Dasyus and Dasas
group · 3 works · 5 mentions · 16 anchored passages
Dasyus · Dāsa · Dasa · Dasis · Dasyu · Dāsa peoples · Dāsas · Simyus · dasyu · dāsa
spoken of as
3 expressionsDasyu and Dāsa“enemy peoples”1 mention
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
Come swiftly for the slaying of the dasyu;
Dāsa and Dasyu1 mention
Sāmaveda (Sanskrit)
Indra and Agni shook ninety strongholds whose lord was the Dāsa, with a single act.
in the texts
Rigveda
Recurring hostile non-Aryan group(s) whom Indra defeats, dispossesses, and drives out across several hymns.
when the Vajrin advanced to slay the Dasyus and the son established a name for glory.
the gods, having crushed down the wrath of the Dāsa, may they bring our tribe to well-being.
Indra who hurled the Dasyus downward — him, accompanied by the Maruts, we call for friendship.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The dasyu and dāsa, enemy peoples targeted for defeat in a martial hymn contrasting them with the Ārya.
Come swiftly for the slaying of the dasyu;
subduing the dāsa color for the Ārya, yoking the two arms and the vajra, O much-invoked one.
Sāmaveda
Hostile, demonic peoples defeated by Indra and Agni or targeted for cattle-raids.
Indra and Agni shook ninety strongholds whose lord was the Dāsa, with a single act.
Indra and Agni shook down ninety strongholds whose lord was a slave — together by a single act.
May the slayer of the Dasyu go forth to the cattle-pen of one seeking goods — may he turn it away from us with his powers.