# पुष्य (puṣya)

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पुष्य (puṣya) is a Sanskrit word meaning nourishment, the sixth lunar asterism, the conjunction of the moon with Pushya, name of the month Pausha, of the Kali age, one of the twenty-four mythical Buddhas. Its 25 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Multi-faceted Dictionary Definitions, The Lunar Asterism Puṣya (Nakṣatra), Nourishment, Flower, or Essence.

- **Etymology:** E. पुष् to nourish, aff. क्यप् — E. puṣ to nourish, aff. kyap
- **SLP1:** `puzya`  **IAST:** puṣya  **Devanagari:** पुष्य
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/pushya/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** पुष्या (puṣyā)

## Meanings by context

### Multi-faceted Dictionary Definitions (8 definitions)
- 1. Nourishment or a flower. 2. The sixth lunar asterism, a day associated with it, the month of Pausha, or the name of various princes.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पुष्य (puṣya) [Printed book page 166-3 ] पुष्य (puṣya) 1. púṣ-ya, n. nourishment; flower (= uppermost or best of anything ); 2. (-yà) m. the sixth lunar asterism (= the earlier term Tiṣya); day on which the moon is in the asterism Puṣya, Puṣya-day; the mouth Pauṣa (December-January); N. of various princes : -ratha, m. the asterism Puṣya as as car. [ ID=11816 ]
- 1. The eighth lunar asterism. 2. The month of Pausha. 3. The fourth age or Kali Yuga.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पुष (puṣa) ्य (puṣya) [Printed book page 547 ] पुष (puṣa) ्य (puṣya) mf. ( - ष्यः - ष्या (-ṣyaḥ-ṣyā) ) 1 The eighth lunar asterism, comprising three stars, of which one is δ Cancer. 2 The month Paus, (Dec.Jan.) 3 The Kali, or fourth age. E. पुष (puṣa) to nourish, aff. क्यप (kyapa). [ ID=25288 ]
- 1. The eighth lunar asterism. 2. The month of Pausha. 3. The Kali Yuga or fourth age.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पुष्य (puṣya) [Printed book page 490-b ] पुष्य (puṣya) ( ष्यः - ष्या ) ((ṣyaḥ-ṣyā)) 1. m. f. 8th Lunar asterism, the month Paus; the Kalī yog or fourth age. [ ID=24770 ]
- 1. The Kali age. 2. The month of Pausha. 3. The eighth constellation.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पुष्य (puṣya) [Printed book page 447-12 ] पुष्य (puṣya) m. 1. The Kali age; 2. the month Pausha; 3. name of the eighth constellation, consisting of three stars, also called तिष्य (tiṣya). [ ID=23178 ]
- 1. The eighth lunar asterism. 2. The month of Pausha, corresponding to December and January. 3. The Kali age.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पुष् (puṣ) य (puṣya) [Printed book page 463-a ] पुष् (puṣ) य (puṣya) mf. ( - ष्यः - ष्या (-ṣyaḥ-ṣyā) ) 1. The eighth lunar asterism, comprising three stars, of which one is the Cancer. 2. The month Pous, (Dec. and Jan.) 3. The Kali, or fourth age. E. पुष् (puṣ) to nourish, aff. क्यप् (kyap). [ ID=25564 ]
- 1. The eighth lunar asterism. 2. The month of December to January. 3. The fourth age, Kaliyuga.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पुष्य (puṣya) [Printed book page 0565-b ] पुष्य (puṣya) puṣ + ya, m. 1. The eighth lunar asterism. 2. The name of a month, Dec. — Jan. 3. The fourth age, Kaliyuga. [ ID=9054 ]
- 1. A lunar mansion. 2. A certain plant, in the feminine form.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 2 पुष्य (puṣya) m. N. of a lunar mansion; f. पुष्य (puṣya) ा (puṣyā) a. cert. plant. [ ID=19635 ]
- 1. A blossom or the best part of anything. 2. The foam or froth of a fluid. 3. The fourth age or Kali-yuga. 4. The eighth lunar mansion or Nakshatra. 5. The month of Pausha. 6. A plant species.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > पुष्य (puṣya) [Printed book page 0589-a ] Puṣya, am, n., Ved. the blossom (i. e. that which rises to the surface or the best part of any- thing; cf. Gr. ἄνθος; Lat. flos); the uppermost part, the foam or froth of a fluid, scum; ( as ), m. the Kali-yuga or fourth age; N. of the sixth (or in later times the eighth) Nakṣatra or lunar mansion, also called Tiṣya; the month Pauṣa; N. of a prince; of a Buddha; ( ā ), f. a species of plant; the asterism Puṣya. —Puṣya-dharman, ā, m., N. of a prince. —Puṣya-netra, as, ā, am, having Puṣya for a leader. —Puṣya-mitra, as, m., N. of a prince; (a various reading for puṣpa-mitra. ) —Puṣya- yaśas, ās, m., N. of a man with the patronymic Audavraji. —Puṣya-yoga, as, m. the conjunction of the moon with the asterism Puṣya, the time of the moon's entering the lunar mansion Puṣya. —Puṣya-ratha, as, m. a carriage for pleasure, any sort of car or carriage except a war-chariot; [cf. puṣpa-ratha. ] —Puṣya-snāna, am, n. or puṣyābhiṣeka (°ya-abh°), as, m. a ceremony of purification performed while the moon stands in the asterism Puṣya; [cf. puṣpa-snāna, puṣpā- bhiṣeka. ] [ ID=29623 ]

