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द्यौष्पितृ

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *Dyḗws ph₂tḗr. By surface analysis, द्यौस् (dyaús, nominative singular of द्यु (dyú, “sky”)) +‎ पितृ (pitṛ́, “father”). Cognate with Proto-Italic *djous patēr (whence Latin Iuppiter), Ancient Greek Ζεῦ πάτερ (Zeû páter), Illyrian *Dei-pátrous.

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Proper noun

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द्यौष्पितृ • (dyáuṣpitṛ́) stem, m

  1. (Vedic religion, Hinduism) Dyauṣpitā, the personification of the sky
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.51.5:
      द्यौ॒ष्पितः॒ पृथि॑वि॒ मात॒रध्रु॒गग्ने॑ भ्रातर्वसवो मृ॒ळता॑ नः।
      विश्व॑ आदित्या अदिते स॒जोषा॑ अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ शर्म॑ बहु॒लं वि य॑न्त॥
      dyauṣpítaḥ pṛ́thivi mā́tarádhrugágne bhrātarvasavo mṛḷátā naḥ.
      víśva ādityā adite sajóṣā asmábhyaṃ śárma bahuláṃ ví yanta.
      Father Heaven, innocent mother Earth, brother Agni, and you, Vasus, grant us happiness; all you sons of Aditi, and you Aditi, alike well-pleased, bestow upon us ample felicity.

Declension

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Masculine ṛ-stem declension of द्यौष्पितृ
singular
nominative द्यौष्पिता (dyaúṣpitā)
accusative द्यौष्पितरम् (dyaúṣpitaram)
instrumental द्यौष्पित्रा (dyaúṣpitrā)
dative द्यौष्पित्रे (dyaúṣpitre)
ablative द्यौष्पितुः (dyaúṣpituḥ)
genitive द्यौष्पितुः (dyaúṣpituḥ)
locative द्यौष्पितरि (dyaúṣpitari)
vocative द्यौष्पितः (dyaúṣpitaḥ)
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