Ushas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Ushas
From the Sanskrit word uṣas
Example Sentences
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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
But in this race Ushas was drawn by red cows; "hence after the coming of dawn there is a reddish colour".
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Andrew Lang
Still I felt that nothing must impede my search after truth; and I could not conceal from myself that, if in winning it I also won Ushas, I was not to be pitied.
From Fashionable Philosophy and Other Sketches by Laurence Oliphant
Ushas used a stronger expression here, but out of consideration for my old mahatma friends, I suppress it. p.
From Fashionable Philosophy and Other Sketches by Laurence Oliphant
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 Andrew Lang
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