# दास (dāsa)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/dasa

दास (dāsa) is a Sanskrit word meaning fiend, demon, certain evil beings conquered by Indra, savage, barbarian, infidel, slave, servant, a Shudra, one to whom gifts may be made. Its 33 recorded definitions are grouped into 10 contexts, among them Enemy, Demon, Barbarian, or Infidel, Fisherman or Boatman, Proper Noun (River, Plant, Altar, Name Component).

- **Roots:** दास् (dās), दस् (das)
- **SLP1:** `dAsa`  **IAST:** dāsa  **Devanagari:** दास
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasa
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/dasa/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** दस (dasa)

## Meanings by context

### Enemy, Demon, Barbarian, or Infidel (8 definitions)
- fiend, demon  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 477,1] 1. दास (dāsa) m. fiend, demon [ ID=91920 ]
- certain evil beings conquered by Indra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of certain evil beings conquered by Indra ( e.g. Namuci, Pipru, Śambara, Varcin &c.), RV. [ ID=91921 ]
- savage, barbarian, infidel  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > savage, barbarian, infidel (also दास (dāsa), opp. to आर्य (ārya); cf. दस्यु (dasyu) ) [ ID=91922 ]
- 1. A foe, demon, or infidel. 2. A slave or servant.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दास (dāsa) [Printed book page 119-1 ] दास (dāsa) 1. dās-á, m. foe; demon; infidel ( V. ); slave; servant. [ ID=9252 ]
- 1. A foe, especially an evil demon or infidel. 2. A servant or slave.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दास (dāsa) [Printed book page 224 ] 1 दास (dāsa) m. foe, esp. an evil demon or an infidel ( opp. आर्य (ārya) ); servant, slave, f. दास (dāsa) ी। दास (dāsa) ्याः पुत्रः (dāsī. dāsyāḥ putraḥ) or पुत्री (putrī) son or daughter of a slave (abusive words). [ ID=13616 ]
- 1. A foe or evil demon. 2. An infidel or enemy of the gods. 3. A servant or slave.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > दास (dāsa) [Printed book page 169-a ] dāsá, m. —1. foe; esp. supernatural foe, evil demon; —2. ( in opp. to ārya ) foe of the gods, infidel; used like Caffre and Giaour; —3. (subdued foe, i. e. ) servant, slave, 79 2; —dāsī́, f. female slave. [ √dās: cf. √das, dasyu. ] [ ID=1939 ]
- 1. An evil being or demon hostile to humanity and to Indra. 2. A savage or barbarian. 3. A slave or servant. 4. A fisherman or boatman.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > दास (dāsa) [Printed book page 0411-b ] 1. dāsa, as, m. a general N. applied in the Veda to certain evil beings or demons, hostile to the human race and to Indra, (those defeated by Indra have also special names, e. g. Namuci, Pipru, Śambara, Varcin, &c.); a savage, a barbarian, (opposed in the Veda to ārya, &c. cf. dasyu ); a slave, servant, (in this sense occurring at the end of the names of Sūdras and Kāya-sthas; cf. also kāli-dāsa ); one to whom gifts may be made; = dāśa, a fisherman, boatman; ( ī ), f. a female servant or slave, servant- maid; whore, harlot, (in this sense having the accent on the first syllable); N. of a plant, = nīlājhiṇṭī, = kāka-jaṅghā, = nīlāmlāna; an altar; N. of a river; ( as, ī, am ), belonging to the Dāsas, i. e. to demons, barbarians, &c. consisting of the Dāsas, &c. [cf. Gr. δοῦλος derived in a similar manner from δοῦν, ‘to give or serve.’] —Dā- sa-jana, as, m. a slave; = dāsī, a female servant. —Dāsa-jīvana, am, n. ‘slave-life,’ the work or business of a slave. —Dāsa-tā, f. or dāsa-tva, am, n. the condition of a slave, slavery, servitude. —Dā- sa-dāsī, f. the female slave of a slave. —Dāsa- nandinī = dāśa-nandinī, q. v. —Dāsa-patnī, f., Ved. having the demons as masters, being in the power of the demons; (Sāy.) having Dāsa, i. e. the destroyer, or Vṛtra as husband; [cf. Gr. δέσποινα.] —Dāsa-pravarga, as, ā, am, Ved. (according to Sāy.) having a multitude of servants, having a large number of slaves; [cf. pra-varga. ] —Dāsa-bhārya, am, n. servants and wives. —Dāsa-bhāva, as, m. the condition of a slave, slavery, servitude. —Dāsa- mitra, as, m. ‘friend of a slave,’ N. of a man. —Dāsamitrāyaṇa, as, or dāsamitri, is, m. a patronymic from Dāsa-mitra. —Dāsamitrāyaṇa- bhakta or dāsamitri-bhakta, am, n., N. of the district inhabited by the Dāsamitrāyaṇas or Dāsa- mitris. —Dāsamitrika, as, ā or ī, am, relating to or coming from Dāsa-mitra. —Dāsa-mithuna, am, n., Ved. a couple of slaves or servants. —Dāsa-varga, as, m. the whole collection of slaves, all the servants. —Dāsa-veśa, as, m., Ved. (according to Sāy.) the destruction of the