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* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/devas Devas] at Theosophy World | |||
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*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1215# Devic Consciousness] by Dora Kunz. Reprinted from "Devic Consciousness." ''Quest'' 97. 4 (Fall 2009): 152-153. | *[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1215# Devic Consciousness] by Dora Kunz. Reprinted from "Devic Consciousness." ''Quest'' 97. 4 (Fall 2009): 152-153. | ||
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Deva (Devanagari: देव) is the Sanskrit word for deity (female devī). Derived from the root div, "to shine or become bright," a deva is a “shining one.”
H. P. Blavatsky defined it as follows:
Deva (Sk.). A god, a “resplendent” deity. Deva-Deus, from the root div “to shine”. A Deva is a celestial being—whether good, bad, or indifferent. Devas inhabit “the three worlds”, which are the three planes above us. There are 33 groups or 330 millions of them.[1]
In one of The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett the Master K.H. says that there are two classes of devas or Dhyāni-Chohans: the "Rupa-devas" (with "form" or objective) and the "Arupa-devas" ("formless" or subjective). They both were men in previous manvantaras.[2]
Online resources
- Devas at Theosophy World
Articles
- Devic Consciousness by Dora Kunz. Reprinted from "Devic Consciousness." Quest 97. 4 (Fall 2009): 152-153.