धायस्

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰáHyas (“supporting, helping, nourishing, sustaining”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁(y)-o-s, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, to nurse, to nourish”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɑ́ː.jɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɑː.jɐs̪/

धायस् • (dhā́yas) stem (root धे)

1. nourishing, sustaining
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.8.1:

     त्वाम॑ग्न ऋता॒यवः॒ समी॑धिरे प्र॒त्नं प्र॒त्नास॑ ऊ॒तये॑ सहस्कृत ।
     पु॒रु॒श्च॒न्द्रं य॑ज॒तं वि॒श्वधा॑यसं॒ दमू॑नसं गृ॒हप॑तिं॒ वरे॑ण्यं ॥

     tvā́magna ṛtāyávaḥ sámīdhire pratnáṃ pratnā́sa ūtáye sahaskṛta.
     puruścandráṃ yajatáṃ viśvádhāyasaṃ dámūnasaṃ gṛhápatiṃ váreṇyaṃ.

     O AGNI urged to strength, the men of old who loved the Law enkindled thee, the Ancient, for their aid,
     Thee very bright, and holy, nourishing all, most excellent, the Friend and Master of the home.

2. fostering, supporting, helping
3. refreshing, satisfying
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.130.2:

     पिबा॒ सोम॑मिन्द्र सुवा॒नमद्रि॑भिः॒ कोशे॑न सि॒क्तम॑व॒तं न वंस॑गस्तातृषा॒णो न वंस॑गः ।
     मदा॑य हर्य॒ताय॑ ते तु॒विष्ट॑माय॒ धाय॑से ।
     आ त्वा॑ यच्छन्तु ह॒रितो॒ न सूर्य॒महा॒ विश्वे॑व॒ सूर्य॑म् ॥

     píbā sómamindra suvānámádribhiḥ kóśena siktámavatáṃ ná váṃsagastātṛṣāṇó ná váṃsagaḥ.
     mádāya haryatā́ya te tuvíṣṭamāya dhā́yase.
     ā́ tvā yacchantu haríto ná sū́ryamáhā víśveva sū́ryam.

     O Indra, drink the Soma juice pressed out with stones. poured from the reservoir, as an ox drinks the spring, a very thirsty bull the spring.
     For the sweet draught that gladdens thee, for mightiest freshening of thy strength.
     Let thy Bay Horses bring thee hither as the Sun, as every day they bring the Sun.

• गोधायस् (gódhāyas, “sustaining cows”)
• कारुधायस् (kārudhāyas, “supporting the bard”)

• Monier Williams (1899) “धायस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 514, column 3.