devaloke

devaloka

masc acc pl of devaloka (noun); masc loc sg of devaloka (noun)

heaven; world of gods; heavenly realm

Built from

deva — root · god, shining one
From *deiwos, the Indo-European sky-god. Cognates: Sanskrit deva, Latin deus, Greek Zeus (Dios). The root sense is 'to shine' or 'sky'.
loka — root · world, place
From *lok- 'to see, look'. Cognates: Latin locus 'place', English look. Originally denoted a visible or perceived domain.

Analysis. deva (god) + loka (world); 'the world of gods', the heavenly realm where devas dwell in the cosmology of rebirth.

Etymology. deva from Indo-European *deiwos 'shining one, sky-god', cognate with Latin deus, Sanskrit deva, Greek Zeus (gen. Dios); loka 'world, place' from *lok- 'to see, look', cognate with Latin locus 'place' and English look. The compound pictures the celestial realm as the visible domain of divine beings.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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