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puṣपुष्cl. 4. P. puṣyati, to divide, distribute, [Dhātup. xxvi, 106] (v.l. for vyuṣ, q.v.)
cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 50]) poṣati (trans.), only, [Nir. x, 34]; cl. 4. P. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 73]) púṣyati (trans. and intrans.; mc. also, Ā. °te), [RV.] &c. &c.; cl. 9. P. ([Dhātup. xxxi, 57]) puṣṇāti (trans.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (pf. pupóṣa, pupuṣyās, [RV.]; aor. apuṣat or apoṣīt Gr.; Pot. puṣeyam, [RV.]; Prec. puṣyāsam, °sma, [Br.]; fut. poṣiṣyati, pokṣyati; poṣitā, poṣṭā Gr.; Pass. puṣyate, [Kāv.]; aor. apoṣi Gr.; inf. puṣyáse, [RV.]), to be nourished (with instr., e.g. bhāryayā, [MBh. xiii, 4569]), to thrive, flourish, prosper (also with póṣam, puṣṭim or vṛddhim), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] (rarely in later language, e.g. [MBh.] [see above], and sometimes in [Bhaṭṭ.], where also 3. sg. puṣyati-tarām); to cause to thrive or prosper, nourish, foster, augment, increase, further, promote, fulfil (e.g. a wish), develop, unfold, display, gain, obtain, enjoy, possess, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. poṣáyati (aor. apūpuṣat Gr.), to rear, nourish, feed, cause to thrive or prosper, [RV.] &c. &c.; to cause to be reared or fed by (instr.), [Śak.] : Desid. pupoṣiṣati, pupuṣiṣati, pupukṣati Gr.: Intens. popuṣyate, popoṣṭi, [ib.]
mfn. (ifc.) nourishing, causing to thrive (cf. viśva-p°); showing, displaying, [Śiś. x, 32.]
puṣāपुषाf. Methonica Superba, [L.]
puṣaपुषmfn. (ifc.) nourishing, cherishing (cf. graha-p°)
m. N. of a teacher, [Cat.]
puṣkaपुष्कa word formed for the explanation of puṣkala, g. sidhmādi (perhaps also underlying the formation of puṣkara, puṣpa and puṣka-jit; cf. pauṣka-jiti).
puṣpāपुष्पाpúṣpā (ā), f. N. of the town Campā, [L.]
puṣpaपुष्पpúṣpa n. (for puṣka?) a flower, blossom (ifc. f(A). , in names of plants oftener f(I). ; cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 64], Vārtt. 1), [AV.] &c. &c.
the menstrual flux, [Suśr.]
a partic. disease of the eye, albugo, [Suśr.]
a spot on the nails and teeth, [Car.]
(in dram.) gallantry, politeness, declaration of love, [Daśar.]; [Sāh.]; [Pratāp.]
N. of a Sāman, [TāṇḍBr.]; [Lāṭy.]
of a book, [Divyāv.]
a kind of perfume, [L.]
the vehicle of Kubera, [L.]
blooming, expanding, [L.]
púṣpa m. a topaz, [R.]
N. of a serpent-demon, [MBh.]
of a son of Ślīṣṭi, [Hariv.]
of a son of Śaṅkha, [ib.] (C. puṣya)
of a Bodhi-sattva (?), [Lalit.]
of a mountain, [MārkP.]
of a book (prob. = puṣpa-sūtra), [Divyāv.]
puṣṭaपुष्टpuṣṭá mfn. nourished, cherished, well-fed, thriving, strong, fat, full, complete, perfect, abundant, rich, great, ample, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
rich in, blessed with (instr.), [Daś.]
full-sounding, loud, [Hariv.]
burnt, [W.] (w.r. for pluṣṭa?)
incubated, brooded over, [MW.]
puṣṭá n. growth, increase, gain, acquisition, wealth, property (esp. of children or cattle), [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]
puṣṭiपुष्टिpúṣṭi f. (or puṣṭí, esp. [RV.]) well-nourished condition, fatness, plumpness, growth, increase, thriving, prosperity, wealth, opulence, comfort, [RV.] &c. &c.
breeding, rearing (esp. of cattle; also with paśoḥ), [RV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]
development, fulness, completeness, [Sāh.]
N. of a partic. ceremony performed for the attainment of welfare or prosperity, [Cat.]
N. of a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
of the mother of Lobha, [MārkP.]
of a daughter of Dhruva, [VP.]
of a daughter of Paurṇamāsa, [ib.]
of a Śakti, [Hcat.]
one of the 16 Mātṛkās or divine mothers, [L.]
of a Kalā of the moon, [BrahmaP.]
of a Kalā of Prakṛti and wife of Gaṇeśa, [BrahmaP.]
of a form of Dākṣāyaṇī, [MatsyaP.]
of a form of Sarasvatī, [W.]