### The Lunar Asterism Puṣya (Nakṣatra) (6 definitions)
- the sixth lunar asterism  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > पुष्य (puṣya) m. N. of the 6th (or 8th, but See नक्षत्र (nakṣatra) ) lunar asterism (also called Sidhya and Tiṣya), AV. &c. &c. [ ID=127267 ]
- the conjunction of the moon with Pushya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (= - योग (-yoga) ), the conjunction of the moon with Puṣya, Mn.; MBh. &c. [ ID=127268 ]
- the asterism Pushya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the asterism Puṣya, L. [ ID=127275 ]
- Name of a nakshatra, also the time of the moon's conjunction with it.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > पुष्य (puṣya) [Printed book page 572-2 ] Puṣya, name of a nakṣatra = Tiṣya, also = the time of the moon's conjunction with Puṣya. § 378 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 93, 8484 ( °eṇa prayayuḥ ).—§ 527 (Rāmopākhyānap.): III, 277, 15959 ( adya P°o niśi…puṇyaṃ yogam upaiṣyati ).—§ 554 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 6, 125 ( °yogena muhūrtena Jayena ca ).—§ 569 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 150, 5079 ( °o 'dyeti ).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 3, 80 ( Dhūmaketur mahāghoraḥ P°ñ cākramya tiṣṭhati, omens).—§ 614 (Gadā- yuddhap.): IX, 34, 1952 ( °eṇa samprayāto 'smi Śravaṇe punar āgataḥ, sc. Balarāma).—§ 615 (do.): IX, 35, 1978 ( nirgacchadhvaṃ, Pāṇḍaveyāḥ, P°eṇa ), 1983 ( Rauhiṇeye —i.e. Balarāma—gate…P°eṇa ).—§ 746 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 64, 3261 (merit of making a gift of gold under the constellation P.)—§ 749 (do.): XIII, 89, 4258 (merit of performing a śrāddha under the constellation P.).—§ 759 (do.): XIII, 110, 5393 (description of the cāndravrata, v. Āśleṣā). Cf. Tiṣya. [ ID=8862 ]
- a lunar mansion  
  *The Purana Index*
  > पुष्य (puṣya) [Printed book page 2-371 ] Puṣya (I) — a nakṣatra in Airāvati vīthi. Bhā. V. 23. 6; Vā. 66. 48. [ ID=8209 ]
- an asterism  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > पुष्य (puṣya) [Printed book page 2-010 ] Puṣya is the name in the Atharvaveda (xix. 7, 2 for the Nakṣatra called Tiṣya elsewhere. Cf. Weber, Naxatra, 2, 371. On Tiṣya, see also Journal of the Royal Asatic Society, 1911, 514-518; 794-800. [ ID=1898 ]

### Nourishment, Flower, or Essence (3 definitions)
- nourishment  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 640,2] पुष्य (puṣya) n. nourishment ( pl. ), Car. [ ID=127265 ]
- the blossom or flower, meaning the uppermost or best of anything  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the blossom or flower i.e. the uppermost or best of anything ( cf. Gk. ἄνθος; Lat. flos ), RV. [ ID=127266 ]
- 1. Nourishment. 2. The best part of anything.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पुष्य (puṣya) [Printed book page 323 ] 1 पुष्य (puṣya) n. nourishment; the blossom i.e. the best part of anything. [ ID=19634 ]

### Proper Name of Individuals (3 definitions)
- one of the twenty-four mythical Buddhas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of one of the 24 mythical Buddhas, Monier-Williams’ Buddhism in its connexion with Brāhmaṇism and Hindūism: and in its contrast with Christianity (Title) 136 n. 1 [ ID=127271 ]
- of various princes  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of various princes, VP. [ ID=127272 ]
- a son of Hiranyanabha and father of Dhruvasandhi  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Puṣya (II) — a son of Hiraṇyanābha and father of Dhruvasandhi. Bhā. IX. 12. 5; Vā. 88. 209; Vi. IV. 4. 108. [ ID=8210 ]

### Specific Meanings: Plant or Sāman (2 definitions)
- Name of a Saman  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > पुष्य (puṣya) n. N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr. [ ID=127273 ]
- a species of plant  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 640,2] पुष्या (puṣyā) f. a species of plant, AV. [ ID=127274 ]

### The Month Pauṣa (2 definitions)
- Name of the month Pausha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of the month Pauṣa, VP. [ ID=127269 ]
- the month sacred to Bhaga  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Puṣya (III) — the month sacred to Bhaga, etc. Bhā. XII. 11. 42. [ ID=8211 ]

### The Kali Yuga (1 definition)
- of the Kali age  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the Kali-yuga or fourth age, W. [ ID=127270 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects; 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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