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    abhīṣṭadevatā

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 74, col. 3.
    abhīṣṭa—devatā f. beloved goddess, favourite deity (invoked in the last prayer before death), Pañcat.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 356.
    abhīṣṭadevatā (a° + de°) f. die Einem am Herzen liegende Gottheit: °namaskāra Verz. d. B. H. 298, 4. abhīṣṭadevatāṃ smar derselben gedenken, sich zum Tode bereiten PAÑCAT. 208, 14. 16.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 91, col. 2.
    abhīṣṭadevatā f. Herzensgottheit. Ihrer gedenkt man , wenn es an's Sterben geht.

    Indian Epigraphical Glossary

    ☞ p. 2.
    abhīṣṭa-devatā (IA 18), same as iṣṭa-devatā; the favourite

    deity; the tutelary deity.