Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Ushanas

उशना · uśanā

Poet-seer and teacher of the asuras; also called Shukra

He knew how to raise the dead, and used it for the other side.

Ushanas, of the line of Bhrigu, is the priest and teacher of the asuras, the rivals of the gods. He alone knew the science of reviving the dead, which kept the asura armies undefeated. In Sanskrit the word kavi means both poet and seer, and he is the kavi above all others. The planet Venus is named Shukra after him.