History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.116

v6.c82.116

123. 1 and 5 the latter of which may be translated as follows: "The young lady (Uṣas or lightning), approaching with a smile her lover, bears in the highest heaven Vena, the dear one, and she moves about, in the places of the dear (Vena) and sits down with him on a golden wing (a cloud)'. This would be a fine description of Venus rising in the east at dawn.