uṣás ās, f. (nom. pl. uṣā́sas and uṣásas; instr. pl. uṣádbhis, [RV. i, 6, 3]; see [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 48]) morning light, dawn, morning (personified as the daughter of heaven and sister of the Ādityas and the night), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Śak.] &c.
the evening light, [RV. x, 127, 7]
N. of a wife of Bhava (= Φοῖβος) or Rudra, [VP.]
(uṣā́sau, °ā́sā, and °ásā) f. du. night and morning, [RV.]; [VS.] &c.
uṣás (as), n. daybreak, dawn, twilight, [Uṇ. iv, 233]; [L.]
the outer passage of the ear, [L.]
the Mālaya range, [L.]
, [cf. Gk. ἠώς; Lat. auro-ra; Lith. ausz-ra; Old High Germ. ôs-tan.]