dasyu
da/syu m. (√ das ) enemy of the gods ( e.g. Sa/mbara , Su/zRa , cu/muri , Du/ni ; all conquered by Indra , Agni , &c.), impious man (called a-SradDa/ , a-yajYa/ , a/-yajyu , a/-pfRat , a-vrata/ , anya-vrata , a-karma/n ), barbarian (called a-nA/s , or an-A/s ‘ugly-faced’, a/Dara , ‘inferior’, a/-mAnuza , ‘inhuman’), robber (called Dani/n ), RV. ; AV. &c.