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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for पूषन्

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. पूषन्pūṣanm.(nom. पूषा, -षणौ, -षणः) [पूष्-कनिन्; Uṇ.1. 156]
    1. (nom. पूषा, -षणौ, -षणः) पूष्-कनिन्; Uṇ.1. 156
    2. A Vedic deity.
    3. The protector of the universe; Īśop.16.
    4. The sun; सदापान्थः पूषा गगनपरिमाणं कलयति Bh.2.114; इन्धनौघधगप्यग्निस्त्विषा नात्येति पूषणम् Śi.2.23; नवीनमिव पूषणम् Śiva B.15.26.
    5. One of the 12 Ādityas; Mb.12.15.18.
    6. The earth.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अनुजः rain; प्रास्यद् द्रोणसुतो बाणान् वृष्टिं पूषानुजो यथा Mb.8. 2.29.

    • -अरिः असुहृद् Masculine an epithet of Śiva.

    • -आत्मजः

      1. a cloud.
      2. an epithet of Indra.
      3. an epithet of Karṇa; पूषात्मजो मर्मसु निर्बिभेद Mb.8.89.76.

    • -दन्तहरः an epithet of Vīrabhadra; see अदन्त.

    • -भासा the city of Indra (अमरावती).

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. पूषन्pūṣanm. (the अ not lengthened in the strong cases, but acc. ˚षाणम्, in Ma1rkP.) N. of a Vedic deity (originally…
    1. masculine gender (the अ not lengthened in the strong cases, but accusative that the rest of a word is to be suppliedषाणम्, in Ma1rkP.) Name of a Vedic deity (originally connected with the sun, and therefore the surveyor of all things, and the conductor on journeys and on the way to the next world, often associated with Soma सोम or the Moon as protector of the universe; he is, moreover, regarded as the keeper of flocks and herds and bringer of prosperity; in the Bra1hman2as ब्राह्मण s he is represented as having lost his teeth and feeding on a kind of gruel, whence he is called करम्भा*द्; in later times he is one of the 12 A1dityas आदित्य s and regent of the Nakshatra नक्षत्र Revati1 रेवती or Paushn2a पौष्ण; dual number "Pu1shan पूषन् and Aryaman अर्यमन्" VP. Scholiast or Commentator)
    2. masculine gender the sun Ka1d. Ba1lar.
    3. masculine gender (?) growth, increase (confer, compare पूष-राति)
    4. masculine gender the earth Lexicographers
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. पूषन्pūṣan[pûsh-án] m. N. of a Vedic deity, keeper of flocks and herds and bringer of prosperity; being a sun-god, he…

    [pûsh-án] masculine noun of a Vedic deity, keeper of flocks and herds and bringer of prosperity; being a sun-god, he surveys all things and acts as a conductor on journeys and on the way to the next world; sun.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · पूषन्

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