--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote:
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> > > Rgveda VII 76
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> > > 3 Great is, in truth, the number of the Mornings which were aforetime at
> > > the Sun's uprising.
> > > Since thou, O Dawn, hast been beheld repairing as to thy love, as one no
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> > Beautifulwhat does it mean!! :-)
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> I guess according to Tilak it refers to the fact(?) that Aryans
> once lived in a region where morning lasted for several
> days, or stuff, that is, near a polar region??? Does that
> make any sense? :D
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Or, perhaps, rather, Dawn (the devataa uSas, below ' uṣaḥ'):
uSasf. morning light, dawn (often personif.), also evening light;
pada-paaTha of VII 76, 3:
tÄni | it | ahÄni | bahulÄni | Äsan | yÄ | prÄcÄ«nam | ut-itÄ |
sÅ«ryasya | yataḥ | pari | jÄraḥ-iva | ÄcarantÄ« | *uá¹£aḥ* |
dadá¹ká¹£e | na | punaḥ | yatÄ«-iva // RV_7,76.3 //
saMhitaa-paaTha(sp?) of the same (uSho)
tAnIdahA\'ni bahu\`lAnyA\'sa\`nyA prA\`chIna\`mudi\'tA\` sUrya\'sya |
yata\`H pari\' jA\`ra i\'vA\`chara\`nty**uSho**\' dadR^i\`kShe na
puna\'rya\`tIva\' || 7\.076\.03