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Sanskrit root for the English word 'devil'?
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m***@gmail.com
2015-02-06 06:01:20 UTC
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https://books.google.nl/books?id=Y-GfRToMY-8C&pg=PA83&lpg=PA83&dq=devil+sunscret+root&source=bl&ots=GQWuknH9Yp&sig=eyhMuiAW9gq5zmg-Bc3Dor9JsdE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=glfUVMiZAo6AafWhgpAM&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=devil%20sunscret%20root&f=false
guest
2015-03-10 18:36:25 UTC
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Post by m***@gmail.com
https://books.google.nl/books?id=Y-GfRToMY-8C&pg=PA83&lpg=PA83&dq=devil+sunscret+root&source=bl&ots=GQWuknH9Yp&sig=eyhMuiAW9gq5zmg-Bc3Dor9JsdE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=glfUVMiZAo6AafWhgpAM&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=devil%20sunscret%20root&f=false
Just to clarify for other readers, the first search match (1/3) in the link points to the most relevant section, which is on page 82 going by the book's numbering. You will find it under the heading 'The Origin of the Words "Devil" and "Demon"'
Madhu
2015-03-12 15:03:09 UTC
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* guest <fc5f047c-cfdb-48f5-819f-***@googlegroups.com> :
Wrote on Tue, 10 Mar 2015 11:36:25 -0700 (PDT):

| On Friday, 6 February 2015 00:01:21 UTC-6, ***@gmail.com wrote:
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| Just to clarify for other readers, the first search match (1/3) in the
| link points to the most relevant section, which is on page 82 going by
| the book's numbering. You will find it under the heading 'The Origin
| of the Words "Devil" and "Demon"'

This does not help, if you want to clarify, please post the actual text
you wish to quote, a few sentences to illustrate the point being made.

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sudarshanhs@hotmail.com
2015-06-24 05:58:56 UTC
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You may want to check Ancient-Iranian / Avestan.
dEva in old-Iranian means the opponents of gods.
protonx80
2018-05-24 12:40:41 UTC
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Hello!
I'd like to ask whether you could help me to clarify the root of
'devil'. I'm having a discussion with an American writer. We agree
that some words from Indo-European languages have their root in the
sanskrit stem 'deva', like 'deus' in Latin (consequently 'dios'
[Spanish], 'dieu' [French] for example), 'divine' in English and so
on.
We disagree about 'devil'. In my opinion the English 'devil' and the
German 'Teufel', too, have their root in 'deva' or 'div' while she
says this is not the case.
Now, there are some Internet sources supporting my opinion, but they
all don't seem to be scientifically based enough. Do you perhaps have
any idea?
Thanks!
Heiner Kottmann
i am a perfect layman in these things.... but according to me.... the asurs were the old iranians......devas and asurs were basically enemies and as such what aryans consider devi the killer of asurs .... the old asurs would consider an evil entity .....
devi --> devil

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