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