Deva

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Deva may refer to:

Religion

• Deva (Buddhism), a divine being or god in Buddhism
• Deva (Hinduism), a divine being or god in Hinduism
• Deva (Jainism), a term used for heavenly beings in Jainism
• Deva (New Age), spiritual forces or beings behind nature
• Deva people of Sri Lankan mythology

Places

• Deva, Romania, a city in Hunedoara county, Romania
• Deva (river), a river in Northern Spain, between Asturias and Cantabria
• Deva (Gijón), a district in Asturias, Spain
• Deva Victrix, a Roman fortress and town, now Chester, England
  • Deva Stadium, a football stadium in Chester named after the city's Roman name
• River Dee, Aberdeenshire, by Roman name
• River Dee, Galloway, by Roman name
• River Dee, Wales, by Roman name

Given name

• Deva Bandhumasena (1891–1944), Thai military officer
• Deva Katta, Indian-born American citizen filmmaker
• Deva Premal (born in born 1970), German musician
• Deva Raya II (died 1446), emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire

Surname

• Deva dynasty (c.12th–13th century), Hindu dynasty of Bengal
• Deva (composer) (born 1950), Indian film composer and singer
• A. N. Prabhu Deva, Indian academic
• Bhattakalanka Deva (fl. 1604), Kannada grammarian
• Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Deva (1797–1816), King of Nepal
• Mukul Deva (born 1961), Indian English author
• Narendra Deva (1889–1956), Indian politician
• Nirj Deva (born 1948), United Kingdom politician
• Prabhu Deva (born 1973), South Indian actor, dancer, and movie director
• Ramachandra Deva (1948–2013), Indian Kannada poet, writer and playwright
• Sarah Jezebel Deva or Sarah Jane Ferridge (born 1977), British vocalist
• Srikanth Deva, Indian music director
• Terra Deva, American musician
• Xhafer Deva (1904–1978), Albanian politician

Popular culture

• Deva (1989 film), a 1989 Indian Kannada-language romantic action film
• Deva (1995 film), a 1995 Tamil film
• Deva (2002 film), a 2002 Bengali film
• Deva (Dungeons & Dragons), a type of angel
• Devas or Aasimar, fictional race in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
• Devas, characters in Digimon Tamers

Other uses

• DeVa, or Demokraattinen Vaihtoehto, Democratic Alternative a Finnish Communist party
• CA Deva, football cub in Cantabria, Spain
• Deva (moth), a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family
• ISO 15924 code for Devanagari script
• Deva Nutrition LLC, a distributor of unique vitamins, minerals, and food supplements for vegans

See also