demons. —Dāsa-śarman, ā, m., N. of a scholiast on the Śrauta-sūtras of Śāṅkhāyana. Page0411-c+ 75 —Dāsasya-kula, am, n. (see Pāṇ. VI. 3, 21), the common people, low people, the mob. —Dāsānu- dāsa (°sa-an°), as, m. a slave of a slave, a servant of servants; (sometimes applied by a humble speaker to himself.) —Dāsī-kṛ, cl. 8. P. A. —karoti, -kurute, -kartum, to make any one a slave or a female slave; to enslave. —Dāsī-kṛta, as, ā, am, made a slave. —Dāsī-tva, am, n. the state of a female slave. —Dāsī-dāna-vidhi, is, m. ‘the rules for giving female slaves,’ N. of the 146th chapter of the Bhaviṣyottara-Purāṇa or second part of the Bha- viṣya-Purāṇa. —Dāsī-dāsa, am, n. female slaves and slaves, female servants and servants. —Dāsī- putra, as, m. ‘the son of a female slave’ (used as an abusive expression), = a low wretch, a miscreant. —Dāsī-māṇavaka, am, n. female slaves and boys. —Dāsī-śrotriya, as, m. a Brāhman (conversant with the Vedas) who goes after a female slave. —Dā- sī-sabha, am, n. an assembly of female slaves or servants. —Dāsī-suta, as, m. the son of a female slave. —Dāsyāḥ-putra, as, m. the son of a female slave; ( ī ), f. the daughter of a female slave; [cf. dāsī-putra. ] —Dāsyāḥ-sadṛśī, f. behaving like a female slave. —Dāsyāḥ-suta, as, m. = dāsī-suta, q. v. [ ID=22290 ]
- 1. Enemies of a demoniac character in the Rigveda. 2. Human foes of the Aryans, often reduced to slavery.  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > दास (dāsa) [Printed book page 1-356 ] Dāsa, like Dasyu, sometimes denotes enemies of a demoniac character in the Rigveda, 1 but in many passages 2 the word refers to human foes of the Āryans. The Dāsas are described as having forts ( puraḥ ), 3 and their clans ( viśaḥ ) are mentioned. 4 It is possible that the forts, which are called ‘autumnal’ ( śaradīḥ ), 5 may be mythical, but it is not essential, for the epithet may allude to their being resorted to in the autumn season. The Dāsa colour ( Varṇa ) 6 is probably an allusion to the black skin of the aborigines, which is also directly men- tioned. 7 The aborigines (as Dasyus) are called anās, ‘nose- less’(?), 8 and mṛdhra-vāc, ‘of hostile speech,’ 9 and are probably meant by the phallus-worshippers ( śiśna-devāḥ, ‘whose deity is a phallus’) of the Rigveda. 10 It is significant that constant Page1-357+ 67 reference is made to the differences in religion between Ārva and Dāsa or Dasyu. 11 Since the Dāsas were in many cases reduced to slavery, the word Dāsa has the sense of ‘slave’ in several passages of the Rigveda. 12 Dāsī, the feminine, always has this sense from the Atharvaveda 13 onwards. Aboriginal women were, no doubt, the usual slaves, for on their husbands being slain in battle they would naturally have been taken as servants. They would sometimes also become concubines; thus Kavaṣa was taunted with being the son of a female slave ( dāsyāḥ putraḥ ) in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa. 14 Ludwig 15 considers that in some passages 16 Dāsa is applied, in the sense of ‘enemy,’ to Āryan foes, but this is uncertain. Zimmer 17 and Meyer 18 think that Dāsa 19 originally meant ‘enemy’ in general, later developing in Iran into the name of the Dahae 20 of the Caspian steppes, and in India into a desig- nation of the aborigines. On the other hand, Hillebrandt 21 argues that, as the Dāsas and the Paṇis are mentioned together, 22 they must be deemed to be closely related tribes, identifying Page1-358+ 51 the Paṇis with the Parnians and the Dāsas of the Rigveda with the Dahae. This view, of course, necessitates a transfer of the scenes of the Rigveda, where Dāsas are prominent, and especially those in which Divodāsa — ‘the heavenly Dāsa’ — plays an important part, 23 to the far west. Hillebrandt justifies this by regarding the scene of the sixth book of the Rigveda as quite different from that of the seventh and third, in which Sudās, the Bharatas, Vasiṣṭha, and Viśvāmitra appear. The Sarasvatī of the sixth book he locates in Arachosia, that of the seventh in the ‘Middle Country.’ It is, however, extremely doubtful whether this theory can be upheld. That Divodāsa should have been a Dāsa, and yet have fought against other Dāsas, is not in itself likely, especially when his son Sudās appears as a protagonist of Āryan civilization. It also seems unreasonable to seek in Arachosia for the river Sarasvati, which it is natural to locate in the ‘Middle Country.’ The wealth of the Dāsas was no doubt considerable, 24 but in civilization there is no reason to suppose that they were ever equal to the invaders. 