Ushas

American  

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

Also Usha

noun

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

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Ushas British  

/ ˈuːʃəs /

noun

1. the Hindu goddess of the dawn

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Etymology

Origin of Ushas

From the Sanskrit word uṣas

Example Sentences

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 Lang, Andrew

I immediately received a communication from Ushas to the effect that it compelled some words of reply from the sisterhood, and a few days since I received them. 

From Fashionable Philosophy and Other Sketches by Oliphant, Laurence

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.

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 Chamberlain, Alexander F.

Surya is sometimes spoken of as a child of Aditi's or of Dyaus and Ushas is his wife, though she also lives in Spartan polyandry with the Asvin twins.**

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