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?
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?
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
"Om Namo Bhagvate Vaasudevaye"
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...veda/usha.html
Jai Shree Krishna
Rig Veda list only 33 devas, they are all propitiated, worthy off our worship, all other names of gods are derivative from this 33 originals,
Bhagvat Gita; Shree Krishna says Chapter 3.11 devan bhavayatanena te deva bhavayantu vah parasparam bhavayantah sreyah param avapsyatha Chapter 17.4 yajante sattvika devan yaksa-raksamsi rajasah pretan bhuta-ganams canye yajante tamasa janah
The world disappears in him. He is the peaceful, the good, the one without a second.
Is there a 108 names litany for Usha?
hariḥ oṁ
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Namasté ,
If I may let me offer this regarding uṣa (Usha)...
What then is being burnt-off? The darkness of night.
- 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 evening
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
Last edited by yajvan; 17 January 2010 at 05:54 PM.
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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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
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.
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