दीव्यति

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *díHwiHyati, from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /díːʋ.jɐ.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪iːʋ.jɐ.t̪i/

दीव्यति • (dī́vyati) (root दिव्, class 4, type P)

1. to cast, throw (especially dice)
2. to play, gamble
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.56.5:

     तं विलोक्य जना दूरात्तेजसा मुष्टदृष्टयः। दीव्यतेऽक्षैर्भगवते शशंसु: सूर्यशङ्किताः॥

     taṃ vilokya janā dūrāttejasā muṣṭadṛṣṭayaḥ. dīvyateʼkṣairbhagavate śaśaṃsu: sūryaśaṅkitāḥ.

     As the people looked at Satrājit from a distance, his brilliance blinded them. They presumed he was the sun-god, Sūrya, and went to tell Lord Kṛṣṇa, who was at that time playing with dice [i.e. gambling].

   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.61.25:

     नैवाक्षकोविदा यूयं गोपाला वनगोचरराः। अक्षैर्दीव्यन्ति राजानो बाणैश्च न भवादृशाः॥

     naivākṣakovidā yūyaṃ gopālā vanagocararāḥ. akṣairdīvyanti rājāno bāṇaiśca na bhavādṛśāḥ.

     You cowherds who wander about the forests know nothing about dice. The kings play with dices and arrows; they are not for the likes of you.

3. to lay a wager, bet with (with instrumental case), upon (with dative case)
4. (with accusative case) to play, sport, joke, trifle with
   • 2009, Gurukula patrika, volume 21, page 259:

     ...(शिश्नदेवाः) अब्रह्मचर्याः कामिनो ये शिश्नेन दीव्यन्ति क्रीडन्ति ते।

     ...(śiśnadevāḥ) abrahmacaryāḥ kāmino ye śiśnena dīvyanti krīḍanti te.

     Śiśnadevas are those unchaste and lustful [people] who play or sport with their penis.

5. to have free scope, spread, increase
6. to shine, be bright
7. to praise, rejoice, be drunk or mad
8. to sleep
9. to wish for
10. to go

• Monier Williams (1899), “दीव्यति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 478.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “दीव्यति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 813