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): /ˈpuː.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 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

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

• 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