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पूषन्

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Etymology edit

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).

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Proper noun edit

पूषन् • (pūṣán) stem, m

  1. (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.
  2. the Sun
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सूर्य
  3. the Earth
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भूमि

Declension edit

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
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants edit

  • Prakrit: 𑀧𑀽𑀲 (pūsa)
  • → Hindi: पूषण (pūṣaṇ) (learned)

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