Deva
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Deva — a god, a divinity; “a dynamic being manifested in Prakriti for the works of the plane to which he belongs”; any of the “cosmic godheads presiding over the action of cosmic principles”; the seventh of the ten types of consciousness (dasha-gavas) in the evolutionary scale: mind concentrated in vijñana, exceeding itself.[1]
(Sri Aurobindo:) “The Devas – the Gods – and the Asuras – the Titans – manifest in man to lead this world or creation to the goal. The Devas manifest to effect a new principle or bring about a change.”[2]
- ↑ Glossary to the Record of Yoga
- ↑ Evening Talks with Sri Aurobindo, p.479, “On the Gods and Asuras”
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