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पूषन्

पूषा देवता‚ सूर्य

a vedic deity, who restores lost property, sun

Monier–Williams

पूषन् — {pūṣán} m. (the {a} not lengthened in the strong cases, but acc. {ṣāṇam}, in MārkP.) N. of a Vedic deity (originally connected with the sun, and therefore the surveyor of all things, and the conductor on journeys and on the way to the next world, often associated with Soma or the Moon as protector of the universe##he is, moreover, regarded as the keeper of flocks and herds and bringer of prosperity##in the Brāhmaṇas he is represented as having lost his teeth and feeding on a kind of gruel, whence he is called {karambhâd}##in later times he is one of the 12 Ādityas and regent of the Nakshatra Revatī or Paushṇa##du. 'Pūshan and Aryaman' VP. Sch.)##the sun Kād. Bālar##(?) growth, increase (cf. {pūṣa-rāti})##the earth L