# उषस् (uṣas)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ushas

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 — E. uṣ to burn, asi Unādi aff
- **SLP1:** `uzas`  **IAST:** uṣas  **Devanagari:** उषस्
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushas
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ushas/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Dawn / Morning Light (13 definitions)
- morning light, dawn, or morning  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 220,1] उषस् (uṣas) a आस् (ās), f. ( nom. pl. उषासस् (uṣāsas) and उषसस् (uṣasas); instr. pl. उषद्भिस् (uṣadbhis), Ṛg-veda (Title) i, 6, 3; see Kāś. on Pāṇini (Author) vii, 4, 48 ) morning light, dawn, morning (personified as the daughter of heaven and sister of the Ādityas and the night), Ṛg-veda (Title); AV.; ŚBr.; Śak. &c. [ ID=37719 ]
- daybreak, dawn, twilight  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > उषस् (uṣas) ( अस् (as) ), n. daybreak, dawn, twilight, Uṇādi-sūtra (Title) iv, 233; L. [ ID=37724 ]
- Dawn, morning  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > उषस् (uṣas) [Printed book page 0344-a ] उषस् (uṣas) f. 1 Dawn, morning; प्रदीपार्चिरिवाषेसि (pradīpārcirivāṣesi) Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 12. 1; उषसि उत्थाय (uṣasi utthāya) rising at day-break
- Morning light  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > उषस् (uṣas) [Printed book page 0344-a ] उषस् (uṣas) f. 2 Morning light; cf. Aurora; (personified as the daughter of heaven and sister of the Ādityas)
- 1. Dawn, Aurora, or morning. 2. Evening red. 3. Night and morning.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > उषस् (uṣas) [Printed book page 055-3 ] उषस् (uṣas) uṣ-ás, f. dawn; Aurora; morning; evening-red ( rarer ): du. night and morning. [ ID=4948 ]
- 1. The dawn or morning. 2. Twilight or the end of the day.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > उष (uṣa) स् (uṣas) [Printed book page 164 ] उष (uṣa) स् (uṣas) n. ( - षः (-ṣaḥ) ) 1 The dawn, morning. f. ( - सी (-sī) ) The end of the day. twilight. E. उष (uṣa) to burn, असि (asi) Uṇādi aff. [ ID=7813 ]
- 1. The dawn. 2. Twilight or the end of the day.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > उषस् (uṣas) [Printed book page 135-a ] उषस् (uṣas) ( षः ) ((ṣaḥ)) n. The dawn. ( सी (sī) ) f. Twilight, or end of the day. [ ID=7226 ]
- 1. Morning light. 2. Dawn or morning. 3. The deity presiding over morning and evening twilight.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > उषस् (uṣas) [Printed book page 148-07 ] उषस् (uṣas) f. 1. Morning light; 2. dawn, morning, प्रदीपार्चिरवोषसि (pradīpārciravoṣasi) R. xii.1, व्रीडावनम्रवदनामुषसि स्मरामि (vrīḍāvanamravadanāmuṣasi smarāmi) Ch.P. 5; 3. the deity that presides over the morning and evening twilight (often used in the dual). [ ID=7131 ]
- 1. The dawn or morning. 2. Twilight or the end of the day.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > उषस् (uṣas) [Printed book page 135-a ] उषस् (uṣas) n. ( - षः (-ṣaḥ) ) 1. The dawn, morning. f. ( - सी (-sī) ) The end of the day, twilight. E. उष् (uṣ) to burn, असि (asi) Unādi aff. [ ID=7810 ]
- 1. The dawn or morning. 2. The deity of the dawn.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > उषस् (uṣas) [Printed book page 0132-b ] उषस् (uṣas) uṣas, i. e. 2. vas + as, f. The dawn, morning, Kir. 5, 40; ved. nom. pl. uṣāsas, Chr. 294. 2 = Rigv. i. 92, 2. The deity of the dawn, Chr. 287, sqq. — Cf. aeol. αὔως (= the original nom. sing. vasās ), ἠώς; Lat. aurora. [ ID=2464 ]
- 1. Morning dawn or evening light. 2. Morning and evening together.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > उषस् (uṣas) [Printed book page 094 ] उषस् (uṣas) f. morning light, dawn (often personif.), also evening light; du. उषासौ (uṣāsau) morning and evening. [ ID=6066 ]
- 1. Morning red or dawn. 2. The personified goddess of dawn.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > उषस् (uṣas) [Printed book page 134-b ] uṣás [ 415b ], f. morning-red; dawn; personified, Dawn. [ √1vas, ‘light up, dawn,’ 252 : cf. ἠώς, Aeolic αὔως, Lat. aurōra, *ausōs-a, ‘dawn’; radically cognate also is Eng. eas-t, ‘the point where day breaks’: see uṣ and usra. ] [ ID=888 ]
- 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)*
  > उषस् (uṣas) [Printed book page 0176-b ] Uṣas, ās, f. morning light, dawn, morning; per- sonified as the daughter of Heaven and sister of the Ādityas; evening light; uṣasau or uṣāsau, du. the two dawns, i. e. night and day; the outer passage of the ear; the Malaya range; ( sī ), f. the end of the day, twilight; [cf. Gr. ἠώς Lat. aurora; Lith. auszra; Goth. uh-tvô; Old Germ. uohta.] —Uṣar- budh, bhut, t, t, Ved. awaking with the morning light, early awaked. —Uṣar-budha, as, m. fire; a child. —Uṣāsā-naktā, f. du., Ved. dawn and night. —Uṣo- devatya, as, ā, am, whose deity is the dawn. [ ID=12451 ]

