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=== उषस् ॥ Ushas (Usha) ===

=== उषस् ॥ Ushas (Usha) ===

{{Main|Ushas (उषस्)}}In Vaidika vangmaya, Usha is one deity who is most poetically described. Everyday early in the morning, on the eastern horizon, Usha arises bringing in freshness, enthusiasm, alertness and delight. Usha is described as a freshly purified and bathed young lady.

{{Main|Ushas (उषस्)}}In Vaidika vangmaya, Usha is one deity who inspired poetic metaphors in Rigvedic seers. Everyday early in the morning, on the eastern horizon, Usha arises bringing in freshness, enthusiasm, alertness and delight. She is described as a fresh purified young lady decked in ornaments, with sparkling with grace. She is picturized as a smiling lady, throwing away the robe of darkness, anxious and longing for her union with her husband Surya. Following divine order, she maintains her time everyday, hence she is called Rtavari.<ref name=":62" />

 

The deity Usha is lauded in about twenty suktas of the Rig Veda. She is also prominently mentioned in the ten apri Suktas and other Suktas. A careful reading of all these Suktas indicates that many of the functions and characteristics attributed to the deity do not make sense if we simply interpret her as the physical dawn as expressed by many scholars. Usha signifies the dawn of Divine Consciousness in the individual. She elevates all persons to the full force of light and pours, the 'ananda' and Soma into the mental and bodily existence. The physical dawn which we see every morning is a physical symbol of this divinity. The onset of the Divine Consciousness indicates the existence of the higher worlds of bliss and perfection which are beyond the pale of our ordinary consciousness.<ref name=":1" />

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