devaprasnam

plural devaprasnams · alternative deva prasnam

1. HinduismAn astrological ritual carried out to interpret the will of the gods.

   A deva prasnam conducted in July 1975 revealed that the image had been consecrated by a saint from Tirupati more than one thousand years ago.

   1992, Kunissery Ramakrishnier Vaidyanathan, Sri Krishna, the Lord of Guruvayur

   2 more examples

   The temple has been in the news since June when astrologer Panicker maintained that the ‘devaprasnam’ had revealed to him that the temple had been ‘defiled’ two decades ago.

   2006, Pakistan & Gulf Economist, volume 25, page 109

   As the citizens of Trivandrum debated what to do about Vault B, the royal family and officials from the temple invited a group of astrologers to hold a four-day ceremony, known as a Devaprasnam, in order to ascertain the will of the deity.

   2012 April 30, Jake Halpern, “The Secret of the Temple”, in The New Yorker