The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (616 page)

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Dassera
(period of Hindu festivals)
:
Dastur
(Zoroastrian high priest)
:
see
MAGI
.
Daswandh
.
The Sikh donation of a tenth of one's income for the purposes of the
Panth
.
Datsuma
.
Jap. for
dharma
.
Datt
treya
.
A Hindu sage or god-figure. In the
M
rka
eya Pur
a
, Datt
treya appears as an
antinomian
sage. In other
pur
as
he is listed among the
avat
ras
of
Vi
u
.
Iconography
depicts him with three heads, although often in between Brahm
and
iva.

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