पूषन्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- पूषण (pūṣaṇa)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পূষন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬹᬱᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- পূষন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰳𑰬𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀽𑀱𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ပူၑန် (Burmese script)
- પૂષન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਪੂਸ਼ਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍂𑌷𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦹꦰꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂴𑂭𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಪೂಷೝ (Kannada script)
- បូឞន៑ (Khmer script)
- ປູຩນ຺ (Lao script)
- പൂഷന് (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡠᡠᢢᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘴𑘬𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠤᠤᢔᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧕𑧌𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐹𑐲𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ପୂଷନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢹꢰꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆷𑆰𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖳𑖬𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- පූෂන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩒𑩛𑪀𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚱𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- பூஷந் (Tamil script)
- పూషౝ (Telugu script)
- ปูษนฺ (Thai script)
- པཱུ་ཥ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒴𑒭𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨃𑨊𑨯𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *puHšā́, from Proto-Indo-European *Péh₂-usōn, from *peh₂- (“to protect”). Traditionally explained as from the root पूष् (pūṣ, “to nourish”), a possibly fictitious alternative form of पुष् (puṣ).
Proper noun
पूषन् • (pūṣán) stem, m
- (Vedic religion) Pūṣan (a Vedic solar deity and one of the Ādityas)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.42.2:
- यो न॑: पूषन्नघो वृको॑ दु॒:शेव॑ आ॒दिदे॑शति।
अप॑ स्म॒ तं प॒थो ज॑हि॥- yó na: pūṣannagho vṛko du:śéva ādídeśati.
ápa sma táṃ pathó jahi. - If a wicked adversary, Pūṣan, a robber, or one who delights in evil, points out to us the way we ought not to go, do you drive him from the road.
- yó na: pūṣannagho vṛko du:śéva ādídeśati.
- यो न॑: पूषन्नघो वृको॑ दु॒:शेव॑ आ॒दिदे॑शति।
- the Sun
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सूर्य
- the Earth
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भूमि
Declension
| Masculine an-stem declension of पूषन् (pūṣán) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | पूषा pūṣā́ |
पूषाणौ / पूषाणा¹ pūṣā́ṇau / pūṣā́ṇā¹ |
पूषाणः pūṣā́ṇaḥ |
| Vocative | पूषन् pū́ṣan |
पूषाणौ / पूषाणा¹ pū́ṣāṇau / pū́ṣāṇā¹ |
पूषाणः pū́ṣāṇaḥ |
| Accusative | पूषाणम् pūṣā́ṇam |
पूषाणौ / पूषाणा¹ pūṣā́ṇau / pūṣā́ṇā¹ |
पूष्णः pūṣṇáḥ |
| Instrumental | पूष्णा pūṣṇā́ |
पूषभ्याम् pūṣábhyām |
पूषभिः pūṣábhiḥ |
| Dative | पूष्णे pūṣṇé |
पूषभ्याम् pūṣábhyām |
पूषभ्यः pūṣábhyaḥ |
| Ablative | पूष्णः pūṣṇáḥ |
पूषभ्याम् pūṣábhyām |
पूषभ्यः pūṣábhyaḥ |
| Genitive | पूष्णः pūṣṇáḥ |
पूष्णोः pūṣṇóḥ |
पूष्णाम् pūṣṇā́m |
| Locative | पूष्णि / पूषणि / पूषन्¹ pūṣṇí / pūṣáṇi / pūṣán¹ |
पूष्णोः pūṣṇóḥ |
पूषसु pūṣásu |
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Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀧𑀽𑀲 (pūsa)
- → Hindi: पूषण (pūṣaṇ) (learned)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “पूषन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 645.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पूषन्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पूषन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
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