THE DAWN

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DAWN(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

• Dawn Is The Beginning Of Morning Twilight
• From An Old English Verb Dagian "To Become Day
• Recognized By The Presence Of Weak Sunlight

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• During dawn (and dusk) it is usually possible to
  see approximately in which direction the Sun
  lies, though it is below the horizon.

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TYPES OF DAWN

1. Astronomical dawn
2. Nautical dawn
3. Civil dawn

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• Astronomical Dawn
• Dawn

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• Nautical Dawn

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• Civil Dawn

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MYTHOLOGY AND RELIGION

• Many Indo-European mythologies have a dawn
  goddess
• Greek Eos
• Roman Aurora

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• Indian Ushas,
• Slavic Zornitsa and possibly a Germanic
  Austron- (whence the term Easter).

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• Divine Office said at the first hour of daylight.

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• In Islam, dawn (Arabic fajr) is the time of the
  first prayer of the day, and the beginning of the
  daily fast during Ramadan.

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Dawn In The World Of Art
L'Aurore by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
L'aurore, Nort SeaMer du Nord by Guillaume Vogels
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Literature

• Homer "rosy-fingered Dawn" in The Iliad and The
  Odyssey
• An aubade (Occitan Alba, German Tagelied)
• Aurora Musis amica by Barthold Nihus

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www.allpoetry.com

• DAWN TO DAWN
• When of only sleeping people
• the world comprises /
• Then early in the morning the
• sun
• by satans angel

• FROM DAWN TO DAWN
• From dawn to dawn your face is my sun, / which
  rises in my day bringing it light and joy
• by penman

• DAWN TO DAWN
• Noble forest green with parisian light in the
  morning / The mild winds in the trees breath
• by cherchezlafemme

DAWN TO DAWN Im moving on / now finaly i feel a
part of me is free by silent crys

• FROM DAWN TO DAWN
• I bend o'er the wheel at my sewing / I'm spent
  and I'm hungry for rest
• by Morris Rosenfeld

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The Vedas

• 1200 BCE-600 BCE.
• written in SANSKRIT.
• Hindu core of beliefs
• hymns and poems.
• religious prayers.
• magical spells.
• lists of the gods and goddesses.

Rig Veda ? oldest work.
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The Vedic Age
The foundations for Hinduism were established!
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The Caste System
Brahmins
WHO IS
Kshatriyas

• The mouth?
• The arms?
• The legs?
• The feet?

Vaishyas
Shudras
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SHRUTI Divided in to four groups
4 Upanishad
1 Mantra
3 Braahmana
2 Aaranyaka
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Smrutis These are deliberations In Specific
periods

• 8
• Dharm Shastras

1 Panths

• 2
• Puranas

• 7
• Itihas

• 3
• Agamas

• 6
• Vedangas

• 4
• Upavedas

• 5
• Darshanas

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SHRUTI
VEDAS
UPANISHADS
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VEDAS

1. Rig Veda
2. Yajur Veda
3. Sama Veda
4. Atharva Veda

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EACH VEDA HAS FOUR PARTS

• Hymnal portion (mantras)
• Ritual portion (brahmanas)
• Forest teachings (aranyakas)
• Philosophical portion (upanishads)

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RIG VEDA

• This Veda contains about 1000 hymns or mantras.
• At first glance, they appear to be poems in
  praise of personified natural forces.

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RIG VEDA

• For example, Indra is the god of thunder and
  rain.
• Agni is the god of fire.
• Usha is the godess of dawn.
• Prithvi is the goddess of earth.

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RIG VEDA

• For example, Indra is the god of thunder and
  rain.
• Agni is the god of fire.

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RIG VEDA

• Usha is the godess of dawn.
• Prithvi is the goddess of earth.

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USHAS

• Ushas (???? u?as), Sanskrit for "dawn", is a
  Vedic deity, and consequently a Hindu deity as
  well.

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• Sanskrit u?as is an s-stem
• from PIE h2ausos
• cognate to Greek Eos and Latin Aurora.

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• Goddess In The Rig Veda
• She Is Often Spoken Of In The Plural, "The Dawns."

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warding off evil spirits of the night
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often identified with the reddish cows, and both
are released by Indra from the Vala cave at the
beginning of time.

