-
Dyaus (Sanskrit: द्यौष्, IAST: Dyáuṣ) or
Dyauspitr (Sanskrit: द्यौष्पितृ, IAST:
Dyáuṣpitṛ́) is the
Rigvedic sky deity. His
consort is Prthvi, the earth...
- also
derived the name of the
Hindu sky god Dyáuṣ Pitṛ́ (Vedic Sanskrit:
Dyáuṣpitṛ́, द्यौष्पितृ), and Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz or Tius
hence Old
Norse Týr. Latin...
- heaven"
connected him to sun-deities or to gods of the
heavens such as
Dyauṣpitṛ and Iūpiter. The name of R̥buxšaya was
formed following the same structure...
