Dyaus

American  

[dyous] / dyaʊs /

noun

1. the Vedic god of the sky.

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Example Sentences

He is called father, like Dyaus, the sky.

From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Wilder, Alexander

Dyaus, the Sky, never attained the proportions of the formally identical Zeus and Jupiter.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

Now, what happened in this instance with the name of Dyaus, happened again and again with other names.

From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

There were a few men, no doubt, at all times, who saw through this mythological phraseology, who called on God, though they called him Zeus, or Dyaus, or Jupiter.

From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

"At the birth of thy splendor Dyaus trembled, the Earth trembled for fear of thy anger."

From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Wilder, Alexander