The Arctic Home in the Vedas c17.23

c17.23

Dawn, two months' duration of, at the Pole, 47, 48; revolving splendours of, 49, 50; why styled *Dakshinâ*, 145; the first, commencing the *mânushâ yugâ*, 176; why addressed in the plural number in the Vedas, 95 *f.*; in the Lettish, Greek and Celtic mythologies, 393; the dying torch of, in the Finnish mythology, 404; as a Vedic Deity, *See* Ushas.