[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.140 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.140 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.140 - **Language:** English ### [c5.140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.140) ĀRYA, ĀRYAN. ‘Loyal, faithful.’ The name of the immigrant race from which all that is Hindu originated. The name by which the people of the Rig-veda “called men of their own stock and religion, in contradistinction to the Dasyus (or Dasas), a term by which we either understand hostile demons or the rude aboriginal tribes” of India, who were An-āryas. - [Previous: c5.139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.139) - [Next: c5.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.141) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.140) · Pramāṇa