das दस् cl. 1. 4. (p. dásamāna; impf. pl. adasyan) to suffer want, become exhausted, [RV. iv, 134, 5] ([Nir. i, 9]), [TS. i, 6, 11, 3]; = upa-√ kṣip, [Dhātup.] : Caus. Ā. (1. sg. °saye; Subj. pl. °sayanta) to exhaust, [iv, 2, 5, 4]; [RV. v, 45, 3]; cf. apa-, upa-, anūpa-, pra-, vi-; saṃ-dadasvás, draviṇo-dás; δεῖ dasa दस dása m. a demon, [vi, 21, 11]. dasma दस्म dasmá mfn. (√ daṃs) accomplishing wonderful deeds, wonderful, extraordinary, [RV.] dasmá m. a sacrificer, [L.] fire, [L.] a thief, rogue (cf. °syu), [L.] dasra दस्र dasrá mfn. accomplishing wonderful deeds, giving marvellous aid (chiefly said of the Aśvins), [RV.] dasrá m. N. of one of the Aśvins, [Bṛh.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv. 601] dasrá m. du. the Aśvins, [L.] dasrá m. sg. the number 2 [Sūryas. i] = -devatā, [viii, 9] a robber, thief, [Uṇ., Sch.] an ass (cf. daśeraka), [L.] dasrá n. the cold season, [Uṇvṛ.] dasrá See dasmá. dasta दस्त mfn. = dosita, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 27]; [Vop. xxvi.] dasyu दस्यु dásyu m. (√ das) enemy of the gods (e.g. śámbara, śúṣṇa, cúmuri, dhúni; all conquered by Indra, Agni, &c.), impious man (called a-śraddhá, a-yajñá, á-yajyu, á-pṛṇat, a-vratá, anya-vrata, a-karmán), barbarian (called a-nā́s, or an-ā́s ‘ugly-faced’, ádhara, ‘inferior’, á-mānuṣa, ‘inhuman’), robber (called dhanín), [RV.]; [AV.] &c. any outcast or Hindū who has become so by neglect of the essential rites, [Mn.] not accepted as a witness, [viii, 66] cf. trasá- (dásyave vṛ́ka m. ‘wolf to the Dasyu’, N. of a man, [RV. viii, 51]; [55 f.]; dásyave sáhas n. violence to the D° (N. of Turvīti), [i, 36, 18]) dasmya दस्म्य dásmya mfn. wonderful, [viii, 24, 20]. dasrasū दस्रसू dasra—sū f. ‘mother of the Aśvins’, Saṃjñā, [L.] dasmatkṛ दस्मत्कृ dasmát-√ kṛ to make wonderful, [i, 74, 4.] dasyuhan दस्युहन् dasyu—hán m. (nom. °hā́ instr. °ghnā́) fn. destroying the Dasyus (Indra [i], [vi], [viii] ; Indra's gift, [x, 47, 4]; manyú, [83, 3]; mánas, [iv, 16, 10]) dasmatama दस्मतम dasmá—tama (°smá-), mfn. most wonderful, [ii, 20, 6]. dasyujūta दस्युजूत dásyu—jūta (dás°), mfn. instigated by Dasyus, [RV. vi, 24, 8.] dasyuhatya दस्युहत्य dasyu—hátya n. a fight with the Dasyus, [RV. i], [x] cf. śuṣṇa-h°. dasyujīvin दस्युजीविन् dasyu—jīvin mfn. living a robber's life, [MBh. xii, 2433.] dasyusādbhū दस्युसाद्भू dasyu—sād-√ bhū to become a prey to robbers, [MBh. xii.] dasmavarcas दस्मवर्चस् dasmá—varcas (°smá-), mfn. of wonderful appearance, [RV.] dasradevatā दस्रदेवता dasra—devatā f. ‘having the Aśvins as deity’, the Nakṣatra Aśvinī, [L.] dasyuhantama दस्युहन्तम dasyu—°hán-tama mfn. (superl.) most destructive to the Dasyus, [vi, 16, 15] and [viii, 39, 8] (Agni); [x, 170, 2] (Light), [Hariv.] (Buddha) cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 17], [Kāś.] dasyutarhaṇa दस्युतर्हण dasyu—tárhaṇa mfn. crushing the Dasyus, [ix, 47, 2.]