dásyu m. (√das) enemy of the gods (e.g. śámbara, śúṣṇa, cúmuri, dhúni
• all conquered by Indra, Agni, &c.), impious man (called a-śraddhá, a-yajñá, á-yajyu, á-pṛnat, a-vratá, any4-vrata, a-karmán), barbarian (called a-nā́s, or an-ā́s 'ugly-faced', ádhara, inferior', á-mānuṣa, inhuman'), robber (called dhanín) RV. AV. &c
• any outcast or Hindū who has become so by neglect of the essential rites Mn.
• not accepted as a witness, viii, 66
• cf. trasó- (dásyave vṛ́ka m. 'wolf to the Dasyu', N. of a man RV. viii, 51 ; 55 f
• dásyavc sáhas n. violence to the Dasyu (N. of Turviiti), i, 36, 18)