Shukra Blue

Shukra

Shukra, also known as Ushanas and Kavya, is a mythological sage as well as the presiding god of the planet Venus in Hinduism. In the Rigveda, however, Kavya Ushanas appears as a wise poet-priest associated with the gods, especially their king Indra, whom he helped defeat his enemies. The Brahmanas consistently portray him as the purohita (priest/advisor) of the asuras who ultimately deserts them to join the devas. In the post-Vedic period, particularly in the epics and the Puranic texts, Kavya Ushanas evolves into the figure of seer-sage Ushanas, better known by the epithet Shukracharya. He is first portrayed as the teacher of both the devas (gods) and the asuras (antigods) in earlier texts, before becoming established solely as the purohita of the asuras in later texts. He becomes associated with Venus and is most famous for possessing the Mṛtasañjīvanī—a magical skill that can bring the dead back to life. During the early medieval period, with the rise of anthropomorphic depictions of the Navagrahas of Hindu astrology, the planet Venus was personified with a distinctive iconography: he is shown as youthful man with a white complexion, riding a white horse, and holding a kamandalu. This iconographic form may or may not be identified with the sage Shukracharya.

Blue

Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RGB (additive) colour model, as well as in the RYB colour model. It lies between violet and cyan on the spectrum of visible light. The term blue generally describes colours perceived by humans observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering. An optical effect called the Tyndall effect explains blue eyes. Distant objects appear more blue because of another optical effect called aerial perspective.

blue

Adjective

1. Of a blue hue.
2. Depressed, melancholic, sad.

Noun

1. The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea; the colour midway between green and violet in the visible spectrum and one of the primary additive colours.
2. Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour.