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Character Name

Devi

Meaning — Directly from Sanskrit meaning "goddess" or "divine being". Devi is the generic Sanskrit term for the divine feminine and is used as both a name and an honorific suffix throughout South Asia. As a name it identifies the bearer with the cosmic feminine force itself.·Sanskrit origin·Female·DAY-vee

Devi Devi is among the most elemental feminine names in the Sanskrit tradition — it does not name a specific goddess but the principle of the divine feminine itself. In fiction a character named Devi is often invested with a numinous quality: people sense something beyond the ordinary in her, and her moral authority is difficult to explain or resist.

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MythologyLiterary FictionHistorical FictionFantasy

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Variations & nicknames

DeviDeva

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Devi SharmaDevi NairDevi RaoDevi IyerDevi Das

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