Pushan, Pūṣan: 12 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pūṣan can be transliterated into English as Pusan or Pushan, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPūṣan (पूषन्):—
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Pūṣan (पूषन्):—am Ende, Sonne auch [Spr. 4323.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPūṣan (पूषन्):—m. —
1) Nomen proprium eines vedischen Gottes. Seinem Wesen nach ein Sonnengenius , ein Hüter und Mehrer der Heerden. Nach einer älteren Legende soll er durch das Prāśitra , nach einer späteren durch Śiva seine Zähne eingebüsset haben und deshalb Brei essen. Im Epos erscheint er unter den 12 Āditya. Der Du. soll Aryaman mit einschliessen nach dem Comm. zu [Viṣṇupurāṇa 5,16.,7.] —
2) die Sonne [249,27.] [Kād. (1872) 230,23.] [Bālarāmāyaṇa 78,16.] —
3) *die Erde.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Pusanam, Pushabhasa, Pushadantahara, Pushana, Pushanai, Pushanankam, Pushanbheda, Pushani kai, Pushanuja, Pushanvant, Pushanvat, Pushari, Pushasuhrid, Pushatmaja.
Ends with: Indrapushan, Somapushan.
Full-text (+89): Agnapaushna, Ajashva, Aindrapaushna, Pushadantahara, Pushabhasa, Paushna, Pushanvat, Indrapushan, Somapushan, Prapathya, Abhyardhayajvan, Pusha, Naruna, Pushanvant, Narashamsa, Pushasuhrid, Somapaushna, Pushtimbhara, Pushatmaja, Aghrini.
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