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'''{{IAST|Dyauṣ Pitā}}''' ({{lang|sa|द्यौष्पितृ}} / {{IAST|''Dyauṣpitṛ''}}, literally "[[Sky Father]]") is the "Father Heaven" deity of the [[Vedic pantheon]], who appears in hymns with [[Prithvi|Prithvi Mata]] "Mother Earth" in the ancient scriptures of [[Hinduism]]. He is significant in [[comparative philology]] scholarship of [[Proto-Indo-European religion]] as similar vocative and nominative concepts have been discovered in other languages, such as ''Iuppiter'' (Latin), ''Zευς πατήρ'' (Greek), ''Tius or Zio'' (Old German) and ''Toutiks dipater'' (South-Picenean), all of which like ''Dyaus Pita'' mean "sky father".<ref>{{cite book|author=Werner Winter|title=Language in Time and Space |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mox4cw6zY6kC&pg=PA134|year=2003|publisher=[[Walter de Gruyter]]|isbn=978-3-11-017648-3|pages=134–135}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=F Bopp|author2=HH Wilson|title=Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal Volume XCIII-XCIV|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ai07AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA171|year=1851|publisher=[[A & C Black]]|page=171}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Friedrich Max Müller|title=The life and letters of the right Honourable Friedrich Max Müller |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NdsNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA506 |year=1902|publisher=Longmans, Green, and co.|pages=506–507}}</ref> |
'''{{IAST|Dyauṣ Pitā}}''' ({{lang|sa|द्यौष्पितृ}} / {{IAST|''Dyauṣpitṛ''}}, literally "[[Sky Father]]") is the "Father Heaven" deity of the [[Vedic pantheon]], who appears in hymns with [[Prithvi|Prithvi Mata]] "Mother Earth" in the ancient scriptures of [[Hinduism]]. He is significant in [[comparative philology]] scholarship of [[Proto-Indo-European religion]] as similar vocative and nominative concepts have been discovered in other languages, such as ''Iuppiter'' (Latin), ''Zευς πατήρ'' (Greek), ''Tius or Zio'' (Old German) and ''Toutiks dipater'' (South-Picenean), all of which like ''Dyaus Pita'' mean "sky father".<ref>{{cite book|author=Werner Winter|title=Language in Time and Space |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mox4cw6zY6kC&pg=PA134|year=2003|publisher=[[Walter de Gruyter]]|isbn=978-3-11-017648-3|pages=134–135}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=F Bopp|author2=HH Wilson|title=Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal Volume XCIII-XCIV|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ai07AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA171|year=1851|publisher=[[A & C Black]]|page=171}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Friedrich Max Müller|title=The life and letters of the right Honourable Friedrich Max Müller |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NdsNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA506 |year=1902|publisher=Longmans, Green, and co.|pages=506–507}}</ref> |
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In the Rigveda, ''Dyaus Pita'' appears only in verses 1.89.4, 1.90.7, 1.164.33, 1.191.6, 4.1.10. and 4.17.4<ref>Sanskrit: [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/ऋग्वेदः Rigveda], Wikisource; Translation: Ralph T. H. Griffith [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Rig_Veda Rigveda], Wikisource</ref> |
In the Rigveda, ''Dyaus Pita'' appears only in verses 1.89.4, 1.90.7, 1.164.33, 1.191.6, 4.1.10. and 4.17.4<ref>Sanskrit: [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/ऋग्वेदः Rigveda], Wikisource; Translation: Ralph T. H. Griffith [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Rig_Veda Rigveda], Wikisource</ref> He is also referred to under different theonyms: [[Dyavaprthivi]], for example, is a [[dvandva]] combining 'heaven' and 'earth' as Dyaus Pita and [[Prithvi|Prithvi Mata]]. |
