Push, Puṣ, Pūṣ: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Puṣ and Pūṣ can be transliterated into English as Pus or Push, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPuṣ (पुष्).—1, 4, 9 P. (poṣati, puṣyati, puṣṇāti, puṣṭa or puṣita)
1) To nourish, foster, rear, bring up, nurture; तेनाद्य वत्समिव लोकममुं पुषाण (tenādya vatsamiva lokamamuṃ puṣāṇa) Bhartṛhari 2.46; पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः (puṣṇāmi cauṣadhīḥ sarvāḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 15. 13; Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.13;17.32.
2) To support, maintain, bear,
3) To cause to thrive or grow, unfold, develop, bring into relief; पुपोष लावण्यमयान् विशेषान् (pupoṣa lāvaṇyamayān viśeṣān) Kumārasambhava 1.25; R.3.32; न तिरोधीयते स्थायी तैरसौ पुष्यते परम् (na tirodhīyate sthāyī tairasau puṣyate param) S. D.3.
4) To increase, augment further, promote, enhance; पञ्चानामपि भूताना- मुत्कर्षं पुपुषुर्गुणाः (pañcānāmapi bhūtānā- mutkarṣaṃ pupuṣurguṇāḥ) R.4.11;9.5.
5) To get, possess, have, enjoy; विमुक्तः संकल्पः किमभिलषितं पुष्यति न ते (vimuktaḥ saṃkalpaḥ kimabhilaṣitaṃ puṣyati na te) Bhartṛhari 3.34.
6) To show, exhibit, bear, display; वपुरभिनवमस्याः पुष्यति स्वां न शोभाम् (vapurabhinavamasyāḥ puṣyati svāṃ na śobhām) Ś.1.19; Kumārasambhava 7.18,78; R.16.58; 18.32; न हीश्वरव्याहृतयः कदाचित् पुष्णन्ति लोके विपरीतमर्थम् (na hīśvaravyāhṛtayaḥ kadācit puṣṇanti loke viparītamartham) Kumārasambhava 3.63; सूर्यापाये न खलु कमलं पुष्यति स्वामभिख्याम् (sūryāpāye na khalu kamalaṃ puṣyati svāmabhikhyām) Meghadūta 82.
7) To be increased or nourished, thrive, prosper.
8) To magnify, extol.
9) To bud, bloom, blossom; पुष्यत्- पुष्करवासितस्य पयसो गण्डूषसंक्रान्तयः (puṣyat- puṣkaravāsitasya payaso gaṇḍūṣasaṃkrāntayaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 3.16. Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9.34.
1) To share, divide. -11. To shine, beam, gleam; साधु साध्विति संहृष्टाः पुष्यमाणैरिवाननैः (sādhu sādhviti saṃhṛṣṭāḥ puṣyamāṇairivānanaiḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.58.26. -Caus. or 1 U. (poṣayati-te)
1) To nourish, bring up, maintain &c.
2) To increase, promote.
3) To take care of, provide for.
4) To put on, wear.
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Puṣ (पुष्).—a.
1) Nourishing.
2) Showing, displaying; योषितामतिमदेन जुघूर्णुर्विभ्रमातिशयपुंषि वपूंषि (yoṣitāmatimadena jughūrṇurvibhramātiśayapuṃṣi vapūṃṣi) Śiśupālavadha 1.32.
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Pus (पुस्).—1 U. (posayati-te)
1) To rub.
2) To decrease, lessen.
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Pūṣ (पूष्).—1 P. (pūṣati)
1) To nourish.
2) To increase, grow; cf. पुष् (puṣ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣ (पुष्).—[puṣa] r. 1st cl. (poṣati) puṣṭau bhvā0 para0 aka0 seṭ . 4th cl. (puṣyati) and 9th cl. (puṣṇāti) 1. To cherish or nurture, to rear, to bring up. 2. To cause to thrive, to develop. 3. To support, to maintain, to bear. 4. To further, to augment, to enhance, to increase. 5. To get, to possess, to have, to enjoy. 6. To show, to display, to evince. 7. To be increased. puṣṭau aka0 poṣaṇe saka0 kryā0 pa0 seṭ . (ira) puṣira r. 4th cl. (puṣyati) puṣṭau divā0 para0 aka0 aniṭ . r. 10th cl. (poṣayati-te) 1. To put on, to wear. 2. To promote. 3. To maintain. dhṛtau cu0 ubha0 saka0 seṭ . With pari or sam to cherish much, or bring up with care.
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Pus (पुस्).—[pusa] r. 10th cl. (poṣayati-te) 1. To rub. 2. To damage, curā0 ubha0 saka0 seṭ .
