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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for दस्यु

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. दस्युdasyuN. of a class of evil beings or demons, enemies of gods and men, and slain by Indra, (mostly Vedic in this…

    [दस्-युच्]

    1. Name of a class of evil beings or demons, enemies of gods and men, and slain by Indra, (mostly Vedic in this sense).
    2. An outcast, a Hindu who has become an outcast by neglect of the essential rites; Compare Ms.5.131;1.45; दस्यूनां दीयतामेष साध्वद्य पुरुषा- धमः Mb.12.173.2.
    3. A thief, robber, bandit; नीत्वोत्पथं विषयदस्युषु निक्षिपन्ति Bhāg.7.15.46; पात्रीकृतो दस्यु- रिवासि येन Ś.5.2; R.9.53; Ms.7 143.
    4. A villain, miscreant; दस्योरस्य कृपाणपातविषयादाच्छिन्दतः प्रेयसीम् Māl. 5.28.
    5. A desperado, violator, oppressor.
    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. दस्युdasyum. (√दस्) enemy of the gods (e.g. श्/अम्बर, श्/उष्ण, च्/उमुरि, ध्/उनि; all conquered by Indra इन्द्र, Agni…
    1. masculine gender (√दस्) enemy of the gods (exempli gratia, 'for example' श्/अम्बर, श्/उष्ण, च्/उमुरि, ध्/उनि; all conquered by Indra इन्द्र, Agni अग्नि, etc.), impious man (called अ-श्रद्ध्/अ, अ-यज्ञ्/अ, /अ-यज्यु, /अ-पृनत्, अ-व्रत्/अ, अन्य-व्रत, अ-कर्म्/अन्), barbarian (called अ-न्/आस्, or अन्-/आस् "ugly-faced", /अधर, "inferior", /अ-मानुष, "inhuman"), robber (called धन्/इन्) fg-veda AV. etc.
    2. masculine gender any outcast or Hindu1 Hindu who has become so by neglect of the essential rites Mn.
    3. masculine gender not accepted as a witness, viii, 66
    4. masculine gender confer, compare त्रस्/ओ- (द्/अस्यवे व्/ऋक masculine gender "wolf to the Dasyu दस्यु", Name of a man fg-veda viii, 51; 55 f; द्/अस्यवे स्/अहस् neuter gender violence to the D Dasyu दस्यु (Name of Turvi1ti तुर्वीति), i, 36, 18)
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. दस्युdasyu[dás-yu] m. class of demons hostile to the gods and frequently represented as being over- come by Indra and…

    [dás-yu] masculine class of demons hostile to the gods and frequently represented as being over- come by Indra and Agni, fiend, foe of the gods, unbeliever (Veda, Vedic); man of non-Brâh- manical tribes; robber.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · दस्यु

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