اوشاس
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Ushas (Vedic Sanskrit: , , nominative singular उषास्) is a Vedic goddess of dawn in Hinduism. She repeatedly appears in the Rigvedic hymns, states David Kinsley, where she is "consistently identified with dawn, revealing herself with the daily coming of light to the world, driving away oppressive darkness, chasing away evil demons, rousing all life, setting all things in motion, sending everyone off to do their duties". She is the life of all living creatures, the impeller of action and breath, the foe of chaos and confusion, the auspicious arouser of cosmic and moral order called the Ṛta in H
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Hindu
- Deity.devanagari
- उषस्
- Deity.affiliation
- Devi
- Deity.texts
- Vedas
- Deity.father
- Dyaus
- Deity.mother
- Prithvi
- Deity.siblings
- Ratri (sister), and Indra (brother),
- Deity.consort
- Surya
- Deity.deity_of
- Personification of the Dawn
- Deity.Greek_equivalent
- Eos
- Deity.Roman_equivalent
- Aurora
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Japanese
- Deity.equivalent1
- Ame-no-Uzume
- Deity.equivalent2_type
- Nuristani
- Deity.equivalent2
- Disani
- Deity.Slavic_equivalent
- Zorya
- Deity.Indo european_equivalent
- H₂éwsōs
- Deity.image
- Panchchuli II at dawn.jpg
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Wikidata facts
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- fictional or mythical analog of
- red sky at morning
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- उषस्
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