divā

1. heaven Ja.iv.134 (˚ṃ agā); Ja.v.123 (˚ṃ patta); Pv-a.74 (˚ṃ gata)
2. day Snp.507 (rattindivaṃ night day); Vv-a.247 (rattindiva one night & one day, i.e. 24 hrs.); Dhp-a.ii.8 (divā-divassa so early in the day) Also in divaṃ-kara, daymaker, = sun, Vv-a.307; usually as divākara (q.v.). Cp. devasika; see also ajja.

• -santatta heated for a whole day Ja.iv.118 (cp. divasa˚)

Sk. diva (nt.), weak base diṷ (div) of strong form di̯ē (see deva) to *dei̯eṷo to shine; cp. Sk. dyo heaven divā adv. by day; Lat. biduum (bi-divom) two days

adverb by day SN.i.183; MN.i.125; Dhp.387; DN-a.i.251; Pv-a.43, Pv-a.142, Pv-a.206 (= divasa-bhāge) Often combined & contrasted with rattiṃ (or ratto) by night; e.g. divārattiṃ by day & by night SN.i.47; divā c’ eva rattiñ ca DN.ii.20; rattim pi divā pi Ja.ii.133 divā ca ratto ca SN.i.33; Snp.223; Dhp.296; Vv.31#4; Vv-a.128
■ divātaraṃ (compar. adv.) later on in the day MN.i.125; Ja.iii.48, Ja.iii.498
■ atidivā too late SN.i.200; AN.iii.117.

• -kara (= divaṃ kara) the day-maker, the sun Thag-a.70 (Ap.v.16); Pv-a.155;
• -divassa (adv.) early in the day, at sunrise, at an early hour Vin.ii.190; SN.i.89, SN.i.91 SN.i.97; AN.v.185; MN.ii.100, MN.ii.112; Ja.ii.1; Ja.vi.31; Dhp-a.ii.8; Vv-a.239, Vv-a.242;
• -vihāra the day-rest, i.e. rest during the heat of the day Vin.i.28, SN.i.129, SN.i.132, SN.i.146, SN.i.193 = Thag.1241; Snp.679;
• -saññā consciousness by day, daily c DN.iii.223 = AN.ii.45;
• -seyyā = ˚vihāra DN.i.112.

Ved. divā, cp. diva