# पूषन् (pūṣan)

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पूषन् (pūṣan) is a Sanskrit word meaning the sun, growth or increase, the earth, a Vedic deity who guards flocks, herds, and property, one of the Adityas, an epithet of Shiva. Its 18 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them The Sun, Vedic Deity Pūṣan, Pūṣan-related Compounds/Epithets.

- **Root:** पुष् (puṣ)
- **Etymology:** E. पूष to nourish, aff. कनिन् — E. pūṣa to nourish, aff. kanin
- **SLP1:** `pUzan`  **IAST:** pūṣan  **Devanagari:** पूषन्
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushan
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/pushan/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** पूषण् (pūṣaṇ)

## Meanings by context

### The Sun (6 definitions)
- the sun  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the sun, Kādambarī (Title); Bālarāmāyaṇa (Title) [ ID=128296 ]
- The sun  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पूषन् (pūṣan) [Printed book page 0717-c ] पूषन् (pūṣan) m. ( nom. पूषा, - षणौ, - षणः (pūṣā, -ṣaṇau, -ṣaṇaḥ) ) [ पूष् - कनिन् (pūṣ-kanin); Uṇādisūtras 1. 156 ] The sun; सदापांथः पूषा गगनपरिमाणं (sadāpāṃthaḥ pūṣā gaganaparimāṇaṃ) कलयति (kalayati) Bhartṛhari’s three Śatakas (the figures 1., 2., 3. after Bh. denoting Śṛṅgāraº, Nītiº, and Vairāgyaº) 2. 114; इंधनौघधगप्यग्निस्त्विषा (iṃdhanaughadhagapyagnistviṣā) नात्येति पूषणं (nātyeti pūṣaṇaṃ) Śiśupālavadha 2. 43
- The sun  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पूष (pūṣa) न् (pūṣan) [Printed book page 551 ] पूष (pūṣa) न् (pūṣan) m. ( - षा (-ṣā) ) The sun. E. पूष (pūṣa) to nourish, aff. कनिन् (kanin). [ ID=25455 ]
- The sun  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पूषन् (pūṣan) [Printed book page 494-a ] पूषन् (pūṣan) ( षा ) ((ṣā)) 5. m. The sun. [ ID=24936 ]
- The sun  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पूषन् (pūṣan) [Printed book page 451-06 ] पूषन् (pūṣan) m. (nom. पूषा (pūṣā) - षणौ (ṣaṇau) - षणः (ṣaṇaḥ) ) The sun, सदापांथः पूषा (pūṣā) गगन परिमाणं कलयति (sadāpāṃthaḥ pūṣāgagana parimāṇaṃ kalayati) Bhartr. ii.(misc.)4. [ ID=23362 ]
- The sun  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पूषन् (pūṣan) [Printed book page 466-b ] पूषन् (pūṣan) m. ( - षा (-ṣā) ) The sun. E. पूष् (pūṣ) to nourish, aff. कनिन् । (kanin.) [ ID=25750 ]

