uṣā

Dictionary meanings for uṣā from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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uṣā

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[oṣatyaṃdhakāraṃ uṣ-ka] 1 Early morning, dawn.

2 Morning light.

3 Twilight.

4 Saline earth.

5 A cow.

6 Night.

7 A boiler, cooking vessel (sthālī); cf. ukhā.

8 N. of a wife of Bhava (who was a manifes- tation of Rudra).

9 N. of a daughter of the demon Bāṇa and wife of Ani- ruddha. [She beheld Aniruddha in a dream and became passionately enamour- sd of him. She sought the assistance of her friend...

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