25 Leading Dāsas were Ilībiśa, Cumuri and Dhuni, Pipru, Varcin, Śambara. For names of aboriginal tribes, see Kirāta, Kīkaṭa, Caṇḍāla, Parṇaka, Śiṃyu. [ Footnote: 1) Cf. Macdonell, Vedic Mythology, p. 157.] [ Footnote: 2) Cf. Rv. v. 34, 6; vi. 22, 10; 33, 3; 50, 6; vii. 83, 1; x. 38, 3; 69, 6; 3, 1; Av. v. 11, 3.] [ Footnote: 3) ii. 20, 8 (called āyasīḥ, ‘made of iron’); i. 103, 3; iii. 12, 6; iv. 32, 10. They are called śāradīḥ, ‘autumnal,’ in 1. 131, 4; 174, 2; vi. 20, 10. Cf. also dehyaḥ, ‘ramparts,’ in vi. 47, 2.] [ Footnote: 4) ii. 11, 4; iv. 28, 4; vi. 25, 2.] [ Footnote: 5) Cf. Macdonell, Vedic Mythology, p. 60.] [ Footnote: 6) ii. 12, 4; Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra, viii. 25, 6. Cf. Rv. i. 101, 1; 130, 8; ii. 20, 7; iv. 16, 13; vi. 47, 21; vii. 5, 3. The Ārya colour is mentioned in iii. 34, 9, and the Dāsa is contrasted with the Varṇa (of the singers) in i. 104, 2. The ‘white-hued ( śvitnya ) friends’ who, in i. 100, 18, aid in the conquest of the Dasyu and Siṃyu are doubtless Āryans. In the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xxiv. 30, the day and night ( ahorātre ) are paralleled with the Śūdrāryau — that is, probably with the Āryan and Śūdra (the compound is not to be taken as giving the words in the correct order; cf. Macdonell, Vedic Grammar, 268). See also Muir, Sanskrit Texts, 1^2, 140; Weber, Indische Studien, 10, 10, 11.] [ Footnote: 7) kṛṣṇā tvac, ‘black skin,’ i. 130, 8; ix. 41, 1.] [ Footnote: 8) Cf. Dasyu, notes 6, 7.] [ Footnote: 9) v. 29, 10. See Dasyu; Geldner, Rigveda, Glossar, 138.] [ Footnote: 10) vii. 21, 5; x. 99, 3. Cf. Mac- donell, op. cit., p. 155.] [ Footnote: 11) Rv. i. 33, 4. 5; iv. 16, 9; v. 7, 10; 42, 9; vi. 14, 3; viii. 70, 10; x. 22, 7. 8, etc.] [ Footnote: 12) vii. 86, 7; viii. 56, 3; x. 62, 10. Roth, St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v., 2, suggests that in viii. 46, 32, the word dāsān, ‘slaves,’ should be read in place of dāse, qualifying Balbūtha. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 117, quotes the passage to indicate the admixture of Āryan and Dāsa blood. See also Av. iv. 9, 8; Chāndogya Upaniṣad, vii. 24, 2. It is uncertain whether dāsa-pravarga, as an epithet of rayi, ‘wealth,’ in Rv. i. 92, 8, means ‘consisting of troops of slaves.’ Geldner, Rigveda, Glossar, 82, so takes the expression in i. 158, 5.] [ Footnote: 13) Av. v. 22, 6; xii. 3, 13; 4, 9; Chāndogya Upaniṣad, v. 13, 2; Bṛhad- āraṇyaka Upaniṣad, vi. 1, 10 (Mādhyaṃ- dina = 2, 7 Kāṇva). Zimmer, 107, sees this sense in vadhū in Rv. viii. 19, 36. See also Vadhūmant. ] [ Footnote: 14) ii. 19; Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa, xii. 3.] [ Footnote: 15) Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 209.] [ Footnote: 16) See i. 158, 5; ii. 13, 8; iv. 30, 14. 15; vi. 20, 10; vii. 99, 5; x. 49, 6, 7. None of these passages need certainly be so taken.] [ Footnote: 17) Altindisches Leben, 110 et seq. ] [ Footnote: 18) Geschichte des Altertums, 1, 515.] [ Footnote: 19) If derived from das in the sense of ‘lay waste’ (Whitney, Roots ), the original meaning would have been ‘devastator,’ ‘ravager.’] [ Footnote: 20) The Dahae may have been closely allied in race and language with the Iranians, but this is not very clearly proved. Cf. E. Kuhn in Kuhn's Zeit- schrift, 28, 214; Hillebrandt, Vedische Mythologie, 1, 95. The possibility or probability of mixture with Mongolian blood is always present. So Zimmer, op. cit., 112, calls the Daoi or Daai of Herodotus, i. 126, a Turanian tribe.] [ Footnote: 21) Op. cit., 1, 94.] [ Footnote: 22) Rv. v. 34, 6. 7; vii. 6, 3 (Dasyu and Paṇi together); Av. v. 11, 6.] [ Footnote: 23) Op. cit., 1, 96 et seq., He argues that Dāsa occurs only four times in Maṇḍala vii., but eight times in vi., and that similarly Śambara, the Dāsa, is mentioned six times in vi., but only twice in vii. But Divodāsa much more probably means, as Oldenberg in- terprets the name, ‘the servant of heaven.’ See his Religion des Veda, 155, n. 1; Bergaigne, Religion Védique, 2, 209; below, p. 363, n. 11.] [ Footnote: 24) Cf. Rv. i. 176, 4; iv. 30, 13; viii. 40, 6; x. 69. 5; Av. vii. 90, 2.] [ Footnote: 25) Cf. Rv. ii. 12, 11; iv. 30. 14; vi. 26, 5, whence it appears that the Dāsas were often dwellers in moun- tains, a natural refuge for beaten tribes. Cf. Hillebrandt, Vedische Mythologie, 3, 269-275, 368; Ludwig, Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 207-213; Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 101-118; Weber, Indische Studien, 18, 35 (who derives dāsa from dā, ‘bind’), 254; Muir, Sanskrit Texts, 2, 359 et seq.; Geldner, Vedische Studien, 3, 96.] [ ID=1305 ]

