| poṣa | पोष | póṣa m. (√ puṣ) thriving, prosperity, abundance, wealth, growth, increase, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.] |
| nourishing, nurture, rearing, maintaining, supporting, [Kāv.]; [Pur.] &c. |
| poṣam | पोषम् | pó°ṣam ind. (with √ puṣ) to thrive or prosper in (comp.), [Pat.] |
| poṣas | पोषस् | See viśvā́yu-poṣas. |
| poṣadha | पोषध | m. (with Buddhists) fasting, a fasting day, [Lalit.] |
| sacred day, [Jātakam.] |
| poṣaṇa | पोषण | pó°ṣaṇa mfn. nourishing, cherishing (cf. pakṣa-p°) |
| pó°ṣaṇa n. the act of nourishing, fostering, keeping, supporting, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. |
| poṣaka | पोषक | pó°ṣaka mf(ikA)n. nourishing, feeding, a nourisher, supporter, breeder, keeper, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. |
| (ifc.) subsisting on or by, [Hariv.] |
| poṣadheya | पोषधेय | n. fasting must be observed, [Lalit.] |
| poṣadhika | पोषधिक | mfn. relating to fasting or a festival day (?), [L.] |
| poṣaṇīya | पोषणीय | pó°ṣaṇīya mfn. to be nourished or kept or protected, [MārkP.] |
| poṣayitṛ | पोषयितृ | mfn. (fr. Caus.) one who nourishes or cherishes or rears, [L.] |
| poṣayitnu | पोषयित्नु | po°ṣayitnú mfn. causing to grow or thrive, nourishing, fostering, [RV.] |
| po°ṣayitnú m. the Indian cuckoo, [L.] |
| poṣayiṣṇu | पोषयिष्णु | po°ṣayiṣṇú mfn. causing to thrive, advantageous, beneficial, [AV.] |
| poṣadhoṣita | पोषधोषित | poṣa°dhoṣita mfn. keeping the fast, [Divyāv.] |
| poṣadhotsava | पोषधोत्सव | poṣa°dhotsava m. sacred festival, [Jātakam.] |