Physalis Flexuosa, [L.]
puṣyāपुष्याpuṣyā́ f. a species of plant, [AV.]
the asterism Puṣya, [L.]
puṣyaपुष्यpúṣya n. nourishment (pl.), [Car.]
the blossom or flower i.e. the uppermost or best of anything (cf. Gk. ἄνθος; Lat. flos), [RV.]
puṣyá m. N. of the 6th (or 8th, but See nakṣatra) lunar asterism (also called Sidhya and Tiṣya), [AV.] &c. &c.
(= -yoga), the conjunction of the moon with Puṣya, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
N. of the month Pauṣa, [VP.]
of the Kali-yuga or fourth age, [W.]
of one of the 24 mythical Buddhas, [MWB. 136 n. 1]
of various princes, [VP.]
púṣya n. N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]
puṣitaपुषितmfn. nourished, nurtured (= puṣṭa), [W.]
puṣpinपुष्पिन्puṣpín mfn. bearing flowers, flowering, blossoming, [RV.] &c. &c.
florid, flowery (as speech), [BhP.]
puṣpyaपुष्प्यNom. P. °yati (p. Ā. °yamāna) to bear flowers, flower, blossom, bloom, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (cf. √ puṣp, °pyati in [Dhātup. xxvi, 15]).
puṣkaśaपुष्कश, °kasa, v.l. for pukkaśa, pulkasa, q.v.
puṣkalīपुष्कली(ī), f. g. gaurādi
puṣkalaपुष्कलpuṣkalá mf(A)n. (cf. puṣka) much, many, numerous, copious, abundant, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
rich, magnificent, full, complete, strong, powerful, excellent, best, [AV.] &c. &c.
loud, resonant, resounding, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
purified, [L.]
puṣkalá m. (v.l. °kara) a kind of drum, [MBh.]
(in music) a partic. stringed instrument
N. of Śiva, [Śivag.]
of a son of Varuṇa, [L.]
of an Asura, [Hariv.]
of a Ṛṣi, [Cat.]
of a son of Bharata, [R.]
of a Buddha, [Lalit.]
puṣkalá m. of a Tīrtha (rather n.), [L.]
puṣkalá m. pl. N. of a people, [MārkP.]
of the military caste in Kuśadvīpa, [VP.]
puṣkalá n. (ifc. f(A). ) the bowl of a spoon, [Gṛhyās.] (v.l. °kara)
puṣkalá n. a partic. measure of capacity (= 8 Kuñcis = 64 handfuls), [ĀpŚr.], Sch.
a partic. weight of gold, [KātyŚr.], Sch.
alms to the extent of 4 mouthfuls of food, [W.]
(rather m.) N. of mount Meru, [L.]
puṣkarīपुष्करीpúṣkarī (ī), f. (g. gaurādi) N. of one of the 8 wives of Śiva, [Cat.] (perhaps w.r. for puṣkasī i.e. pulkasī).
puṣkaraपुष्करpúṣkara n. (rather fr. puṣka + ra than fr. puṣ + kara; but cf. [Uṇ. iv, 4]) a blue lotus-flower, a lotus, Nelumbium Speciosum or Nymphaea Nelumbo (ifc. f(A). ), [AV.] &c. &c. (met. ‘the heart’, [MBh. v, 1790])
the bowl of a spoon (ifc. f(A). ), [RV.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]
the skin of a drum, [Kālid.]
the tip of an elephant's trunk, [Var.]
water, [ŚBr.]
the sky, heaven, [Prab.] (cf. [Naigh. i, 3])
a night of new moon falling on a Monday or Tuesday or Saturday, [Hcat.]
an arrow, [L.]
the blade or the sheath of a sword, [L.]
a cage, [L.]
Costus Speciosus or Arabicus, [L.]
a part, [L.]
the art of dancing, [L.]
union, [L.]
war, battle, [L.]
intoxication, [L.]
N. of a celebrated place of pilgrimage (now called Pokhar in the district of Ajmere, cf. [RTL. 558]), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.] &c. (also pl.; according to [Viṣṇ.], Sch. there are three, viz. jyeṣṭha, madhyama and kaniṣṭha)
púṣkara m. n. = -dvīpa, [MBh.]; [Pur.]
púṣkara m. = brahmāṇḍa, [Nīlak.]
(with Jainas) one of the 5 Bhārata, [L.]
Ardea Sibirica, [Pañc.]
(in astrol.) an inauspicious Yoga, an ill-omened combination of a lucky lunation with an unlucky day, 3/4 of a lunar mansion, [W.]
a kind of drum, [MBh.]
a kind of serpent, [L.]
the sun, [L.]
a pond, lake, [L.]
a kind of disease, [L.]
the regent of P° (below), [MārkP.]
