages who have attained perfection upon earth and have been
exalted as demigods to heaven.
DEYATA. A divine being or god. The name Devatas
includes the gods in general, or, as most frequently used, the
whole body of inferior gods.
DEYATADHYAYA-BKAHMAJVA. The fifth Brahmarca
of the Sama-veda. The text has been edited by BurnelL
DEVAYANL Daughter of /Sukra, priest of the Daityas.
She fell in love with her father's pupil Kacha, son of Bnhaspati,
but he rejected her advances. She cursed him, and in return
he cursed her, that she, a Brahman's daughter, should marry a
Kshatriya. Devayani was companion to SarmisMia, daughter
of the king of the Daityas. One day they went to bathe, and
the god Yayu changed their clothes. When they were dressed,
they began to quarrel about the change, and Devayani spoke
" with a scowl so bitter that Sarmish&a slapped her face, and
pushed her into a dry well" She was rescued by King Yayati,
who took her home to her father. $ukra, at his daughter's
vehement persuasion, demanded satisfaction from Sarmish#ia j
s
father, the Daitya king. He conceded Devayani's demand, that
upon her marriage Sarmish^ha should be given to her for a servant.
Devayani married King Yayati, a Kshatriya, and Sarmish/ha
became her servant Subsequently Yayati became