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dasyuदस्युdásyu 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])
dasyuhanदस्युहन्dasyu—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])
dasyujūtaदस्युजूतdásyu—jūta (dás°), mfn. instigated by Dasyus, [RV. vi, 24, 8.]
dasyuhatyaदस्युहत्यdasyu—hátya n. a fight with the Dasyus, [RV. i], [x]
cf. śuṣṇa-h°.
dasyujīvinदस्युजीविन्dasyu—jīvin mfn. living a robber's life, [MBh. xii, 2433.]
dasyusādbhūदस्युसाद्भूdasyu—sād-√ bhū to become a prey to robbers, [MBh. xii.]
dasyuhantamaदस्युहन्तमdasyu—°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.]
dasyutarhaṇaदस्युतर्हणdasyu—tárhaṇa mfn. crushing the Dasyus, [ix, 47, 2.]