Dyaus

[dyous]

noun

1. the Vedic god of the sky.

Example Sentences

This God was named by the various names of the sky—Dyaus, Varana, Svar, which, according to the requirements of the thought, described either the object or the person, the heavens or the God.

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But, to adopt the language of Mr. Max M�ller, who appears to hold the same views, "Dyaus ceased to be an expressive predicate; it became a traditional name";* it "lost its radical meaning".

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Our Aryan forefathers looked up to the heavens and they gave it the name of Dyaus, from a root-word which means "to shine."

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It was delightful to see that Dyaus meant originally the bright sky, something actually seen, but something that had to become something unseen.

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Dyaus, the sky, the heaven-god, can be worshipped anywhere; so can the earth, so can the heavenly twins, who were objects of early Aryan religion, so can the sun and moon.

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