Dhiṣáṇā
deity Hindu single tradition · 2
A Vedic Sanskrit deity whose name is theorized to be cognate with the Nuristani entity Disani. The connection is proposed through a reconstructed preform *Dhiṣanikā.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Vedic period deity theorized as cognate with Nuristani Disani.
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Source passages
“It has been theorized by others, such as Georg Morgenstierne, that the word is cognate with the Vedic Sanskrit term Dhiṣáṇā, via a preform *Dhiṣanikā.”
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