dāsa | दास | dAsa
1. dāsa/ | दास/ | m. fiend, demon
N. of certain evil beings conquered by Indra (e.g. Namuci, Pipru, Śambara, Varcin &c.), RV.
savage, barbarian, infidel (also dā/sa | दा/स |, opp. to ārya | आर्य |; cf. dasyu | दस्यु |)
slave, servant, RV.; AV.; Mn. &c.
a Śūdra, L., Sch.
one to whom gifts may be made, W.
a fisherman (v.l. for dāṣa | दाष |)
dāsa/ | दास/ | mfn. ifc. of names, esp. of Śūdras and Kāya-sthas (but cf. also kāli- | कालि- |)
dā/sa | दा/स | mf(I)n. fiendish, demoniacal, barbarous, impious, RV.
2. dāsa | दास | m. a knowing man, esp. a knower of the universal spirit, L.
N. of certain evil beings conquered by Indra (e.g. Namuci, Pipru, Śambara, Varcin &c.), RV.
savage, barbarian, infidel (also dā/sa | दा/स |, opp. to ārya | आर्य |; cf. dasyu | दस्यु |)
slave, servant, RV.; AV.; Mn. &c.
a Śūdra, L., Sch.
one to whom gifts may be made, W.
a fisherman (v.l. for dāṣa | दाष |)
dāsa/ | दास/ | mfn. ifc. of names, esp. of Śūdras and Kāya-sthas (but cf. also kāli- | कालि- |)
dā/sa | दा/स | mf(I)n. fiendish, demoniacal, barbarous, impious, RV.
2. dāsa | दास | m. a knowing man, esp. a knower of the universal spirit, L.