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Definition[1]

divya : [adj.] divine; celestial. (see dibba).

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]

Divya [Sk. divya; the verse -- form for the prose -- form dibba (q. v.)] (adj.) divine Sn 153 (cp. SnA 219 under divi˚), 524 (+mānusaka); J vi.172. -- (nt.) the divinity, a divine being (=devatā) J vi.150; SnA 219.

Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Definition[3]

天(1) Heaven (divya). Also expressed as 天上, 天有, 天界, 天上界. (2) A heavenly being--a god (deva); the highest of the six kinds of rebirth天趣, 天道. (3) The eight kinds of spirit beings . (4) A being who possesses superhuman powers.

Definition[4]

天上(1) The 'heavenly realm' also expressed with the single character 天. The "heavens above," i.e., the six devalokas: 六欲天of the region of the desire and the form and formless realms. dyaus, svarga (2) Where the gods live; above the sky. (3) The rebirth as a god in the five (or six) destinies 五趣, or as one of the ten realms 十界.

Definition[5]

divya 1
divya Nom. P. ○yati, to long for heaven Pāṇ. 8-2, 77 Sch. 
 

divya 2
divyá (dívya Pāṇ. 4-2, 101), mfn. divine, heavenly, celestial (opp. to pārthiva, āntarīkṣa or mānuṣa) RV. AV. ŚBr. Kauś. MBh. &c
• supernatural, wonderful, magical (aṅgāra RV. x, 34, 9
• auṣadha Bhartṛ. ii, 18
• vāsas Nal. xiv, 24
• cf. -cakṣus, -jñāna &c. below)
• charming, beautiful, agreeable R. Kathās. &c
• m. a kind of animal (= dhanvana) VarBṛS. lxxxviii, 9
• barley L.
• bdellium L.
• N. of a prince Pur.
• of the author of RV. x, 107 &c
• (ā)), f. N. of plants (= harītakī, bandhyā, karkoṭahī, śatāvarī, mahā-medā &c.) L.
• a kind of perfume = surā L.
• N. of a Buddh. deity Kālac.
• of an Apsaras Sch.
• n. the divine world or anything divine
• pl. the celestial regions, the sky, heaven RV.
• an ordeal (10 kinds, viz. tulā, agni, jala, viṣa, kośa, taṇḍula, tapta-māṣa, phāla, dharmâdharma, tulasī, ss.vv.) Yājñ.ī, 22, 95 Pañc. i, 450/451, 451, 452 &c
• oath, solemn promise Hit. iv, 129/130 cloves L.
• a sort of sandal L.
• N. of a grammar, [Cf. Gk. ? for ? ; Lat. dīus for divius in [479, 2] sub dīo.]
 

Source
Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William
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