PIE [[dawn]] PII [*Hušā́s](pii-hushas.md) *** # Indic *Uṣás* "Dawn (Goddess)" *** [Wikipedia: Ushas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushas) ## Biblio [[steets1993]] #cleanup ### Family - Sister of [Aśvins](sky-sons-indian) ([[ward-d1968]]:11). As such, because they are connected with horses, she is desribed as the color Skt. *bradhná*- "the pale red-yellow or horse coats". ### Her Importance She is the most-invoked goddess in the Rig Veda. [[dexter1997]]:148. ### Plural word form and the Dawn Maidens Often she is invoked in the plural [[puhvel-j1987]]:60. This could simply be a poetic way of indicating the dawns of everyday, or maybe it refers to Dawn and her Maidens [[friedrich1979]]:296. This especially clear in the Rig Veda, as in [[rv1.92.1]], “the Dawns have made their bright appearance” [[panikkar1977]]. ## In [[rv]] 1.48 1.49 1.92 1.113 1.123 1.124 3.61 4.51