Dyaus
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Dyaus, sky, does not occur as a masculine in the ordinary Sanskrit; it occurs in the Veda, and thus bears witness to the early Aryan worship of Dyaus, the Greek Zeús.
From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
The word Dyaus, which at first meant bright, had lost its radical meaning, and now meant simply sky.
From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
We know, however, that while they called the sky Dyaus, they had in mind an infinite subject, a Deva, a God.
From The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
Supposing Varuna to mean the heaven, we are not much advanced, for dyu also lias the same meaning; yet Dyaus and Varuna have little in common.
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Andrew Lang
Zeus is admitted to be connected with Dyaus, and to have originally meant "sky".
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Andrew Lang
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