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Source: archive.org: Sanskrit and its kindred literatures Studies in comparative mythologyAphrodite of Greek mythology:—Ahana (sanskrit for dawn), the dawn, is also Aphrodite, who springs from the water; that is the morning often appears at the edge of the ocean where it seems to join the sky, and Aphrodite brings with her the dazzling loveliness of the early morning, and of the sea-foam.
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Full-text: Uranus, Hathor, Greek religion.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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Hitopadesha (English translation) (by Sir Edwin Arnold)
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The civilization of Babylonia and Assyria (by Morris Jastrow)
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