Deva may refer to:

Entertainment

* ''Deva'' (1989 film), a 1989 Kannada film * ''Deva'' (1995 film), a 1995 Tamil film * ''Deva'' (2002 film), a 2002 Bengali film * Deva (2007 Telugu film) * ''Deva'' (2017 film), a 2017 Marathi film * Deva (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a type of angel * Devas, characters in ''

Digimon Tamers is a Japanese anime television series and the third television series in the ''Digimon'' franchise, produced by Toei Animation. The series takes place in a new setting separate from the preceding series, ''Digimon Adventure'' and ''Digimon ...

People

Given name

Deva (composer) Devanesan Chokkalingam, also known as Deva, is a south Indian film composer and singer who predominantly works in Tamil Cinema. He has composed songs and provided background music for Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam films in a career span ...

(born 1950), Indian film composer and singer * Дeva (Deva) (born 2000), Hungarian singer-songwriter * Deva Bandhumasena (1891–1944), Thai military officer *

Deva Katta Deva Katta is an Indian American film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. He directed cult classic Telugu movies such as ''Vennela'' (2005), ''Prasthanam'' (2010), ''Autonagar Surya'' (2014) and ''Republic (film)'' (2021). In ...

, Indian-born American citizen filmmaker * Deva Mahal, soul and R&B singer in New York * Deva Mahenra (born 1990), actor, model and presenter from Indonesia * Deva Premal (born 1970), German musician *

Deva Raya II Deva Raya II (r. 1422–1446 CE) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire. The greatest of the Sangama dynasty rulers, he was an able administrator, warrior, and scholar. He authored well-known works in the Kannada language (''Sobagina Sone'' a ...

(died 1446), emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire * Santos Souza Delvanita (commonly known as Deva; born 1989), Brazilian footballer

Surname

* A. N. Prabhu Deva, Indian academic * Bhattakalanka Deva ( fl. 1604), Kannada grammarian * Deva Dassy (1911–2016), French mezzo-soprano *

Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज गीर्वाणयुद्ध विक्रम शाह देव) (19 October 1797 – 20 November 1816), also called Girvanyuddha Bikrama Shah, was f ...

(1797–1816), King of Nepal *

Mukul Deva Major Mukul Deva (Retd.) (born 29 January 1961) is an Indian polymath. Based in Singapore, he is a motivational keynote speaker, executive coach, business mentor and bestselling author. He writes spy-military thrillers on terrorism, action, cri ...

(born 1961), Indian English author *

Narendra Deva Acharya Narendra Deva (; also Dev; 30 October 1889 – 19 February 1956) was one of the leading theorists of the Congress Socialist Party in India. His democratic socialism renounced violent means as a matter of principle and embraced the ''saty ...

(1889–1956), Indian politician *

Nirj Deva ''Thakur Artha'' Niranjan Joseph De Silva Deva Aditya, (born 11 May 1948), known as Nirj Deva, is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of the European Parliament for South East England from 1999 to 20 ...

(born 1948), United Kingdom politician *

Prabhu Deva Prabhu Deva (born 3 April 1973) is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer and actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada language films. In a career spanning 32 years, he has performed and designed a ...

(born 1973), South Indian actor, dancer, and movie director *

Ramachandra Deva Ramachandra Deva (Ramachandrayya Deva) (22 March 1948 – 11 September 2013) was an Indian writer. Deva was born in Kote Mundugaru village in Karnataka, India, to Deva Raghavendrayya and Honnamma. Education Deva completed his schooling in Kalm ...

(1948–2013), Indian Kannada poet, writer and playwright *

Saara Deva Saipriya Deva is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil cinema. Career Deva's family has been in the film business for almost a century. Her great-grandfather started, and grandfather (V.M. Paramasiva Mudalier) was the owner of S ...

(born 1994), Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil cinema *

Sarah Jezebel Deva Sarah Jane (born 25 February 1977), better known by her stage name Sarah Jezebel Deva, is an English singer. She was the female soprano vocalist for Cradle of Filth for 14 years and the frontwoman of the band Angtoria for 10 years. In 2009, D ...

or Sarah Jane Ferridge (born 1977), British vocalist * Srikanth Deva (born 1980), Indian music director *

Terra Deva Terra Deva McNair is an American singer, songwriter, actor, and dancer known for her work in seasons 4 & 5 of ''The Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club.'' She has had continued success as a solo and collaborative artist. Terra was born in Nor ...

, American musician *

Vishnu Deva Vishnu Deva (born 18 May 1975) is an Indian choreographer who has worked in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Bengali and Nepali films. Since 2000, he has choreographed different types of dance styles, and is known for his work on the Bollywo ...

(born 1975), Indian choreographer *

Xhafer Deva Xhafer Deva (21 February 1904 – 25 May 1978) was a Kosovo Albanian politician during World War II. A notable local politician in Kosovo and in Axis-occupied Albania, he took charge of German-occupied Mitrovica and worked with the Germans ...

(1904–1978), Albanian politician

Religion

Deva (Hinduism) ''Deva'' (; Sanskrit: , ) means "shiny", "exalted", "heavenly being", "divine being", "anything of excellence", and is also one of the Sanskrit terms used to indicate a deity in Hinduism.Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary ...

