Dyaus
Americannoun
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Yet with all this he is not Dyaus, nor Indra, nor the Maruts, nor Vâyu, nor Soma.
From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Alexander Wilder
There are passages where Parganya takes the place which elsewhere is filled by Dyaus, the sky, or by Indra, the active god of the atmosphere.
From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Alexander Wilder
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 F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
Sometimes this Parganya stands in the place of Dyaus, the sky.
From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Alexander Wilder
Surya is sometimes spoken of as a child of Aditi's or of Dyaus and Ushas is his wife, though she also lives in Spartan polyandry with the Asvin twins.**
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Andrew Lang
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