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).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /puː.ʂɐ́n/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /puː.ʂɐn̪/

Proper noun

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 नः॑ पूषन्नघो वृको॑ दुः॒शेव॑ आ॒दिदे॑शति।
     अप॑ स्म॒ तं प॒थो ज॑हि॥

     yó naḥ pūṣannagho vṛko duḥśéva 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

Masculine an-stem declension of पूषन्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पूषा (pūṣā́)	पूषाणौ (pūṣā́ṇau) पूषाणा¹ (pūṣā́ṇā¹)	पूषाणः (pūṣā́ṇaḥ)
vocative	पूषन् (pū́ṣan)	पूषाणौ (pū́ṣāṇau) पूषाणा¹ (pū́ṣāṇā¹)	पूषाणः (pū́ṣāṇaḥ)
accusative	पूषाणम् (pūṣā́ṇam)	पूषाणौ (pūṣā́ṇau) पूषाणा¹ (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 (pūṣṇí) पूषणि (pūṣáṇi) पूषन्¹ (pūṣán¹)	पूष्णोः (pūṣṇóḥ)	पूषसु (pūṣásu)

• ¹Vedic

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