### Fisherman or Boatman (5 definitions)
- a fisherman  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a fisherman ( v.l. for दाश (dāśa) ) [ ID=91926 ]
- 1. A fisherman. 2. A servant or slave. 3. A member of the Shudra caste. 4. A Shudra name suffix. 5. A person worthy of receiving gifts. 6. A sage who knows the true nature of the soul. 7. A female servant or slave. 8. The wife of a slave, fisherman, or Shudra. 9. A harlot. 10. A plant of the Barleria species.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दास (dāsa) m. ( - सः (-saḥ) ) 1 A fisherman. 2 A servant, a slave. 3 A Śūdra or man of the fourth tribe. 4 A Śūdra affix or appellation. 5 A person to whom it is proper to make gifts. 6 A sage, one to whom the proper nature of the soul is known. f. ( - सी (-sī) ) 1 A female servant or slave. 2 The wife of a slave, a fisherman or Śūdra. 3 A harlot. 4 A plant, a sort of Barleria. E. दास (dāsa) to give, affix घञ् (ghañ), to whom wages, &c. are given; also दाश (dāśa); otherwise, दश (daśa) or दंश (daṃśa) to bite, &c. Uṇādi affix, टन् (ṭan), and the short vowel and nasal changed to आ (ā). [ ID=18900 ]
- 1. A fisherman, servant, slave, or member of the Shudra caste. 2. A female slave, harlot, or Barleria plant.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दास (dāsa) [Printed book page 362-a ] दास (dāsa) ( सः ) ((saḥ)) 1. m. A fisherman; a servant; a slave; a sudra. f. ( सी (sī) ) A slave; a harlot; Barleria. [ ID=18373 ]
- 1. A fisherman. 2. A servant or slave. 3. A member of the Sudra caste. 4. A Sudra suffix or name. 5. A person worthy of receiving gifts. 6. A sage who understands the true nature of the soul. Female: 1. A female servant or slave. 2. The wife of a slave, fisherman, or Sudra. 3. A harlot. 4. A plant of the Barleria species.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दास (dāsa) m. ( - सः (-saḥ) ) 1. A fisherman. 2. A servant, a slave. 3. A Sudra or man of the fourth tribe. 4. A Sudra affix or appellation. 5. A person to whom it is proper to make gifts. 6. A sage, one to whom it is proper nature of the soul is known. f. ( - सी (-sī) ) A female servant or slave. 2. The wife of a slave, a fisherman or Sudra. 3. A harlot. 4. A plant, a sort of Barleria. E. दास (dāsa) ् (dās) to give, affix घञ्, (ghañ,) to whom wages, &c. are given; also दाश; (dāśa;) otherwise, दश (daśa) or दंश (daṃśa) to bite, &c. Unadi affix ठन्, (ṭhan,) and the short vowel and nasal changed to आ । (ā.) [ ID=18885 ]
- a fisherman  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > दास (dāsa) 3. dāsa, as, m. = dāśa, a fisherman, &c. [ ID=22305 ]

