Ushas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Ushas
From the Sanskrit word uṣas
Example Sentences
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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
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
Ushas, dawn, again in the later Sanskrit is neuter.
From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
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 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
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