Dyaushpita : in the Vedas, the king of heaven [cf. Zeus]. The father of Usha, the goddess of Dawn is called Dyau-pitri, heavenly father, the Earth as her mother.
... method is to combine various ideas and images contained together in a general conception which gives all the links. So, Varuna of the Veda is at once King,—not of the heavens as such, for that is Dyaushpita, nor of the heavens of light, for that is Indra,—but of the highest covering ether and all oceans. All expanses are Varuna's; every infinity is his property and estate. Ether and ocean meet together ...
... Varuṇa as the deity of the waters. He points out that the symbolic method of the mystics combines various ideas and images, and that Varuṇa is the King, - "not of the heavens as such, for that is Dyaushpita, nor of the heavens of light, for that is Indra, - but of the highest covering ether and all oceans. All expanses are Varuṇa's; every infinity is his property and estate." Chattopadhyaya 496 comes ...
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