Deva

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Deva is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

Profile

Origin

Deva^[a] is a Sanskrit word referring to deities.

According to Deva's official profile in Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei: Hisshō Kōryaku-hō Kanpeki-ban, this demon is an Indian evil spirit who fought against the gods using magic but lost and became a minion of Lucifer.^[1] Its description as an evil spirit may be because the cognate of deva in Iranian languages (daēuua in Avestan) refers to demons.

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Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ディーバDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei Last Bible Shinyaku Last Bible Shinyaku Last Bible II: Hajimari no Fukuin Shinyaku Last Bible III: Mugen no Eiyū Dība	Deva
Japanese	デーバDevil Children Black Book and Red Book Devil Children White Book Dēba	Deva

Notes

↑ Sanskrit: देव, romanized deva

References

↑ "インドの邪(じゃ)霊(れい)。強(きょう)力(りょく)な魔(ま)力(りょく)で神(かみ)々(がみ)と戦(たたか)ったが、負(ま)けて、ルシファーの手(て)下(した)になってしまった。" Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei: Hisshō Kōryaku-hō Kanpeki-ban (1987), Fighting Studio. Published by Futabasha. Japanese. p. 39. ISBN-13: 978-4-575-15160-2.

[1] Sanskrit: देव, romanized deva

[2] "インドの邪(じゃ)霊(れい)。強(きょう)力(りょく)な魔(ま)力(りょく)で神(かみ)々(がみ)と戦(たたか)ったが、負(ま)けて、ルシファーの手(て)下(した)になってしまった。" Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei: Hisshō Kōryaku-hō Kanpeki-ban (1987), Fighting Studio. Published by Futabasha. Japanese. p. 39. ISBN-13: 978-4-575-15160-2.

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