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Jade
10 January 2010, 06:52 AM
Usha or Ushas - which is right? - was the goddess of dawn in Rig-Veda.
How is her name spelled?
Does her name just mean "dawn" or has it other meanings too?
Do Rig-Vedic gods have Mantras?

devotee
10 January 2010, 07:13 AM
Namaste Jade,

It is Usha not Ushas. "U" & "Sh" in Usha are pronounced as they are pronounced in Bush. The "a" at the end is pronounced as it is pronounced in, "Chart" / "Cart" etc. Usha means Dawn.

OM

kd gupta
10 January 2010, 08:07 AM
Usha or Ushas - which is right? - was the goddess of dawn in Rig-Veda.
How is her name spelled?
Does her name just mean "dawn" or has it other meanings too?
Do Rig-Vedic gods have Mantras?
Yes there is a vedmantra in rigveda , which teaches the Humanity and love to each other saying , two ladies like Usha and Night always nurse each others children and live together peacefully .

Ganeshprasad
10 January 2010, 09:28 AM
pranam all

Usha is much more than physical dawn, she is a divine goddess who brings forth and illumines our intelligent.

much more about her here

http://www.vedah.com/org2/literature/rig_veda/gods_of_veda/usha.html

Jai Shree Krishna

Jade
17 January 2010, 12:23 PM
Is there a 108 names litany for Usha?

yajvan
17 January 2010, 01:54 PM
hariḥ oṁ
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Namasté ,
If I may let me offer this regarding uṣa (Usha)...

uṣa उष - defined as the dawn, day-break, dawn.
uṣ उष् - to burn down - we find this in uṣa just mentioned.
uṣa (usha) as mentioned is early morning , dawn , daybreak & uṣás tisráḥ morning , midday , and eveningWhat then is being burnt-off? The darkness of night.

Yet, are we talking the dawn of the day or the spiritual dawn? One is symbolic of the other.
ṛg ved 1.48.12
viśvān devān āvaha somapītaye antarikṣāduṣastvam |
sāsmāsu dhā ghomadaśvāvadukthyamuṣo vājaṃ suvīryam ||

this says ( without a word-for-word review) ,
uṣa, (you ) bring all the deva's from the midregion (heaven) to drink the soma; You (uṣa), establish within us (asmāsu) the rays of light (gomat), and the life energies

Note gomat is defined as cattle, yet we look to 'go' meaning belonging to ox and cow, but also defined as 'sun's rays', and in the mascline gender the sun and/or moon. This is the wisdom of the kavi ( poet) i.e. the ṛṣi praskaṇvaḥ kāṇvaḥ .

Another example would be gobhiḥ adrim airayat (ṛg ved 1.7.3) and the actions of indra. If we read this literally it says the hill (adri) was smashed (airayat) by cows (go). Now does that make sense? Yet the deeper signifincance (IMHO) is the following:
ignornace (adri = stone, rock, mountain) was smashed (airayat) by the rays (bha) of light (go).

net-net --> Rays of light = Consciousness, Awareness, knowledge, etc.


Back to another application of uṣa , consider this.

pūrva + uṣ(a) - we get Puruṣa , the One that burnt ( uṣ ) prior or earlier, some say 'first' (pūrva) all evils - as it is called out in the śloka of the Puruṣavidya Brāhmaṇa i.e. Puruṣa the one who burnt all evils and hence he came to be known as Puruṣa.

praṇām

Arjuni
23 October 2010, 09:10 PM
Old thread I know, but Jade, if you're still seeking more knowledge about Usha, I found this link to be quite useful:
http://www.vedah.com/org/literature/rigVeda/gov/usha.asp (http://www.vedah.com/org/literature/rigVeda/gov/usha.asp)

Indraneela
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"I wait the power of one like thee, O Indra, gifts of a Helper such as thou
art, Hero.
Strong, Mighty God, dwell with me now and ever."
Om Indraya Namah.
Om Namah Shivaya.