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In considering Mukunda's questions about Ushtra, I have been looking at the

sanskrit dictionary online which has raised a question only those who know

Sanskrit well can answer....

 

Is there a connection between Usha, the dawn, and Ushtra? Also, in looking at

some related words, I see that some meanings have connection to a bull. If there

is a linguistic connection between these words, does it link Nandi and Ushtra?

Afterall, isn't Hanuman an incarnation of Shiva? Any insight on this would be

welcome.

 

See below

 

usR f. (2. %{vas}) , morning light , daybreak , day (acc. pl. %{usra4s})

RV. vii , 15 , 8 ; viii , 41 , 3 ; (instr. %{usrA4}) RV. iv , 45 , 5.

506 usra %{A} f. (Un2. ii , 13) morning light , daybreak , brightness RV.

; (personified as a red cow) ; a cow RV. AV. xii , 3 , 73 MBh. xiii Nir. & c. ;

N. of a plant L. ; m. a ray of light RV. i , 87 , 1 Ragh. Kir. & c. ; the sun ;

day ; an ox , bull RV. vi , 12 , 4 VS. iv , 33 ; N. of the As3vins RV. ii , 39 ,

3 ; iv , 62 , 1 ; vii , 74 , 1.

 

Jaya Guru Datta,

Ishwari

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Daria

jaigurudatta

Wednesday, March 04, 2009 8:39 AM

Hanuman Vahana

 

 

Jaya Guru Datta, Mukunda for starting this interesting and " enlightening " :}

discussion.

 

Online I found this sanskrit definition of Ushtra connected to the world

Zarathushtra:

 

Sanskrit jarat old + ushtra he who bears light, the intellect in the act of

cognition from the verbal root ujsh light]

 

It's interesting that the camel's humps look like light waves.

 

It's also interesting that Persians (who are connected to Zarathushtra) rode

camels. Certainly there was an influence from this faith in India and vice

versa....can anyone make a deeper connection to this? Or to the image of the

humps as light waves?