Ushas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Ushas
From the Sanskrit word uṣas
Example Sentences
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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
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 Lang, Andrew
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.
From Myth and Science An Essay by Vignoli, Tito
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 Oliphant, Laurence
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.
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