Ushas
Hindu · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Vedic goddess of the dawn, among the most beautifully hymned deities of the Rigveda
Domains
- dawn
Powers
- Open the gates of heaven and lead in each day's light
Epithets
- उषस् 'Dawn' — goddess hymned as daughter of heavenṚgveda 1.48, 1.113, 7.77 (Uṣas hymns) (primary)
- दिवो दुहितृ 'Daughter of Heaven (Dyaus)' — recurrent Vedic epithetṚgveda 1.113.7, 1.123 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Rigveda 1.48; 1.113 (primary)