दस्यु

{ dasyuḥ, dasyu }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

DASYU   The ancient dwellers of North India. What we see in Ṛgveda is mostly a history of the Āryans from the period of their exodus from the plateau Kumbha till they reached the banks of the Yamunā. The plateau of Kuṁbha is Kabul. The Dasyus were the first people the Aryans had to confront with after passing the Indus. Ṛgveda bears testimony to the fact that the civilization of the Dasyus was far advanced than that of the Āryans. Śaṁbara, King of the Dasyus, was the ruler of hundred cities. All the cities were fortified with strong walls and fortresses, which are described as ‘aśvamayī’, ‘āyasī’, ‘śatabhujī’ etc. The greatest enemies of the Āryans were the ‘Paṇis’ of these cities. They were a particular class of people of these cities. In the ‘Nirukta of Yāska’ it is mentioned that paṇis were traders. Names of many of the Kings of the Dasyus occur in the Ṛgveda. Dhuni, Cumuri, Pipru, Varcas, Śaṁbara and such others are the most valiant and mighty among them. The most important of the several tribes of the Dasyus were the Śimyus, the Kīkaṭas, Śigrus and the Yakṣus. They are mentioned as the Anāsas in the Ṛgveda. (Anāsas--without nose). Perhaps their nose was flat; more over they are stated as having dark complexion. So it may be assumed that the Dasyus were Dravidians. They talked a primitive language, and they despised sacrificial religion. They did not worship Gods like Indra and others. They possibly worshipped the Phallus, Śiva, Devi and the like.

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : डाकू

मराठी (Marathi) WN

noun  गुलाम किंवा दासीचा पुत्र   Ex. राजकुमार दस्युंना फटकावत होता.

ONTOLOGY:

व्यक्ति (Person) ➜ स्तनपायी (Mammal) ➜ जन्तु (Fauna) ➜ सजीव (Animate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

दास

Wordnet:

asm দাসীপুত্র

bd साखरनि फिसाज्ला

ben গোলাম পুত্র

guj ગુલામજાદું

hin गुलामजादा

kas نوکرزادٕ

kok दासाचो पूत

mal ഭൃത്യകുമാരന്

mni ꯃꯤꯅꯥꯏ꯭ꯃꯆꯥ

nep दास पुत्र

ori ଦାସପୁତ୍ର

pan ਗੁਲਾਮਜਾਦਾ

tam தாசிபுத்திரன்

urd غلام زادہ

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. १ असुर . २ चोर . ३ दास [ वै . सं . ]
 पु. १ असुर . २ चोर . ३ दास [ वै . सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

दस्यु  m.  m. (√ दस्) enemy of the gods ( e.g. श॑म्बर, शु॑ष्ण, चु॑मुरि, धु॑नि; all conquered by इन्द्र, अग्नि, &c.), impious man (called अ-श्रद्ध॑, अ-यज्ञ॑, अ॑-यज्यु, अ॑-पृनत्, अ-व्रत॑, अन्य-व्रत, अ-कर्म॑न्), barbarian (called अ-ना॑स्, or अन्-आ॑स् ‘ugly-faced’, अ॑धर, ‘inferior’, अ॑-मानुष, ‘inhuman’), robber (called धनि॑न्), [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
त्रसो  n.  cf.- ( द॑स्यवे वृ॑क m. ‘wolf to the दस्यु’, N. of a man, [RV. viii, 51; 55 f]; द॑स्यवे स॑हस् n. violence to the D° (N. of तुर्वीति), i, 36, 18)

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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

Shabda-Sagara

दस्यु  m.  ( -स्युः) An enemy.
2. A thief.
3. An oppressor, a violator, a committer of injustice, &c.
4. A barbarian, an outcaste, or a Hindu who has become so by neglect of the essential rites.
E. दस् to lose or be lost, Unadi affix युच् .

ROOTS:

दस् युच् .