devachan

noun

de·​va·​chan

dāˈvächən

plural -s

theosophy

: a state intermediate between two earth lives into which the ego enters after leaving kamarupa

devachanic

¦dāvə¦chänik

adjective

Word History

Etymology

perhaps irregular from Sanskrit devāc directed toward the gods, from deva

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