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 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 ...

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 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), German Experimental and Test Institute for Hunting and Sporting Firearms *

Democracy and Progress Party The Democracy and Progress Party (, DEVA) is a Turkish political party founded on 9 March 2020 under the leadership of Ali Babacan, a former economy minister under the AKP. The official abbreviation is "DEVA" (''Remedy'' in Turkish) accordi ...

(''Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi'', DEVA), a Turkish political party *

Democratic Alternative (Finland) Democratic Alternative (; ) was a political party in Finland. Deva was formed in 1986 by expelled members of the Communist Party of Finland and its mass front Finnish People's Democratic League. In 1990 Deva disintegrated and its members joined ...

(''Demokraattinen Vaihtoehto'', DeVa), a Finnish political party

People

* Deva (name), including a list of people with the given name and surname *

Deva (composer) Devanesan Chokkalingam, also known as Deva, is a Tamil 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 spanning abo ...

(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 Deva is a parish of the municipality of Gijón, in Asturias, Spain. The toponym itself comes from an ancient pre-Roman/ astur deity.

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

, a higher being *

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 are born in ...

, a term used for heavenly beings *

Deva (theosophy) A deva in theosophy and the New Age movement refers to any of the spirit (animating force), spiritual forces or elemental, beings behind nature. The origin of the word "deva" comes from Sanskrit. According to Theosophy (Blavatskian), Theosophist ...

, spiritual forces or beings behind nature *

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". T ...

, a malevolent god or supernatural entity in Zoroastrianism *

Deva people The Deva are a mythical people of Sri Lanka according to the Sanskrit epics. According to the Mahavamsa and Ramayana they lived among the Naga, Yakkha and Raskha. They ousted their arch enemies the Raskha from Sri Lanka, with the help of Vish ...

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 ...

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

River Dee, Aberdeenshire The River Dee () 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 the region bet ...

, Scotland, ancient name Deva *

River Dee, Wales The River Dee (, ) flows through North Wales and Cheshire, England. The majority of the river is located in Wales, with the stretch between Aldford and Saltney within England and two other sections forming the border between the two countries ...

, ancient name Deva

Other uses

* ''Deva'' (moth), a synonym of ''Plusiodonta'' *

Deva dynasty Deva Dynasty (c. 12th – 15th centuries) was a Bengali Hindu dynasty which originated in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent; the dynasty ruled over eastern Bengal after the Sena dynasty. The capital of the dynasty was Bikrampur in ...

, 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: M ...

, 2nd–1st century BCE kings of Ayodhya, Kosala, in India *

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. The stadium straddles the England–Wales border at Sealand, on the outskirts of Chester. The ...

, 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