Ushas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Ushas
From the Sanskrit word uṣas
Example Sentences
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Another, and to modern ideas much more poetical personified power, often mentioned in the Vedas, is Ushas, or the dawn.
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew
The chief of these deities were Agni, the fire; Prithivi, the earth; Ushas, the dawn; Mitra, or Surya, the sun; Indra, the sky; Maruts, the storm-winds; and Varuna, the All-Surrounder.
From Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland by Bunce, John Thackray
In her legend, however, we find little but pure poetry, and we do not know that Ushas, like Eos, ever chose a mortal lover.
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew
In Sanskrit mythology Ushas, "Dawn," is daughter of Heaven, and poetically she is represented as "a young wife awakening her children and giving them new strength for the toils of the new day."
From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.
Vaginîvatî is chiefly applied to Ushas, Sarasvatî, and here to the river Sindhu.
From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Wilder, Alexander
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