Devasimha

{{Short description|King of Oiniwar Dynasty in Mithila}}

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Devasimha

| title = King of Mithila

| predecessor = Bhavasimha

| successor = Shivasimha

| birth_name = Deva

| birth_place = Mithila

| spouse = Hasini Devi

| spouse-type = Wife

| house = Mithila Kingdom

| house-type = Kingdom

| father = Bhavasimha

| occupation = King of Mithila

| religion = Hinduism

| royal house = Tirhut Sarkar

| dynasty = Oiniwar Dynasty

}}

Devasimha (Maithili: देव सिंह) was the sixth king of the Oiniwar Dynasty in the Mithila Kingdom of the Indian subcontinent.{{Cite book |last=Choudhary |first=Radhakrishna |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Survey_of_Maithili_Literature.html?id=C0f898HDLAYC#v=onepage&q=Devasimha%20of%20Mithila&f=false |title=A Survey of Maithili Literature |date=1976 |publisher=Ram Vilas Sahu |isbn=978-93-80538-36-5 |language=en}} He ruled the kingdom during the early period of the 15th century CE.{{Cite book |last=Letters |first=University of Calcutta Department of |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Journal_of_the_Department_of_Letters.html?id=nycOAAAAIAAJ#devasimha |title=Journal of the Department of Letters |date=1927 |publisher=Calcutta University Press |language=en}} He ascended the throne of the Mithila Kingdom after the King Bhavasimha.{{Cite book |last=Sircar |first=D. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Studies_in_Indian_Coins.html?id=m1JYwP5tVQUC#v=onepage&q=bhavasimha&f=false |title=Studies in Indian Coins |date=2005 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishe |isbn=978-81-208-2973-2 |pages=269 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Choudhary |first=Radhakrishna |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Mithil%C4%81_in_the_Age_of_Vidy%C4%81pati.html?id=8bwBAAAAMAAJ#devasimha |title=Mithilā in the Age of Vidyāpati |date=1976 |publisher=Chaukhambha Orientalia |language=en}}