# द्यौस् (dyaus)

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द्यौस् (dyaus) is a Sanskrit word meaning heaven, a Vasu.

- **SLP1:** `dyOs`  **IAST:** dyaus  **Devanagari:** द्यौस्
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyaus
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/dyaus/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- Heaven  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > द्यौस् (dyaus) [Printed book page 282-2 ] Dyaus 1 (Div, Dyu, “Heaven”). § 3 (Anukram.): I, 1 β, 42 ( Divaḥ putro Bṛhadbhānuḥ, etc., v. Āśāvaha).—§ 135 (Śakuntalop.): I, 74, 3017 (among the witnesses of the acts of men).—§ 615 u (Skanda): IX, 45 γ, 2514. [ ID=3860 ]
- a Vasu  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Dyaus 2 (do.), a Vasu. § 164 (Āpavop.): I, 99, 3934 ( Dyave, dat.), 3936, 3945, 3946, 3957, 3963, 3965 (reborn as Bhīṣma). [ ID=3861 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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