Ushas
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
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.
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Ushas, dawn, again in the later Sanskrit is neuter.
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Ushas with her crimson fingers oped the portals of the day, Nations armed for mortal combat in the field of battle lay!
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His daughter Ushas is the dawn, and in declaring that he fell in love with her, it is only meant that when the sun rises, it follows the dawn.
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Ushas used a stronger expression here, but out of consideration for my old mahatma friends, I suppress it. p.
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