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उषस्
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- উষস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬉᬱᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- উষস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰄𑰬𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀉𑀱𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဥၑသ် (Burmese script)
- ઉષસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਉਸ਼ਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌉𑌷𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦈꦰꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂇𑂭𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಉಷಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ឧឞស៑ (Khmer script)
- ອຸຩສ຺ (Lao script)
- ഉഷസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡠᢢᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘄𑘬𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠤᢔᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦤𑧌𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐄𑐲𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଉଷସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢆꢰꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆇𑆰𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖄𑖬𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- උෂස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩒𑪀𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚄𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- உஷஸ் (Tamil script)
- ఉషస్ (Telugu script)
- อุษสฺ (Thai script)
- ཨུ་ཥ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒅𑒭𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨃𑨯𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hušā́s (“dawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”), which was also personified as a goddess of dawn in Proto-Indo-European religion. Cognate with Avestan 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬵 (ušah), Latin Aurora/aurora, Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs)/ἠώς (ēṓs) and possibly Old English Ēostre (whence English Easter).
Noun
उषस् • (uṣás) stem, f
- morning light, dawn, morning (personified as the daughter of heaven and sister of the Ādityas and the night)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.6.3:
- के॒तुं कृ॒ण्वन्न॑के॒तवे॒ पेशो॑ मर्या अपे॒शसे॑ ।
सम्उषद्भि॑र्अजायथाः ॥- ketúṃ kṛṇvánnaketáve péśo maryā apeśáse.
sámúṣádbhirajāyathāḥ. - Mortals, you owe your daily awakening, to such an Indra, who with the rays of the morning gives sense to the senseless, and form to the formless.
- ketúṃ kṛṇvánnaketáve péśo maryā apeśáse.
- के॒तुं कृ॒ण्वन्न॑के॒तवे॒ पेशो॑ मर्या अपे॒शसे॑ ।
- the evening light
- (in the dual) night and morning light, evening light and morning light
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.4.6:
- आ भन्द॑माने उ॒षसा॒ उपा॑के उ॒त स्म॑येते त॒न्वा॒३॒॑ विरू॑पे ।
यथा॑ नो मि॒त्रो वरु॑णो॒ जुजो॑ष॒दिन्द्रो॑ म॒रुत्वाँ॑ उ॒त वा॒ महो॑भिः ॥- ā́ bhándamāne uṣásā úpāke utá smayete tanvā̀ vírūpe.
yáthā no mitró váruṇo jújoṣadíndro marútvām̐ utá vā máhobhiḥ. - May the adored Dawn and Night, combined or separate, be manifest in bodily form, so that Mitra, Varuṇa and Indra attended by the Maruts, may rejoice us by their glories.
- ā́ bhándamāne uṣásā úpāke utá smayete tanvā̀ vírūpe.
- आ भन्द॑माने उ॒षसा॒ उपा॑के उ॒त स्म॑येते त॒न्वा॒३॒॑ विरू॑पे ।
Declension
Derived terms
- औषस (auṣasá, “relating to the dawn, matutinal”)
- उषस्य (uṣasyà, “dedicated to the dawn”)
Related terms
Proper noun
उषस् • (uṣás) stem, f
- (Vedic religion, Hinduism) Ushas, personification of dawn, one of the children of Aditi and sister of Ratri
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.48.5:
- आ घा॒ योषे॑व सू॒नरी॑उषा या॑ति प्रभुञ्ज॒ती ।
ज॒रय॑न्ती॒ वृज॑नं प॒द्वदी॑यत॒ उत्पा॑तयति प॒क्षिणः॑ ॥- ā́ ghā yóṣeva sūnárīuṣā yāti prabhuñjatī́.
jaráyantī vṛ́janaṃ padvádīyata útpātayati pakṣíṇaḥ. - Like a good matron Uṣas comes carefully tending everything:
Rousing all life she stirs all creatures that have feet, and makes the birds of air fly up.
- ā́ ghā yóṣeva sūnárīuṣā yāti prabhuñjatī́.
- आ घा॒ योषे॑व सू॒नरी॑उषा या॑ति प्रभुञ्ज॒ती ।
- name of a wife of Bhava or Rudra
Declension
Noun
उषस् • (uṣas) stem, n
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
उषस् • (uṣas) stem, n
Declension
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “उषस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 220, column 1.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “uṣas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “uṣás-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 236
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “uṣás-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 532-3
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