उशनस / उशना

Ushanas / Ushanaa

Uśanas / Uśanā · IAST

The wise seer Shukrāchārya, foremost among poet-sages.

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Etymology · व्युत्पत्ति

उशनस् = हलन्त-लोप → उशनस · प्रथमा उशना

The -as stem उशनस् yields two borne forms: उशनस (final halant dropped) and the nominative उशना. The English form takes no trailing schwa.

Scripture references

  • Bhagavad Gītā · 10.37

    वृष्णीनां वासुदेवोऽस्मि पाण्डवानां धनञ्जयः । मुनीनामप्यहं व्यासः कवीनामुशना कविः ॥

    vṛṣṇīnāṃ vāsudevo 'smi pāṇḍavānāṃ dhanañjayaḥ | munīnām apy ahaṃ vyāsaḥ kavīnām uśanā kaviḥ ||

    Among the Vṛṣṇis I am Vāsudeva (Krishna); among the Pāṇḍavas, Arjuna [here called Dhanañjaya]. Among sages I am Vyāsa, and among poets, the wise Uśanā.

Source: akshara-pravaaha.com/naamaavali/ushanas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Citations from Bhagavad Gītā

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