By Jit Majumdar
- army of the gods
- the king of Śrāvastī (K.S.S.); a Buddhist arhat (B. Sāhitya); the husband of Kīrtisena (M. Bh.); another name for Kārttīkeya or Skanda, the general of the army of the gods. (fem: devasenā): a dughetr of the Prajāpati Dakşa and the wife of Subrahmaņya (M. Bh.).