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The name {{IAST|Dyauṣ Pitā}} is etymologically |
The name {{IAST|Dyauṣ Pitā}} is etymologically connected to theonyms such as the Greek ''[[Zeus Pater]]'', and closely related to Latin Roman ''[[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]]''. Both ''Dyauṣ'' and ''Zeus'' stem from a [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] ''*[[Dyeus]]'' (also Dyḗus Ph2tḗr, alternatively spelled dyēws). This, and many other parallels such as the Indic rain god ''[[Parjanya]]s'' similarity to Slavic ''[[Perun]]'', Lithuanian ''[[Perkūnas]]'', and Norse ''[[Thor]]'' |
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and ''[[Fjörgyn]]'' led 19th-century scholars to comparative mythology studies and a conjecture that Vedic, post-Vedic, Greek and Roman rituals likely had more ancient Proto-Indo-European roots.<ref>{{cite book|author=Hil Davidson|title=The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2K9r4VEDo4C&pg=PA147|year=1993|publisher=[[Psychology Press]]|isbn=978-0-415-04936-8|pages=147–148}}</ref> |
and ''[[Fjörgyn]]'' led 19th-century scholars to comparative mythology studies and a conjecture that Vedic, post-Vedic, Greek and Roman rituals likely had more ancient Proto-Indo-European roots.<ref>{{cite book|author=Hil Davidson|title=The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2K9r4VEDo4C&pg=PA147|year=1993|publisher=[[Psychology Press]]|isbn=978-0-415-04936-8|pages=147–148}}</ref> |
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| Devanagari | द्यौष्पितृ |
| Sanskrit transliteration | Dyauṣpitṛ |
| Texts | Rigveda |
| Consort | Prithvi |
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Dyauṣ Pitā (द्यौष्पितृ / Dyauṣpitṛ, literally "Sky Father") is the "Father Heaven" deity of the Vedic pantheon, who appears in hymns with Prithvi Mata "Mother Earth" in the ancient scriptures of Hinduism. He is significant in comparative philology scholarship of Proto-Indo-European religion as similar vocative and nominative concepts have been discovered in other languages, such as Iuppiter (Latin), Zευς πατήρ (Greek), Tius or Zio (Old German) and Toutiks dipater (South-Picenean), all of which like Dyaus Pita mean "sky father".[1][2][3]
In the Rigveda, Dyaus Pita appears only in verses 1.89.4, 1.90.7, 1.164.33, 1.191.6, 4.1.10. and 4.17.4[4] He is also referred to under different theonyms: Dyavaprthivi, for example, is a dvandva combining 'heaven' and 'earth' as Dyaus Pita and Prithvi Mata.
The name Dyauṣ Pitā is etymologically connected to theonyms such as the Greek Zeus Pater, and closely related to Latin Roman Jupiter. Both Dyauṣ and Zeus stem from a Proto-Indo-European *Dyeus (also Dyḗus Ph2tḗr, alternatively spelled dyēws). This, and many other parallels such as the Indic rain god Parjanyas similarity to Slavic Perun, Lithuanian Perkūnas, and Norse Thor and Fjörgyn led 19th-century scholars to comparative mythology studies and a conjecture that Vedic, post-Vedic, Greek and Roman rituals likely had more ancient Proto-Indo-European roots.[5]
The noun dyaús (when used without the pitā "father") means "sky, heaven" and occurs frequently in the Rigveda, as an entity. The sky in Vedic writing was described as rising in three tiers, avama , madhyama, and uttama or tṛtīya (RV 5.60.6).
See also
References
- ^ Werner Winter (2003). Language in Time and Space. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-3-11-017648-3.
- ^ F Bopp; HH Wilson (1851). Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal Volume XCIII-XCIV. A & C Black. p. 171.
- ^ Friedrich Max Müller (1902). The life and letters of the right Honourable Friedrich Max Müller. Longmans, Green, and co. pp. 506–507.
- ^ Sanskrit: Rigveda, Wikisource; Translation: Ralph T. H. Griffith Rigveda, Wikisource
- ^ Hil Davidson (1993). The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe. Psychology Press. pp. 147–148. ISBN 978-0-415-04936-8.
- Thomas Oberlies, Die Religion des Rgveda, Wien (1998).