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Devara Dasimayya
Devara Dasimayya (ದೇವರ ದಾಸಿಮಯ್ಯ) was a weaver and Kannada poet of Mudanuru in present-day Karnataka, generally accepted as the first composer of vachanas, preceding Basavanna.
Devaraj
Devaraj (ದೇವರಾಜ್), the "Dynamic Hero" of Kannada cinema, is a veteran actor in over 200 films across Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil, a Karnataka State Award winner for Veerappan (1991), and father of actor Prajwal Devaraj.
Devaraja cult
The devaraja cult was the god-king royal cult of ancient Cambodia, established in the early 9th century by Jayavarman II as the religious basis of Khmer royal authority.
Devaraja Dalavayi
Devaraja Dalavayi (ದೇವರಾಜ ದಳವಾಯಿ) was commander-in-chief and chief minister of the Kingdom of Mysore, who with Nanjaraja conducted state affairs and whose service Hyder Ali rose through to seize power by 1761.
Devaraya II's conquest of Kerala and Ceylon expeditions
Devaraya II's conquest of Kerala and Ceylon expeditions were the southern campaigns of Vijayanagara emperor Devaraya II in the 1430s, led by commander Lakkanna Dannaik.
Devarra
Devarra is the performing name of Adi Devara Bachtiar, an Indonesian tech house DJ and producer from Jakarta who won Heineken Thirst Indonesia in 2005.
Devascularization (surgery)
Devascularization is a surgical technique that deliberately cuts or removes the blood supply to an organ or tissue, most often to stop bleeding from gastroesophageal varices or postpartum hemorrhage.
Devasena
Devasena (Devasenā, 'army of the gods'), Tamil Devayanai, is the Hindu goddess consort of Skanda-Murugan, daughter of Daksha or Indra, symbol of iccha shakti, wed after his victory over the asuras.
Devasena (Vakataka king)
Devasena was a king of the Vatsagulma, or western, branch of the Vakataka dynasty, ruling the Deccan of India from roughly 450 to 475 CE.
Devassa of the Inconfidência Mineira
The Devassa of the Inconfidência Mineira (Devassa da Inconfidência Mineira) was the Portuguese Crown's judicial inquiry into the Minas Gerais separatist conspiracy, ending with Tiradentes's execution in 1792.
Devasuram (ദേവാസുരം)
Devasuram (ദേവാസുരം) is a 1993 Malayalam action drama directed by I.V. Sasi, written by Ranjith, starring Mohanlal as Mangalassery Neelakandan with Revathi; top Malayalam grosser of 1993, sequel Ravanaprabhu.
DeVaughn Nixon
DeVaughn Nixon, born 1983, is an American actor from Los Angeles, son of Norm Nixon and stepson of Debbie Allen. Known for Fletcher in The Bodyguard, Danny Dyson in Terminator 2, and playing his father in Winning Time (2022–2023).
Devaughn Vele
Devaughn Vele, NFL wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints (No. 14), formerly Denver Broncos; Utah walk-on, 2024 seventh-round pick (235th overall), traded to New Orleans in August 2025.
Devault
Devault is the performing name of Sage DeVault, an American electronic producer from Orange County, California, whose debut LP Stay arrived on Geffen in 2018.
Devawongse Varoprakar
Devawongse Varoprakar (1858 to 1923) was a Siamese prince and foreign minister from 1885 to 1923, whose policies kept Siam independent during the age of imperialism.
Devayani (தேவயானி) (actress)
Devayani (தேவயானி), born Sushma in 1974, is a Tamil film and television actress; breakthrough Kadhal Kottai (1996), lead in Kolangal, married director Rajakumaran, now directing shorts.
Devdas
Devdas (দেবদাস), also Devdās, is Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1917 Bengali tragic-romance novella about a self-destructive lover. Written circa 1901 in Bhagalpur, serialized in Bharatvarsa, it became South Asia's most-filmed non-epic story, notably via Bimal Roy's 1955 and Bhansali's 2002 Hindi films.
Devdas (1935 film)
Devdas (देवदास, 1935) is P.C. Barua's New Theatres bilingual talkie adapting Sarat Chandra's 1917 novella; Barua starred in Bengali, K.L. Saigal in Hindi, with Bimal Roy as cinematographer.
Devdas (देवदास) (2002 Hindi film)
Devdas (देवदास) is Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2002 Hindi romantic drama starring Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, and Madhuri Dixit, adapted from Saratchandra Chattopadhyay's 1917 novella; a Rs 50 crore Cannes-screened hit that won multiple Filmfare and National Film Awards.
Devdas (দেবদাস) (1955 film)
Devdas (দেবদাস), 1955 Hindi drama directed and produced by Bimal Roy from Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1917 novel, starring Dilip Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Vyjayantimala, and Motilal; the most faithful classic adaptation in the Devdas film lineage.
Devdutt Padikkal
Devdutt Padikkal is an Indian left-handed cricketer who plays for Karnataka and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, making his T20I debut for India in 2021 and Test debut in 2024.
Devdutt Pattanaik
Devdutt Pattanaik (born 1970) is an Indian mythologist, author, and illustrator, formerly a medical doctor and Chief Belief Officer at Future Group, known for Myth = Mithya, Jaya, Sita, and over 50 books on mythology.
Devdutt Yellurkar
Devdutt Yellurkar is a venture capitalist who has been a General Partner at CRV since 2008, known for enterprise cloud and SaaS investments and a 2020 Forbes Midas List debut.
Developable surface
A developable surface, also called a singly curved surface, is a surface in three-dimensional space that can be flattened onto a plane without stretching or tearing, such as cones and cylinders.
Developed country
Developed country: a high-income, industrialized state per IMF, UN, World Bank, or OECD classifications; no universal threshold exists, with UN listing 67 developed and 181 developing jurisdictions.
Developer Certificate of Origin
The Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) is a statement by which open-source contributors certify they may submit a contribution, made per commit with a Signed-off-by line.
Developing country
A developing country, also called a less developed country, is a country at a lower stage of economic and social development, with no single agreed definition.
Development area
Development area: a government-designated area given special help to attract business and factories (GEMET); also a land-use planning zone term. Hebrew אזור פיתוח, Finnish kehittämisalue, Chinese 开发区; UK Development Areas from 1945.
Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, known as CAF, is a borrower-owned multilateral development bank founded in 1970 by six Andean countries and renamed in 2023.
Development communication
Development communication, or Communication for Development (C4D), is the strategic use of communication technologies and processes to promote social change. Coined by Nora Quebral in the 1970s, it spans diffusion and participatory models used by FAO, the World Bank, UNICEF, and UNESCO.