DENIVAR, a name given by Mr. Hodgson to border tribe between Nepal and the Bhot country See Chepang ; Haiyu.
DEO, Dev, Deva, Dewa. SANSK. A god, deity ; hence Dewalai or Dewal, a house of idols a temple, a pagoda. It is the Zeus of the Greek, and Deus of the Romans, and is possibly till original of the name of Siva, often called Seo Sheo, Shev, or Sheb ; Devi is a goddess. Deo i also used to designate a demon, an idol, genii giant, a spirit, shade, or ghost, and a hobgoblin The village tutelary deity or Hehwar of Hindu sten, the Gramadeva of S. Indus, has a portiot of grain set apart at each harvest. It is commonl: represented by a shapeless stone, but has distinc names, as Bhuin-sen , Kateswari, Hanwat, Hari Ram In his concluding letter ou Comparative Philo logy, Professor Spiegel illustrates froin that source the Indo-Germanic notiona of the deity. Deva, Sanskrit, Latin Deus, denotes shining, glittering, It is an appellative, and occurs in the plural as often RR tho singular ; whence it has justly been inferred that even before their separation the Indo Germans were polytheists ; likewise Bliaga, the distributor, is used also in the plural. Well-attested
names of deities are connected with Deva. Dyaus is heaven ; Apam napat, aquarum nepos, is the generative power residing in the waters. See Dehwar ; Demon ; Devil, DEO, seat of the Deo rajas, one of the most ancient families of Behar, in the Aumngabad sub division, Gaya district, They tmcc their descent from the Ranas of Udaipur (Oodeypore). Four generations of unswerving loyalty to tho East India Company and the Queen Empress have been rewarded by liberal grants of land and villages ; and Sir Jai Prakash Singh, K.C.S.I., received the title of Maharaja Baliadur, with a Knight Com mandership of the Star of India, for his aervices in 1857. It is the seat of a famous temple, at which thousands of people congregate twice a year, to hold the Ch'hat festival in honour of the sun Gaz.