Dyaus
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Other gods are said to do the same things as part of their regular duties: Parjanya, Mitra and Varuṇa, Dyaus, dispense the rain, others the light.
From Hindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India by Barnett, Lionel D.
"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
The idea which had first been expressed by the pronoun or the termination of the third person, He thunders, was taken up into the word Dyaus, or sky.
From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
In the history of ancient religions, Odin belongs to the same stratum of mythological thought as Dyaus in India, Zeus in Greece, Jupiter in Italy.
From Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
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 Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
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