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GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Hinduism) the Hindu god of the sky; same as dyaus.
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“But the Vedic Dyu or Dyaus-pitar is first of all a masculine, while in later Sanskrit only it becomes exclusively a feminine.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
“In the Veda we find Zeus or Jupiter (Dyaus-pitar) meaning the sky, and Sarameias or Hermes, meaning the breeze of a summer morning.”
Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology
“Dyaus-pitar," or God the Father, as among the Greeks we have”
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