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Definition of Dyaus
1. Noun. Hindu god of the sky.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dyaus
Literary usage of Dyaus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chips from a German Workshop by Friedrich Max Müller (1875)
"NOTE B. THE VOCATIVE OP dyaus AND Zns. THE vocative of dyaus, having the circumflex,
... dyaus, corresponding to Greek Zed, would seem a mere anomaly, ..."
2. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the by Friedrich Max Müller (1879)
"Some scholars seem. still to doubt the existence of such a deity in the Veda,
and there is certainly no trace of dyaus as a god, nay, even as a masculine ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"the Veda dyaus occurs, not only as a masculine, but in that close connection with
pita, ... However, even in the Veda, dyaus is already a fading star. ..."
4. Contributions to the Science of Mythology by Friedrich Max Müller (1897)
"But in the hymns of the Rig-veda we can still discover clear traces of a more
ancient supreme deity, namely dyaus, whom Yaska does not even mention as a ..."
5. The Hibbert Lectures by Hibbert Trust (1880)
"The sky as dyaus, or the illuminator. Let us look at the origin and history of
one other god, one of the oldest gods, not only of the Vedic Aryans, ..."
6. The Mythology of the Aryan Nations by George William Cox (1887)
"Thus dyaus, the glistening ether,1 became to the Hindu, as Zeus was to the Greek,
... dyaus, like the Hellenic Oura- nos, must be displaced by his child, ..."
7. Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Purānic by William Joseph Wilkins (1882)
"dyaus AND PRITHIVI. THE general opinion respecting dyaus (Heaven) and Prithivi (Earth)
is that they are amongst the most ancient of the Aryan deities ..."
8. Outlines of Primitive Belief Among the Indo-European Races by Charles Francis Keary (1882)
"In truth, there is in this rivalry between dyaus and Indra an element which is
universal and ingrained in the religious instinct. ..."
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