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Dyaus (Vedic Sanskrit: द्यौस्, IAST:
Dyáus) or
Dyauspitr (Vedic Sanskrit: द्यौष्पितृ, IAST: Dyáuṣpitṛ́) is the
Rigvedic sky deity. His
consort is Prthvi...
- to an "earth mother". "Sky Father" is a
direct translation of the
Vedic Dyaus Pita,
etymologically descended from the same Proto-Indo-European
deity name...
- isolation. She is most
often paired with
Dyaus, the male
deity representing the sky. This
coupling of
Prithvi and
Dyaus forms the dual
entity Dyavaprithivi...
- word
retains a
generic meaning of "aether". The
Hindu god of
Akasha is
Dyaus. The word in
Sanskrit is
derived from a root kāś
meaning "to be". It appears...
- Zeus Patēr (Ζεῦς πατήρ; voc. Ζεῦ πάτερ), Indo-Iranian: *
Dyauš-pHtar, Vedic:
Dyáuṣ-pitā́ (voc.
Dyáuṣ-pitṛ́, द्यौष्पितृ), Italic: *Djous-patēr > *Dijēs-patēr...
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since the
Rigvedic period.
Deities emphasized in the
Vedic religion include Dyaus, Indra, Agni,
Rudra and Varuna, and
important ethical concepts include satya...
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concerning the
ancient history of
mankind ... was this
sample equation:
Sanskrit Dyaus-pitar = Gr**** Zeus =
Latin Jupiter = Old
Norse Tyr".: 12 The
question of...
- Father"). The god is
known under this name in the
Rigveda (Vedic
Sanskrit Dyaus/
Dyaus Pita),
Latin (compare Jupiter, from Iuppiter,
deriving from the Proto-Indo-European...
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consist of the 12 Adityas, the 8 Vasus, the 11
Rudras and the 2 Ashvins:–
Dyauṣ "Sky", Pṛthivī "Earth", Vāyu "Wind", Agni "Fire", Nakṣatra "Stars", Varuṇa...
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remains much debated. An
example of the
shared phrasal equations is the
dyáuṣ pitṛ́ in
Vedic Sanskrit, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws ph₂tḗr, meaning...