### Vedic Deity Pūṣan (6 definitions)
- An epithet of a Vedic deity associated with the sun, journey protector, and bringer of prosperity.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 645,1] पूषन् (pūṣan) m. (the अ (a) not lengthened in the strong cases, but acc. ° षाणम् (°ṣāṇam), in Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (Title) ) N. 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 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 Brāhmaṇas he is represented as having lost his teeth and feeding on a kind of gruel, whence he is called करम्भा (karambhā) द् (d); in later times he is one of the 12 Ādityas and regent of the Nakṣatra Revatī or Pauṣṇa; du. ‘Pūṣan and Aryaman’, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title), Sch. ) [ ID=128295 ]
- 1. A Vedic deity who keeps flocks and herds, brings prosperity, surveys all things, and guides travelers and souls to the next world. 2. The sun.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पूषन् (pūṣan) [Printed book page 168-3 ] पूषन् (pūṣan) pūṣ-án, m. N. 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. [ ID=11886 ]
- 1. A Vedic deity. 2. One of the Adityas. 3. The sun.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पूषन् (pūṣan) [Printed book page 0569-b ] पूषन् (pūṣan) pūṣan, i. e. puṣ + an, m. 1. Page0570-a+ 42 The name of a vedic deity. 2. One of the Ādityas, MBh. 1, 2523. 3. The sun, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 461. [ ID=9120 ]
- the name of a Vedic divinity, often identified with the sun  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पूषन् (pūṣan) [Printed book page 326 ] पूषन् (pūṣan) m. N. of a Vedic divinity, often identif. with the Sun. [ ID=19805 ]
- Pushan, a Vedic deity who guards flocks and herds and brings prosperity  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > पूषन् (pūṣan) [Printed book page 193-a ] pūṣán [ 426a ], m. Pūshan, a Vedic divinity, keeper of flocks and herds, and bringer of prosperity. [ √puṣ, 1160c.] [ ID=2661 ]
- 1. A Vedic deity who guards flocks, herds, and property. 2. The sun.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > पूषन् (pūṣan) [Printed book page 0593-b ] Pūṣan, ā, m. (the a of an is not lengthened in the nom. du. pl. and acc. sing. du., e. g. nom. du. pūṣaṇau, nom. pl. pūṣaṇas, acc. sing. pūṣa- ṇam, acc. pl. pūṣṇas, or according to some also pūṣas, inst. sing. pūṣṇā or pūṣā, loc. sing. pūṣṇi or pūṣaṇi or pūṣi, see Gram. 157), N. Page0593-c+ 74 of a Vedic deity (regarded as the guardian of flocks and herds and of property in general, cf. puṣṭim- bhara; in the character of a herdsman he is repre- sented as carrying an ox-goad and riding in a car drawn by goats, cf. ajāśva; in that of a presiding deity of the sun he is all-seeing, the companion of travellers, guide of the soul on its way to the next world, and the lover of his sister Sūryā; he causes the alternation of day and night, and is associated with Soma or the Moon as protector of the universe; he is invoked together with various gods, but most frequently with Indra and Bhaga; his most remark- able epithets are ā-ghṛṇi, kapardin, dasra, da- sma, dasma-varcas; in the Brāhmaṇas Pūṣan is represented as having lost his teeth and feeding on a kind of gruel, whence he is called karambhād; in later times he is enumerated among the twelve Ādityas, and regent of the Nakṣatra Revatī or Pauṣṇa); N. of the sun. —Pūṣaṇ-vat, ān, atī, at, Ved. accompanied by Pūṣan; (Sāy.) = puṣṭyā yukta, filled with nutriment. —Pūṣa-danta-hara, as, m. ‘taking away Pūṣan's teeth,’ an epithet of Śiva. —Pūṣa-bhāsā, f. ‘sun-splendor,’ N. of the capital of Indra; (also spelt pūṣa-bhāṣā. ) —Pū- ṣa-mitra, as, m., N. of a man with the surname Gobhila. —Pūṣa-rāti, is, is, i, Ved. having Pūṣan as a giver, i. e. probably, among whom Pūṣan is the especial benefactor. —Pūṣātmaja (°ṣa-āt°), as, m. ‘son of Pūṣan,’ an epithet of Indra. —Pū- ṣāsuhṛd (°ṣa-as°), t, m. ‘enemy of Pūṣan,’ an epithet of Śiva. [ ID=29732 ]

### Pūṣan-related Compounds/Epithets (4 definitions)
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — असुहृद् (asuhṛd) m. an epithet of Śiva
- 1. A cloud. 2. An epithet of Indra.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — आत्मजः (ātmajaḥ) 1 a cloud. 2 an epithet of Indra
- an epithet of Virabhadra  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — दंतहरः (daṃtaharaḥ) an epithet of Vīrabhadra; see अदंत (adaṃta)
- the city of Indra  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — भासा (bhāsā) the city of Indra. [ ID=19273 ]

### Growth or Increase (1 definition)
- growth or increase  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (?) growth, increase ( cf. पूष - राति (pūṣa-rāti) ) [ ID=128297 ]

### The Earth (1 definition)
- the earth  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the earth, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=128298 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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