- 14.4 is a key for
understanding the
character of the
Dasyus: Agni born
shone out
slaying the
Dasyus, the
darkness by the light, he
found the Cows, the Waters...
- her
corpse is
denied funeral rights until the
Dasyus complete the bridge. Later,
Porus rescues the
Dasyus but her
corpse is
burnt on Cleitus' orders. Rishi...
-
accounts of
conflicts between the
Aryas and the
Dasas and
Dasyus. It
describes Dasas and
Dasyus as
people who do not
perform sacrifices (akratu) or obey...
- are
dasyujatiya (
Dasyus) who
speak Dasyu languages. In
order to
teach his Dharma,
Buddha has to
deliver his
discourse in
Aryan and
Dasyu languages. This...
-
evidence in
support of the view that the
Aryans were a
separate race from the
Dasyus.
Sayanacharya says that it
means 'mouthless,' i.e.,
devoid of good speech...
- an
Ikshvaku ruler, is
described in the
Rigveda to have
annihilated the
Dasyus, and s****s the help of the
Ashvin twins, the
divine physicians of the Vedic...
- Mutibas,
descendants of Visvamitra...” All
these tribes are
referred to as
dasyus or non-aryans
living on the
fringes of
Aryan settlements.
Aitareya Brahmana...
-
Sanskrit text, and
indicate that the Rig
Vedic opposition between ārya and
dasyu is
distinction between "disorder,
chaos and dark side of
human nature" contrasted...
- of
Scythia west of the
Caspian Sea.
Chakraberty 1948, p. 34: "Dasas or
Dasyu of the
RigVeda are the
Dahae of Avesta, Daci of the Romans,
Dakaoi (Hindi...
- main
feature of the Aryans,
differentiating them from the
aboriginal Dáśa-
Dasyu po****tion who were a dark-skinned,
small people speaking another language...
