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Ushas

American  
[oosh-uhs, oo-shahs] / ˈʊʃ əs, ʊˈʃɑs /
Also Usha

noun

  1. Dawn, a Vedic deity, daughter of Sky and sister of Night.


Ushas British  
/ ˈuːʃəs /

noun

  1. the Hindu goddess of the dawn

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Ushas

From the Sanskrit word uṣas

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On the day following my arrival, Ushas explained to me the relationship in which we were to stand towards each other. 

From Fashionable Philosophy and Other Sketches by Laurence Oliphant

Such is the Vedic Ushas, but the Brahmanas, as usual, manage either to retain or to revive and introduce the old crude element of myth.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Andrew Lang

Ushas, on the other hand, while etymologically corresponding to Aurora, Eos, is a specially Indian development, as Eos has no cult.

From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins

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 Alexander F. Chamberlain

Ushas, Eos, Aurora, is the daughter of heaven, and one story of the birth is contained in the Maori myth of Papa and Rangi.

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 Alexander F. Chamberlain

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