Dyaus Pita

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit द्यौष्पितृ (dyáuṣpitṛ́). Doublet of Jupiter.

Proper noun

Dyaus Pita

  1. (Hinduism) In the Vedic religion, the Sky Father, husband of Prithvi and father of Agni and Indra.
    • 1998, Yogi Ramacharaka Ramacharaka, The Philosophies and Religions of India, Kessinger Publishing, page 250:
      Thus in the early Vedas we find records of Dyaus-Pita, or “Father-Heaven,” accompanied by Prithvi or “Mother-Earth”; also Ushas or “Dawn-Goddess”; Surya, or the “Sun-God”; Vayu or the “Wind-God”; and Agni, the “Fire-god”.
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