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اوشاس

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Also known as Usas

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

Instance of
Devi
Gender
female
Said to be same as
Aurora
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fictional or mythical analog of
red sky at morning
native label
उषस्
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