### Proper Noun (River, Plant, Altar, Name Component) (4 definitions)
- a plant  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a plant (= निला (nilā) or पीता झिन्ती (pītā jhintī), काक - जङ्घा (kāka-jaṅghā), नीला (nīlā) म्लाण (mlāṇa) &c.), L. [ ID=91930 ]
- an altar  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > an altar, L. [ ID=91931 ]
- Name of a river  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a river, L. [ ID=91932 ]
- Satyavati, the mother of Vyasa  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दास, (dāsa,) नन्दिनी ( नी ) (nandinī (nī)) 3. f. Satyāvatī the mother of Vyāsa. [ ID=18375 ]

### Servant or Slave (4 definitions)
- slave, servant  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > slave, servant, RV.; AV.; Mn. &c. [ ID=91923 ]
- 1. A slave or servant. 2. A fisherman or boatman. 3. A Sudra, a man of the fourth caste. 4. An addition to the name of a Sudra.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दास (dāsa) [Printed book page 331-09 ] दास (dāsa) m. 1. A slave, a servant, गृहकर्मदास (dāsa) ाः (gṛhakarmadāsāḥ) Bhartr. i.1, M. x.32; 2. a fisherman, a boatman; 3. a Śūdra, a man of the fourth caste; 4. an addition to the name of a Śūdra. See गुप्त (gupta), वर्मन् (varman), शर्मन् (śarman). [ ID=16799 ]
- 1. A slave or servant. 2. A female slave or servant-maid.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दास (dāsa) [Printed book page 0397-b ] दास (dāsa) dāsa, i. e. probably dam + sa, I. m. A slave, a servant, Man. 4, 253; 8, 416. II. f. sī, A female slave, a ser- vant-maid, Man. 9, 48. Cf. dāśa. — Comp. A-, m. not being a slave, Man. 10, 32. Daṇḍa-, m. one enslaved by punishment, Man. 8, 415. Dāsī-, n. sing. and m. pl. male and female slaves, MBh. 13, 2950; 2, 2510. Bhakta- ( vb. Page0398-a+ 39 bhaj ), m. a slave maintained in con- sideration of service, Man. 8, 415. Śiva-, m. a proper name. [ ID=6444 ]
- 1. Servants entertained in a shraddha. 2. An appellation of the Shudras.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > दास (dāsa) [Printed book page 2-085 ] Dāsa — servants entertained in a śrāddha; 1 appellation of the Śūdras. 2 [ Footnote: 1) M. 17. 57 and 62; Vā. 60. 37.] [ Footnote: 2) Vi. III. 10. 9.] [ ID=5949 ]

