Goddess of dawn in Hinduism.
1 In an ancient Hindu hymn to Ushas we read:-
2 The dawn of the day ( Ushas ) , part of the sun-worship, became also a god:
3 Ushas is the Hindu goddess of dawn.
4 Ushas , Max Muller tells us, "has two parents, heaven and earth, whose lap she fills with light" (510.
5 Her sister is Ushas (Dawn).
6 Dawn (see Ushas ) , hymns, character of, 553, 571.
7 Ushas , Eos, Aurora, is the daughter of heaven, and one story of the birth is contained in the Maori myth of Papa and Rangi.
8 His wife is most often listed as Agnayi, sometimes as Ushas (his sister), and sometimes his wife is cited as being his lover Svaha.
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