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Pūṣ (पूष्).—r. 1st cl. (pūṣati) 1. To increase or grow. 2. To nourish. see puṣ aka0 bhvā0 para0 seṭ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣ (पुष्).—ii. 9, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To nourish, Mahābhārata 3, 13639. 2. To cherish, [Pañcatantra] 238, 7. 3. To manage, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 38. 4. To augment, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 159. i. 4, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To thrive, to prosper,
— With the prep. ati ati, atipuṣṭa, Very strong, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 8. Comp. Na-, adj. rather insignificant, paltry, [Daśakumāracarita] in
— With pari pari, paripuṣṭa, 1. Cherished. 2. Abounding in. [Causal.] 1. To cause to be cherished or managed, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 38. 2. To cherish, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 2602.
— With pra pra, To nourish, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 26, 10.
— With vi vi, vipuṣṭa, Ill-fed, low, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 313 (rather puṣṭa, with vi).
— With sam sam, ii. 9, To increase, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 13.
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Pus (पुस्).—see vyuṣ.
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Pūṣ (पूष्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] To nourish.
— Cf. puṣ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Puṣ (पुष्):—1. puṣ [class] 4. [Parasmaipada] puṣyati, to divide, distribute, [Dhātupāṭha xxvi, 106] ([varia lectio] for vyuṣ q.v.)
2) 2. puṣ [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xvii, 50]) poṣati (trans.), only, [Nirukta, by Yāska x, 34]; [class] 4. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxvi, 73]) puṣyati (trans. and intrans.; mc. also, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary] te), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.; [class] 9. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxxi, 57]) puṣṇāti (trans.), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc. ([perfect tense] pupoṣa, pupuṣyās, [Ṛg-veda]; [Aorist] apuṣat or apoṣīt [grammar]; [Potential] puṣeyam, [Ṛg-veda]; Prec. puṣyāsam, sma, [Brāhmaṇa]; [future] poṣiṣyati, pokṣyati;poṣitā, poṣṭā [grammar]; [Passive voice] puṣyate, [Kāvya literature]; [Aorist] apoṣi [grammar]; [infinitive mood] puṣyase, [Ṛg-veda]),
2) —to be nourished (with [instrumental case] e.g. bhāryayā, [Mahābhārata xiii, 4569]),
2) —to thrive, flourish, prosper (also with poṣam, puṣṭim or vṛddhim), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] (rarely in later language e.g. [Mahābhārata] [see above], and sometimes in [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya], where also 3 sg. puṣyati-tarām);
2) —to cause to thrive or prosper, nourish, foster, augment, increase, further, promote, fulfil (e.g. a wish), develop, unfold, display, gain, obtain, enjoy, possess, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.:—[Causal] poṣayati ([Aorist] apūpuṣat [grammar]), to rear, nourish, feed, cause to thrive or prosper, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;
2) —to cause to be reared or fed by ([instrumental case]), [Śakuntalā] :—[Desiderative] pupoṣiṣati, pupuṣithati, pupukṣati [grammar]:—[Intensive] popuṣyate, popoṣṭi, [ib.]
3) 3. puṣ mfn. (ifc.) nourishing, causing to thrive (cf. vitva-p) showing, displaying, [Śiśupāla-vadha x, 32.]
4) Pus (पुस्):—[class] 10. [Parasmaipada] posayati, to discharge, emit, [Dhātupāṭha xxxii, 92.]
5) Pūṣ (पूष्):—(= √2. puṣ) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] pūṣati, to nourish, increase, [Dhātupāṭha xvii, 24.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Puṣ (पुष्):—poṣati 1. a. To cherish or nurture. (ya, ḷ, au) puṣyati 4. a. To nourish; to share out. (ka) puṣṇāti 9. a. To cherish. (ka) poṣayati 10. a. To put on, to wear.
2) Pūṣ (पूष्):—pūṣati 1. a. To increase; nourish.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pūṣ (पूष्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pūsa, Posa.
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Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPus in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) the tenth month of the Hindu (lunar) calendar; also [pausha]..—pus (पूस) is alternatively transliterated as Pūsa.
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Starts with (+579): Pusaka, Pusha, Pusha-thala, Pushabhasa, Pushadantahara, Pushadhra, Pushadi, Pushakar, Pushamitra, Pushan, Pushana, Pushanbheda, Pushani kai, Pushanuja, Pushanvant, Pushanvat, Pushapabhanga, Pusharati, Pushari, Pusharya.
Ends with: Anupush, Kalevarapush, Kamapush, Paripush, Prapush, Purvapush, Rasapush, Sampush, Sazi-push, Vapus, Vishvapush.
Full-text (+974): Posa, Puya, Pusha, Pushan, Kshataja, Ghushi, Pushyase, Pushya, Puyana, Nud, Turamundi, Taramundi, Karnasamshrava, Vyush, Khicavinem, Dhusakanem, Dhaki, Malaja, Pu, Mendu.
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