### Specific Mythological Identities (4 definitions)
- Name of a wife of Bhava or Rudra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a wife of Bhava (= Φοῖβος ) or Rudra, VP. [ ID=37721 ]
- the wife of Vibhavasu and mother of Vyrushta and two other sons  
  *The Purana Index*
  > उषस् (uṣas) [Printed book page 1-249 ] Uṣas (I) — the wife of Vibhāvasu; mother of Vyuṣṭa and two other sons. Bhā. VI. 6. 16. [ ID=1979 ]
- Night  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Uṣas (II) — Night: a mind-born mother. M. 179. 20; Vā. 50. 161. [ ID=1980 ]
- 1. Created by Brahma from his feet. 2. Camels belonging to the Tamra line.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Uṣas (III) — created by Brahmā from his feet; 1 camels belonging to the Tāmra line. 2 Page1-250+ 28 [ Footnote: 1) Vi. I. 5. 49.] [ Footnote: 2) Vi. I. 21. 17.] [ ID=1981 ]

### Evening Light / End-of-Day Twilight (3 definitions)
- the evening light  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the evening light, Ṛg-veda (Title) x, 127, 7 [ ID=37720 ]
- the end of day, twilight  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 220,1] उषसी (sī) (uṣasī) ( सी (sī) ), f. the end of day, twilight, L. [ ID=37723 ]
- The end of the day or evening twilight.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — सी (sī) The end of the day, evening twilight

### Related Terms / Compounds (3 definitions)
- awakening early with the morning light  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — बुध् (budh) a. awakening with the morning light, early awaked
- awakening early  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — बुध (budha) a. awakening early. (
- 1. Fire. 2. A child. 3. A kind of tree.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — धः (dhaḥ) ) 1 fire; Uttararāmacarita 6. 2 a child. 3 N. of a tree ( चित्रक (citraka) ). [ ID=9323 ]

### Etymology / Lexicographical Notes (2 definitions)
- dawn  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > उषस् (uṣas), [ cf. Gk. ἠώς; Lat. auro-ra; Lith. ausz-ra; Old High Germ. ôs-tan.] [ ID=37727 ]
- See under 1. ush  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 930,1] उषस् (uṣas) b See under √ 1. उष् (uṣ) [ ID=188563 ]

### 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, L. [ ID=37725 ]
- The outer passage of the ear.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > उषस् (uṣas) [Printed book page 0344-a ] उषस् (uṣas) f. 4 The outer passage of the ear

### The Mālaya Range (2 definitions)
- the Malaya range  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the Mālaya range, L. [ ID=37726 ]
- The Malaya range  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > उषस् (uṣas) [Printed book page 0344-a ] उषस् (uṣas) f. 5 The Malaya range

### Deity/Personification of Dawn/Twilight (1 definition)
- The deity presiding over the morning and evening twilights  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > उषस् (uṣas) [Printed book page 0344-a ] उषस् (uṣas) f. 3 The deity that presides over the morning and evening twilights (used in dual); उषसौ (uṣasau) or उषासौ (uṣāsau)

### Morning and Evening / Night and Morning (Dual) (1 definition)
- night and morning  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( उषासौ (uṣāsau), ° आसा (°āsā), and ° असा (°asā) ) f. du. night and morning, RV.; VS. &c. [ ID=37722 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

The Sanskrit Lexicon app for iPhone, iPad and Mac: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sanskrit-lexicon-dictionary/id6746787546