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उषस्uṣas

उषस् (uṣas) is a Sanskrit word meaning morning light, dawn, or morning, the evening light, name of a wife of Bhava or Rudra, night and morning, the end of day, twilight, daybreak, dawn, twilight. Its 31 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Dawn / Morning Light, Specific Mythological Identities, Evening Light / End-of-Day Twilight.

Roots
1. उष् (1. uṣ), 1. वस् (1. vas)
Etymology
E. उष् to burn, असि Unādi aff
Definitions
31
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Meanings by context

Dawn / Morning Light

13 definitions
morning light, dawn, or morning

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

daybreak, dawn, twilight

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Dawn, morning

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Morning light

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Dawn, Aurora, or morning. 2. Evening red. 3. Night and morning.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The dawn or morning. 2. Twilight or the end of the day.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The dawn. 2. Twilight or the end of the day.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Morning light. 2. Dawn or morning. 3. The deity presiding over morning and evening twilight.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The dawn or morning. 2. Twilight or the end of the day.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The dawn or morning. 2. The deity of the dawn.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Morning dawn or evening light. 2. Morning and evening together.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Morning red or dawn. 2. The personified goddess of dawn.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Morning light, dawn, or morning, personified as the daughter of Heaven and sister of the Adityas. 2. Evening light. 3. The two dawns representing night and day. 4. The outer passage of the ear. 5. The Malaya range. 6. The end of the day or twilight.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Specific Mythological Identities

4 definitions
Name of a wife of Bhava or Rudra

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the wife of Vibhavasu and mother of Vyrushta and two other sons

— The Purana Index

Night

— The Purana Index

1. Created by Brahma from his feet. 2. Camels belonging to the Tamra line.

— The Purana Index

Evening Light / End-of-Day Twilight

3 definitions
the evening light

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the end of day, twilight

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The end of the day or evening twilight.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Etymology / Lexicographical Notes

2 definitions
dawn

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See under 1. ush

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Outer Passage of the Ear

2 definitions
the outer passage of the ear

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The outer passage of the ear.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The Mālaya Range

2 definitions
the Malaya range

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Malaya range

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Deity/Personification of Dawn/Twilight

1 definition
The deity presiding over the morning and evening twilights

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Morning and Evening / Night and Morning (Dual)

1 definition
night and morning

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.