Deva may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Deva, an ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 2nd edition monster * Deva, in the 2023 Indian film '' Salaar'' * Devas, in anime TV series '' Digimon Tamers''

Film

* ''Deva'' (1989 film), a Kannada romantic action film * ''Deva'' (1995 film), a Tamil romantic action film * ''Deva'' (2002 film), a Bengali action masala film * ''Deva'' (2007 film), or ''Vel'' * ''Deva'' (2017 film), a Marathi romantic drama * ''Deva'' (2025 film), a Hindi action thriller * "Deva", a song from the 2024 Indian film '' Vyuham''

Businesses and organisations

* '' Deutsche Versuchs- und Prüfanstalt für Jagd- und Sportwaffen'' (DEVA), German Experimental and Test Institute for Hunting and Sporting Firearms * Democracy and Progress Party (''Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi'', DEVA), a Turkish political party * Democratic Alternative (Finland) (''Demokraattinen Vaihtoehto'', DeVa), a Finnish political party

People

* Deva (name), including a list of people with the given name and surname * Deva (composer) (born 1950), Indian film composer and singer * Deva (footballer) (Santos Souza Delvanita, born 1989), Brazilian footballer * Дeva (born 2000), Hungarian singer-songwriter

Places

* Deva, Gijón, Asturias, Spain *

Deva, Romania Deva (; Hungarian: ''Déva'', Hungarian pronunciation: ; German: ''Diemrich'', ''Schlossberg'', ''Denburg''; Latin: ''Sargetia''; is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, on the left bank of the river Mureș. It is the c ...

Deva Victrix Deva Victrix, or simply Deva, was a legionary castra, 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, Legio II ''Adiutrix'' in the 70s AD as the ...

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

Religion and mythology

Deva (Hinduism) ''Deva'' (, ) 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” Etymologicall ...

, a divine being or god * Deva (Buddhism), a higher being * Deva (Jainism), a term used for heavenly beings * Deva (theosophy), spiritual forces or beings behind nature * Daeva, a malevolent god or supernatural entity in Zoroastrianism * Deva people of Sri Lankan mythology

Rivers

* Deva (river), a river in Northern Spain, between Asturias and Cantabria * River Dee, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, ancient name Deva * River Dee, Wales, ancient name Deva

Other uses

* ''Deva'' (moth), a synonym of ''Plusiodonta'' * Deva dynasty, c. 12th–13th century Hindu dynasty of Bengal * Deva dynasty (Saketa), 2nd–1st century BCE kings of Ayodhya, Kosala, in India * Deva Stadium, in Chester, England * CA Deva, football club in Cantabria, Spain *

Devanagari Devanagari ( ; in script: , , ) is an Indic script used in the Indian subcontinent. It is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental systems: alphabets, writing system), based on the ancient ''Brāhmī script, Brā ...

script, ISO 15924 code Deva