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dāsa

dāsá m. fiend, demon

N. of certain evil beings conquered by Indra (e.g. Namuci, Pipru, Śambara, Varcin &c.), [RV.]

savage, barbarian, infidel (also dā́sa, opp. to ārya; cf. dasyu)

slave, servant, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Mn.] &c.

a Śūdra, [L.], Sch.

one to whom gifts may be made, [W.]

a fisherman (v.l. for dāśa)

dāsá mfn. ifc. of names, esp. of Śūdras and Kāya-sthas (but cf. also kāli-)

dā́sa mf(I)n. fiendish, demoniacal, barbarous, impious, [RV.]

m. a knowing man, esp. a knower of the universal spirit, [L.]