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Russian translation: Дэвы


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20:55 Jan 28, 2010
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Religion
English term or phrase: Devas
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Then you use this wisdom as a guidance pointer to point you in the direction of your soul’s purpose in this lifetime. Guidance is necessary. And it comes as a by-product of wisdom. Use all your life experiences to open the way into higher levels of awareness of all that exists around you. For around you is all that you see and all that you don’t see, so make your way carefully, move into the Light, until the unseen becomes the seen.

There are so many unseen Guides and Angels guiding you now, that your living space is crowded, with not enough chairs for all to sit. So they stand and hover about you, as you make your way through your day.

Your yards and parks are now filled to overflowing with Nature Spirits and Devas, and the Mer People have returned to join with you again. Love and abundance abound everywhere—feel it, sense it, smell it, taste it and love it back. Find yourselves again, as you once were before alighting on this planet, before volunteering for this service, and see yourselves as whole and complete. However you see yourself, whatever you out-picture, returns to you. Out picturing perfection will only bring your reflection back to you.

Whatever you perceive, you receive. Your perception of yourself will reprogram your cells into your true divine blueprint of physical perfection—the perfection that we in Telos live daily.

I am Rosalia, your sister from within your heart.

Вот словарное определение:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Deva

–noun
1. Hinduism, Buddhism. a god or divinity.
2. Zoroastrianism. one of an order of evil spirits.

Word Origin & History

deva

"god, good spirit" in Hindu religion, from Skt. deva "a god," originally "a shining one," from *div- "to shine," thus cognate with Gk. dios "divine" and Zeus, and L. deus "god" (O.Latin deivos). Fem. form devi is used for "goddess," also (with capital D-) for the mother goddess in Hinduism. Hence, also, devadasi "temple dancing girl," lit. "female servant of a god," from dasi "slave girl." Also Devanagari, the formal alphabet of Skt. writings, perhaps originally "divine city script," from nagara "city."Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper

Как это лучше передать на русском: божества, духи?

Спасибо.
klp
Local time: 03:00
Russian translation:Дэвы
Explanation:
http://ariom.ru/wiki/Deva

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Note added at 4 мин (2010-01-28 21:00:02 GMT)
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Вот еще: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Боги_(буддизм)

Дэва (пали, санскр. देव, «сияющий») в буддизме — название для множества разнотипных существ, более сильных, долгоживущих, и более удовлетворённых жизнью, чем люди. Термин дэва принято переводить как бог или божество, хотя дэвы значительно отличаются от божеств других религий.
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Igor Savenkov
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:00
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Большое спасибо всем.
Спасибо, Игорь.
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4 +1БогOlga Prisekina-Olrichs
4 +1Дэвы
Igor Savenkov
3 +1дэвы
Liza Shkolnik
4духиJill Conklin


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devas
дэвы


Explanation:
вот, например: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Боги_(буддизм)
А в чем проблема?

Liza Shkolnik
Local time: 02:00
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 11

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agree  Nico Rhodionoff: проблема в том, что в санскритской традиции Дэвы "добрые духи", а в зороастризме, как указывает автор вопроса - one of an order of evil spirits. Я думаю, если бы не эта дихотомия, он бы и не спрашивал вообще...
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
devas
Дэвы


Explanation:
http://ariom.ru/wiki/Deva

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Note added at 4 мин (2010-01-28 21:00:02 GMT)
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Вот еще: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Боги_(буддизм)

Дэва (пали, санскр. देव, «сияющий») в буддизме — название для множества разнотипных существ, более сильных, долгоживущих, и более удовлетворённых жизнью, чем люди. Термин дэва принято переводить как бог или божество, хотя дэвы значительно отличаются от божеств других религий.

Igor Savenkov
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:00
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
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Большое спасибо всем.
Спасибо, Игорь.

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agree  Nico Rhodionoff:
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
devas
духи


Explanation:
As far as I understand, in this context devas are the spirits that are directly related to nature, the ones that help plants grow, not Buddhist deities or evil spirits.

(from website)
How a Plant is Created Through Magic
In creating plants, fairies work with smaller plants. Devas are more advanced in evolution than fairies and work with trees and shrubs. Elementals are tiny fairies with a group mind and may work with blossoms.



    Reference: http://www.mysticalkingdoms.com/known-mystical-kingdoms/plan...
Jill Conklin
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

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neutral  Nico Rhodionoff: духи can have both positive and negative connotation (духи ада), however in given context the word has to have positive/neutral connotation.
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devas
Бог


Explanation:
нпр. на литовском языке Dievas = Бог, а мы все знаем, что литовский язык признан учеными наиболее архаичным из на сегодняшний день используемых индоевропейских языков и наиболее близок к санскриту.

Deva (देव in Devanagari script) is the Sanskrit word for "god, deity".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)

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божества, боги


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deva_%28Hinduism%29
Olga Prisekina-Olrichs
Netherlands
Local time: 01:00
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in LithuanianLithuanian

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agree  Yuliya UA: бежества, полубоги
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  -> Спасибо, Юлия!

neutral  Nico Rhodionoff: не следует увлекаться омофонией: gift в англ. - подарок, а в нем. - яд...
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