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$H Dhamar."The Protector."
A Himyaritic d=
eity,
a form of the god Il. (1876c1)
$H Dhamarali-Bayyin.
A king of the Himyari=
tes,
about the first century A.D. He was succeeded by Kar=
iba-il-watr-yahanam.
(1876c1)
$H Dhamarali-Dharah.
King of the Himyarite=
s,
about B.C. 80. He was succeeded by Yadail-Watr.
(1876c1)
$H Dhanuveda.
An ancient commentary on the Hindu Yajus-Veda, treating of military tactics.(1876c1)
$H Dharah.
"Excellent." &n=
bsp;
An order of military nobles in the Sabaeankingdom
of Yemen. (1876c1=
)
$H Dharbitu.Assyria
The tenth month of the Assyrian year. It w=
as
sacred to the god Papsucul, and was called by=
the Accadians Abba-Uddu, &q=
uot;The
Father of Light." It answered roughly to our December. (1876c1)=
$H Dharma-Sastra.Hindu
An ancient Hindu treatise on the civil and
canon laws, chiefly based upon the four Vedas.=
It
was one of the greater Sastras, which see. (1=
876c1)
$H Dhasi.
The altar considered as the seat of the de=
ity
in Vedic mythology. (1876c1)
$H Dhat-Anvat.Arabia
The sacred date tree near Mecca, worshipped by the ancient Arab=
ians.
(1876c1)
$H Dhat-Baadan. =
"Lady of Baadan."
An unidentified Himya=
ritic
goddess. (1876c1)
$H Dhat-Badan.
A Himyaritic
goddess, of whose attributes and offices nothing is known. (1876c1)<=
/o:p>
$H Dhat-Hami."Lady of the Sacred Enclosure."
An unidentified Himya=
ritic
goddess. (1876c1)
$H Dhat-Hamin.
A Himyaritic
goddess, of whose attributes and offices nothing is known. Perhaps the sa=
me
as Dhat-Hami. (1876c1)
$H Dhat-Irak.
A place near Mecca=
st1:City>,
the site of the battle between Nebuchadnezzar and Ad=
nan,
king of the Hejaz, in which the latter was
defeated, and his people carried captive to Babylon. (1876c1)=
p>
$H Dhatar."The Creator."
A Vedic title of the Supreme Being as the
divinity of creation. See alsoIvashtri. (1876c1)
$H Dhavata."The Fire."
The Sanskrit name of the Scythian goddess =
Tabiti, which see. (1876c1)
$H Dholkee.Hindu
Hindoo. A kind of tom‑tom, or small drum. (See =
TOM‑TOM.)(1883m1)
$H Dhu-Anuscour.=
"The Vultures Man."
A surname of Lokman=
span>,
king of the Adites, so called because on acco=
unt of
his piety he was given to live the duration of life of seven vultures. SeeLokman<=
/span>.
(1876c1)
$H Dhu-Kholosa.
"Lord of Kholosa."
An unidentified Himya=
ritic
deity, to whose shrine at Tebala, annual
pilgrimages were undertaken, a custom terminated by Mahomet. (1876c1)
An Arabian deity worshipped at Sendad, near the Euphrates=
st1:place>.
(1876c1)
$H Dhu-Mahdam.Arabia
The father of the Arabian martyr prophet <=
span
class=3DSpellE>Shoaib, which see. (1876c1)
$H Dhu-Riash. &q=
uot;Lord
of Riash."
A Himyaritic p=
rince
who usurped the throne of Sabaea after the de=
ath of
Yafar. He was succeeded by the rightful king =
Noman, son of Yafar. (1=
876c1)
$H Dhu-Samawi.
A Himyaritic m=
ale
deity, of whose attributes and offices nothing is known. (1876c1)
$H Dhu-Shamawi.
"Lord of the Heavens."
A Himyaritic d=
eity.
The analogue of the Baal-hamin of the Phenicians. (1876c1)
$H Dhu-Shara. &q=
uot;Lord
of Seir."
The true name ofthe=
span> Nabathean deity Dulshara, which
see. (1876c1)
$H Dhurnat.Chaldaea
A Chaldean riv=
er.
The Tornadotus of Classical writers. (1876c1)=