Zeus: 2 definitions
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Zeus means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology: Hesiod and Greek MythZeus (Ζεύς) of Greek mythology.—Sanskrit viśvavedas (‘all-knowing’) is also used of Dyaus, the Indie deity cognate with Greek Zeus; see West (1978) 223-4 for the comparison and for a discussion of the Sun and its relationship to all-seeing Zeus in Greece and to Indie Mitra and Varuṇa, and to Iranian Ahura Mazdāh: “Hesiods Zeus with his spies andhis all-seeing Eye, and Homers Sun [‘who sees all things and hears all things’] (Iliad 3.277, invoked together with Zeus in swearing an oath...) are evidentlyfragmented survivals of this Indo-European system”.
Source: Myths of Greece and Rome: Analysis of MythsZeus (or Jupiter), whose name is the same as the Hindoo Dyaus Pitar, the god and personification of the bright sky or the heavens, has likewise been traced to the Sanskrit root div or dyu, meaning “to shine;” and there is also a noun dyu in that language which means either “sky” or “day.” In early times the name was applied to the one God, and was therefore “retained by the Greeks and all other kindred people to express all they felt toward God;” but as the word also meant the visible sky, with its ever-changing aspect, some of the phrases used to describe it came, in the course of time, to denote vile and fickle actions, and apparently inconsistent behavior.
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Full-text: Jyau, Candaka, Ammon, Minerva, Dayanakshetra, Athene, Pitar.
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The Concept of Tragedy < [July – September, 1983]
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Animal Kingdom (Tiryak) in Epics (by Saranya P.S)
Complete works of Swami Abhedananda (by Swami Prajnanananda)
Chapter 3 - Has God any Form? < [Discourse 6 - Divine Heritage of Man]
Chapter 7 - Son Of God < [Discourse 6 - Divine Heritage of Man]
Chapter 4 - Fatherhood and Motherhood of God < [Discourse 6 - Divine Heritage of Man]
Saying 88 - We Should Give To Messengers And Prophets
Lord Jhulelal: An Analytical Study (by Thakkar Harish Gopalji)
Part 22 - Varuna and Ahura Mazda and Amesha Spentas < [Chapter 4 - Analysis]
Part 24 - Lord Jhulelal, Vedic deity Varuna and other water deities < [Chapter 4 - Analysis]
Jarasandhavadha Mahakavyam (by Pankaj L. Jani)
Part 7 - Epics of the other languages < [Critical Introduction]