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beautifully adorned young woman riding in a
golden chariot on her path across the sky

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USHAS
Twenty of the 1028 hymns of the Rig Veda

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Book 7 has seven hymns, books 46 have two hymns
each, and the younger books 1 and 10 have six
and one respectively

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Ushas is the divine daughter a divó duhitâ of
Dyaus Pita "Sky Father."

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USHAS
Sri Aurobindo in his Secret of the Veda,
described Ushas as "the medium of the awakening,
the activity and the growth of the other gods
she is the first condition of the Vedic
realisation. By her increasing illumination the
whole nature of man is clarified through her
mankind arrives at the Truth, through her he
enjoys Truth's beatitude."

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THE DAWNStanza I

• Like a youthful maiden, Dawn shines brightly
  forth,
• práty u adarsi ayati
• Stirring to motion every living creature. uchánti
  duhita divá?
• Devine fire was kindled for the use of men
• ápo máhi vyayati cák?ase támo
• Dawn created light, diving away the dark. jyóti?
  kr??oti sunári

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THE DAWNStanza II

• Sending out her beams, she rose up facing all,
• úd usríya? sr?jate suriya? sácam?
• In brilliant robes, resplendent, radiating-
• udyán nák?atram arcivát
• Golden-coloured and glorious to behold,
• távéd u?o viú?i suriyasya ca
• Mother of plenty, mistress of the days she shone.
• sám bhakténa gamemahi

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THE DAWNStanza III

• Blessed, bearing the sun, the eye of the gods,
• práti tva duhitar diva
• Leading her white horse, magnificent to see,
• ú?o jira abhutsmahi
• Dawn reveals herself, arrayed in beams of light,
• ya váhasi purú sparhá? vananvati
• And with boundless glory she transforms the
  world.
• rátna? ná dasú?e máya?

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THE DAWNStanza IV

• O fair one, banish the enemy with light! uchánti
  ya kr??ó?i ma?hána mahi
• And prepare for us broad pastures free from fear!
  prakhyaí devi súvar dr?sé
• Ward off hatred, bring us your priceless
  treasure!
• tásyas te ratnabhaja imahe vayá?
• O bountiful, shower blessings on the singer!
• syama matúr ná sunáva?

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THE DAWNStanza V

• Illumine us with your glorious splendor,
• tác citrá? radha a bhara
• O divine Dawn! Enrich and lengthen our lives,
• ú?o yád dirghasrúttamam
• O Goddess full of grace! Grant us fulfillment
• yát te divo duhitar martabhójana?
• And cows, horses, and chariots in abundance!
• tád rasva bhunájamahai

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THE DAWNStanza VI

• O daughter of heaven, Dawn of noble birth,
• sráva? suríbhyo amr?ta? vasutvaná?
• Whom the men of glory celebrate in hymns,
• vajam? asmábhya? gómata?
• Establish in us wealth sublime and mighty!
• codayitri maghóna? sunr?tavati
• O gods, protect us always with your blessings!
• u?a uchad ápa srídha?

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Grammar

• There are a number of stems in -as, accented on
  the first syllable and of neuter gender, most of
  which are abstract nouns.
• Eg. sáhas 'might', á?has 'trouble', ávas 'help',
  páyas 'plenty', vácas 'speech',

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• Sanskrit has a remarkable facility for
  elaborating new words out of existing ones, like
  building blocks.

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• REFERENCES
• Notes
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1965), The Practical
  Sanskrit Dictionary (4th ed.), New Delhi Motilal
  Banarsidass, ISBN 81-208-0567-4, p. 304.
• F.B.J. Kuiper. (1968). Ancient Indian Cosmogony.
  Bombay 1983. H.P.Schmidt, Brhaspati und Indra,
  Wiesbaden 1968.
• Aurobindo (1995), Secret of the Veda, Twin
  Lakes Lotus Press, ISBN 0-914955-19-5, p. 283.
• Sources
• Dhallapiccola, Anna (2002), Dictionary of Hindu
  Lore and Legend, New York Thames Hudson,
  ISBN 0-500-51088-1
• Kinsley, David (1987), Hindu Goddesses Vision of
  the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious
  Traditions, New Delhi Motilal Banarsidass,
  ISBN 81-208-0379-5

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