[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of the mornings at the Sun's uprising???

[cardemaister]

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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG" <wgm4u@> 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 
> > > more to leave him.
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> > Beautiful....what 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'):

uSas    f. morning light, dawn (often personif.), also evening light; 

pada-paaTha of VII 76, 3:

tāni | it | ahāni | bahulāni | āsan | yā | prācīnam | ut-itā | 
sūryasya | yataḥ | pari | jāraḥ-iva | ācarantī | *uṣaḥ* | 
dadṛkṣe | na | punaḥ | yatī-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