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

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.

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

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 Oliphant, Laurence

Vaginîvatî is chiefly applied to Ushas, Sarasvatî, and here to the river Sindhu.

From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Wilder, Alexander