ORIGIN: Hindu (Vedic)
TYPE: Collective name for a group of deva gods.
INFORMATION: One of the many lists of deities in Hinduism, this one is contained in the Rg Veda and includes thirty-three names divided into three groups of eleven in each of hte three worlds. Subsequently, the devas were separated into eight vasus, twelve adityas, eleven rudras and two asvins. In later Hinduism the number thirty-three is increased hyperbolically to 330 Million adn deva refers to gods excluding the major triad of Brahma, Visnu and Siva.