Dyaus Pita

From Sanskrit द्यौष्पितृ (dyauṣ-pitṛ).

Dyaus Pita

1. (Hinduism) In the Vedic religion, the Sky Father, husband of Prithvi and father of Agni and Indra.
   • 1998, Ramacharaka, Yogi Ramacharaka, The Philosophies and Religions of India, Kessinger Publishing, p. 250:

     Thus in the early Vedas we find records of Dyaus-Pita, or “Father-Heaven,” accompanied by Prithvi or “Mother-Earth”; also Ushas or “Dawn-Goddess”; Surya, or the “Sun-God”; Vayu or the “Wind-God”; and Agni, the “Fire-god”.