Uṣas

deity sky Hindu single tradition · 20

Uṣas personifies dawn. She is the daughter of Dyauṣ.

↻ synthesized from 20 sources

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in Vedic scriptures.

Relationships

syncretized with
Eos, Aurora, Aušrinė, Ēostre, Disani
aspect of
*Hušas
manifests as
Tilottama, Behula
parent of
Agni, Sūrya
sibling of
Ratri, Nisha, Adityas, Bhaga
allied with
Sūrya, Pratyusha, Savitri, Varuna
enemy of
Manasā

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Sources

Source passages

“Dyauṣ's daughter, Uṣas, personifies dawn.”

#2814 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“It has cognates in the goddesses Ēṓs, Uṣas, Aušrinė, Auseklis and Ēastre.”

#15684 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“She is also thought to have originated from the Vedic goddess Uṣas, the Vedic goddess of the dawn.”

#15904 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001