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Entry उषा

उषाuṣāEarly morning, dawn; उषामुषां श्रेयसीं धेह्यस्मै Av.12.2.45.
[ओषत्यन्धकारम् उष्-क]
1. Early morning, dawn; उषामुषां श्रेयसीं धेह्यस्मै Av.12.2.45.
2. Morning light.
3. Twilight.
4. Saline earth.
5. A cow.
6. Night.
7. A boiler, cooking vessel (स्थाली); Compare उखा.
8. Name of a wife of Bhava (who was a manifestation of Rudra).
9. Name of a daughter of the demon Bāṇa and wife of Aniruddha. [She beheld Aniruddha in a dream and became passionately enamoured of him. She sought the assistance of her friend Chitralekhā, who advised her to have with her the portraits of all young princes living round about her. When this was done, she recognized Aniruddha and had him carried to her city, where she was married to him; see अनिरुद्ध also]. Indeclinable Early in the morning.
10. At night.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कलः a cock.
- -पतिः, -रमणः, -ईशः Name of Aniruddha, husband of Uṣā.
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