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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for उषा

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. उषाuṣāf. morning light, dawn, morning RV. AV. xii, 2, 45 VS. &c.
    1. feminine morning light, dawn, morning fg-veda AV. xii, 2, 45 VS. etc.
    2. feminine night VP. Car.
    3. feminine a cow Lexicographers
    4. feminine Name of a daughter of Ba1n2a बाण and wife of A-niruddha अ-निरुद्ध AgP.
    5. feminine burning, scorching Sus3r.
    6. indeclinable at daybreak Lexicographers
    7. feminine at night Lexicographers
    8. (in compound)
    9. feminine see below
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. उषाuṣā[ush-ấ] f. dawn, break of day.

    [ush-ấ] feminine; also equal for dawn, break of day.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · उषा

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