uśánas m. ā ([Pāṇ. vii, 1, 94]; Ved. acc. ām; Ved. loc. and dat. e; voc. as, a, and an, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ.]) N. of an ancient sage with the patronymic Kāvya, [RV.]; [AV. iv, 29, 6]; [Kauś.] (in later times identified with Śukra, the teacher of the Asuras, who presides over the planet Venus)
N. of the planet Venus, [MBh.]; [Yājñ.]; [Pañcat.] &c.
N. of the author of a Dharma-śāstra, [Hcat. i, 5]
(uśanasaḥ stoma m. N. of a verse ([RV. v, 29, 9]) to be muttered by one who thinks himself poisoned, [ĀśvŚr. v, 9, 1.])