### Adjective: Hostile, Demoniacal, or Impious (3 definitions)
- fiendish, demoniacal, barbarous, impious  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 477,1] दास (dāsa) mf( ई (ī) )n. fiendish, demoniacal, barbarous, impious, RV. [ ID=91933 ]
- 1. Hostile, demoniac, or impious. 2. A foe, demon, or infidel.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दास (dāsa) 2. dā́s-a, a. ( ī ) hostile; demoniac; impious; m. foe, demon infidel. [ ID=9253 ]
- 1. Hostile or demoniacal. 2. A foe, infidel, or demon.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 2 दास (dāsa) f. ई (ī) inimical, demoniacal; m. foe, infidel, demon ( f. दास (dāsa) ी (dāsī) ). [ ID=13617 ]

### Female Servant, Slave, or Harlot (2 definitions)
- a female servant or slave  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 477,1] दासी (dāsī) a ( ई (ī) ), f. a female servant or slave, AV.; ŚBr.; Mn.; MBh. &c. [ ID=91928 ]
- harlot  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > harlot, L., Sch. [ ID=91929 ]

### Sage or Knower of Universal Spirit (2 definitions)
- a knowing man, especially a knower of the universal spirit  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 477,2] 2. दास (dāsa) m. a knowing man, esp. a knower of the universal spirit, L. [ ID=91996 ]
- A knowing man or knower of the universal spirit.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0411-c ] दास (dāsa) 2. dāsa, as, m. (said to be fr. rt. daṃs, q. v.), a knowing man; a knower of the universal spirit. [ ID=22304 ]

### Verbal Root Meanings (Give, Hurt) (2 definitions)
- 1. To give. 2. To injure or kill.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दास (dāsa) [Printed book page 407 ] दास (dāsa) ( ऋ (ṛ) ) दास (dāsa) ृ (dāsṛ) r. 1st cl. ( दास (dāsa) ति - ते (dāsati-te) ) To give; also दाश (dāśa) r. 5th cl. ( दास (dāsa) ्नोति (dāsnoti) ) To hurt, to injure, to wound or kill: this and दाश (dāśa), in the last sense, are restricted by some authorities to the Vedas. [ ID=18899 ]
- 1. To give. 2. To hurt, injure, wound, or kill.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दास (dāsa) [Printed book page 339-a ] दास (dāsa) ( ऋ ) दास (dāsa) ृ (dāsa (ṛ) dāsṛ) r. 1st cl. ( दास (dāsa) ति - ते (dāsati-te) ) To give; also दाश (dāśa) r. 5th cl. ( दास (dāsa) ्नोति (dāsnoti) ) To hurt, to injure, to wound or kill: this and दाश (dāśa), (dāśa,) in the last sense, are restricted by some authorities to the Vedas. भ्वा० उभ० (bhvā0 ubha0) सक० सेट् । स्वा० पर० । (saka0 seṭ. svā0 para0.) [ ID=18884 ]

### Śūdra or Śūdra Name Suffix (2 definitions)
- a Shudra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a Śūdra, L., Sch. [ ID=91924 ]
- used at the end of names, especially of Shudras and Kayasthas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > दास (dāsa) mfn. ifc. of names, esp. of Śūdras and Kāya-sthas (but cf. also कालि - (kāli-) ) [ ID=91927 ]

### Recipient of Gifts (1 definition)
- one to whom gifts may be made  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > one to whom gifts may be made, W. [ ID=91925 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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