, a divine being or god in Hinduism *

Deva (Buddhism) A Deva (देव Sanskrit and Pāli; Mongolian тэнгэр, tenger) in Buddhism is a type of celestial beings or gods who share the god-like characteristics of being more powerful, longer-lived, and, in general, much happier than humans, ...

, a higher being in Buddhism *

Deva (Jainism) The ''sanskrit'' word Deva has multiple meanings in Jainism. In many places the word has been used to refer to the ''Tirthankaras'' (spiritual teachers of Dharma). But in common usage it is used to refer to the heavenly beings. These beings ar ...

, a term used for heavenly beings in Jainism *

Daeva A daeva (Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 ''daēuua'') is a Zoroastrian supernatural entity with disagreeable characteristics. In the Gathas, the oldest texts of the Zoroastrian canon, the ''daeva''s are "gods that are (to be) rejected". This ...

, a malevolent god or supernatural entity in Zoroastrianism *

Deva (New Age) A deva in the New Age movement refers to any of the spiritual forces or beings behind nature. The origin of the word "deva" comes from Sanskrit. According to Theosophist Charles Webster Leadbeater, devas represent a separate evolution from that of ...

, spiritual forces or beings behind nature * Deva people of Sri Lankan mythology

Rivers

Deva (river) The Deva is a river in Northern Spain, flowing through the Autonomous Communities of Cantabria and Asturias until it flows into Tina Mayor, an estuary. Its main tributaries are the Cares and Urdón rivers, among others. Deva is the name of a C ...

, a river in Northern Spain, between Asturias and Cantabria *

River Dee, Aberdeenshire The River Dee ( gd, Uisge Dhè) is a river in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It rises in the Cairngorms and flows through southern Aberdeenshire to reach the North Sea at Aberdeen. The area it passes through is known as Deeside, or Royal Deeside in ...

, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland *

River Dee, Galloway The River Dee ( gd, Dè / Uisge Dhè), in south-west Scotland, flows from its source in Loch Dee amongst the Galloway Hills, firstly to Clatteringshaws Loch, then into Loch Ken, where it joins the Water of Ken. From there, the Dee flows south ...

, in southwest Scotland *

River Dee, Wales The River Dee ( cy, Afon Dyfrdwy, la, Deva Fluvius) is a river in the United Kingdom. It flows through parts of both Wales and England, forming part of the border between the two countries. The river rises in Snowdonia, Wales, flows east via ...

, a river in the United Kingdom

Towns

* Deva, Gijón, a parish of Gijón, in Asturias, Spain *

Deva, Romania Deva (; Hungarian: ''Déva'', Hungarian pronunciation: ; German: ''Diemrich'', ''Schlossberg'', ''Denburg''; Latin: ''Sargetia''; Turkish: ''Deve'', ''Devevar'') is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, on the left bank o ...

, a city in Hunedoara county, Romania *

Deva Victrix Deva Victrix, or simply Deva, was a legionary fortress and town in the Roman province of Britannia on the site of the modern city of Chester. The fortress was built by the Legio II ''Adiutrix'' in the 70s AD as the Roman army advanced north ag ...

, a Roman fortress and town, now Chester, England * Deva Village, India

Other uses

* DEVA, abbreviation for

Deutsche Versuchs- und Prüfanstalt für Jagd- und Sportwaffen The German Experimental and Test Institute for Hunting and Sporting Firearms (founded 26 November 1888) (German ''Deutsche Versuchs- und Prüfanstalt für Jagd- und Sportwaffen e.V.''), usually shortened DEVA, is a German manufacturer's association ...

* DEVA, abbreviation for Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi,

Democracy and Progress Party The Democracy and Progress Party ( tr, Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi, DEVA, lit. Democracy and Enterprise Party) is a Turkish political party founded on 9 March 2020 under the leadership of Ali Babacan, a former economy minister under the AK ...

of Turkey * ''Deva'' (moth), a synonym of the moth genus ''Plusiodonta'' of the family Erebidae * Deva dynasty (c. 12th–13th century), Hindu dynasty of Bengal *

Deva dynasty (Saketa) The Deva dynasty of Saketa, was a dynasty of kings who ruled in the area of the city of Ayodhya, Kosala, in India from the 2nd century BCE until the end of 1st century BCE. Political history Five Deva kings are attested by their coins: ...

Deva Stadium Deva Stadium is an association football stadium which is the home of Chester F.C., the effective successor club to the liquidated Chester City F.C., Chester City. The stadium straddles the England-Wales border at Sealand, Flintshire, Sealand, o ...

, a football stadium in Chester named after the city's Roman name *

CA Deva Club Atlético Deva is a football team based in Unquera, Val de San Vicente in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1950, the team plays in Regional Preferente. The club's home ground is '' El Llance'', which has a capacity of 2,0 ...

, football club in Cantabria, Spain * DeVa, or ''Demokraattinen Vaihtoehto'', Democratic Alternative a Finnish Communist party * ISO 15924 code for

Devanagari Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the ...

, script