N. of Kṛṣṇa, [MBh.]
of Śiva, [Śivag.]
of a son of Varuṇa, [MBh.]; [Pur.]
of a general of the sons and grandsons of Varuṇa, [L.]
of an Asura, [Hariv.]
of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.]
of a Buddha, [Lalit.]
of a prince (the brother of Nala), [Nal.]
of a son of Bharata, [VP.]
of Su-nakṣatra, [BhP.]
of a son of Vṛka and Dūrvākṣī, [ib.]
of an author, [Cat.]
of a mountain in P°, [MBh.]
púṣkara m. pl. N. of a class of clouds said to occasion dearth and famine, [L.] (cf. puṣkarāvartaka)
púṣkara m. of the inhabitants of Kuśa-dvīpa corresponding to Brāhmans, [VP.]
of the lunar mansions Punar-vasu, Uttarāṣāḍhā, Kṛttikā, Uttara-phalgunī, Pūrva-bhādrapadā and Viśākhā collectively, [L.]
°kala. See pp. 638, 639.
puṣkasaपुष्कसpuṣkaśa, °kasa, v.l. for pukkaśa, pulkasa, q.v.
puṣpāyaपुष्पायNom. Ā. °yate, to become a flower, [Kulārṇ.]
puṣpadhaपुष्पधpuṣpa—dha m. the offspring of an out-caste Brāhman, [Mn. x, 21.]
puṣpadaपुष्पदpuṣpa—da m. ‘flower-giving’, a tree, [L.]
puṣpajāपुष्पजाpuṣpa—jā f. N. of a river rising in the Vindhya mountains, [MārkP.]
puṣpajaपुष्पजpuṣpa—ja mfn. ‘flower-born’, derived or coming from flowers (-jaṃ rajaḥ, pollen, [Sāh.])
puṣpa—ja m. the juice of flower s, [L.]
puṣpakaपुष्पकm. a kind of serpent, [Suśr.]
N. of a mountain, [MārkP.]
n. (rarely m.) N. of the self-moving aerial car of Kubera (also -vimāna n.; it was carried off by the demon Rāvaṇa and constantly used by him till he was slain by Rāma-candra, who then employed the car to transport himself and Sītā back to Ayodhyā), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
n. N. of a forest, [Hariv.]
calx of brass or green vitriol used as a collyrium, [L.]
a bracelet (esp. one of jewels), [L.]
a small earthen fire-place or furnace on wheels, [L.]
a cup or vessel of iron, [L.]
a partic. disease of the eyes (albugo), [L.]
puṣpasaपुष्पसm. the lungs, [L.] (cf. pupphusa, phupphusa).
puṣpeṣuपुष्पेषुm. = °pa-bāṇa, [Kathās.]
puṣpiṇīपुष्पिणी(iṇī), f. (a woman) in menstruation or desirous of sexual intercourse, [Kāv.]; [BhP.]
puṣpikāपुष्पिकाf. the tartar of the teeth, [L.]
the mucus of the tongue, [Gal.]
the mucus of the glans penis or urethra, [L.]
the last words of a chapter (which state the subject treated therein), [L.]
puṣpitāपुष्पिताf. a menstruous woman, [L.]
puṣpitaपुष्पितmf(A)n. flowered, bearing flowers, blooming, in bloom, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
having marks like flowers, variegated, spotted, (said of bad teeth), [Car.]
exhaling an odour indicative of approaching death, [ib.]
completely manifested, fully developed, [Kathās.]
florid, flowery (as speech), [Bhag.]
m. N. of a Buddha, [Lalit.]
puṣṭatāपुष्टताpuṣṭa—tā f.
puṣṭidāपुष्टिदाpuṣṭi—dā (ā), f. N. of a drug (= vṛddhi), [L.]
Physalis Flexuosa, [L.]
puṣṭidaपुष्टिदpuṣṭi—da mfn. yielding or causing prosperity, nourishing, cherishing, [Hariv.]; [Var.]; [Suśr.]
puṣṭi—da m. pl. N. of a class of Pitṛs, [MārkP.]
puṣṭiguपुष्टिगुpúṣṭi—gu (°pú°), m. N. of a man (said to be a Kāṇva and author of [RV. viii, 51, 1]).
puṣṭikāपुष्टिकाf. a bivalve shell, an oyster (prob. w.r. for puṭikā).
puṣṭikaपुष्टिकm. N. of a poet, [Cat.]
puṣkarinपुष्करिन्mfn. abounding in lotuses, [R.]
m. an elephant, [Dhūrtan.]
a sword, [Gal.]
N. of a prince (= puṣkarāruṇi), [VP.]
of the wife of Bhumanyu, [MBh.]
puṣpāṇḍaपुष्पाण्डand puṣpā°ṇḍaka, m. a kind of rice, [Gal.]
puṣpāśinपुष्पाशिन्mfn. eating flower, [Viṣṇ.]
puṣpāgraपुष्पाग्रn. ‘flower-point’, a pistil, [Vām.]
puṣpāhvāपुष्पाह्वाf. Anethum Sowa, [L.]
puṣpāmbuपुष्पाम्बुn. the honey or nectar of flower, [L.]
puṣpāntaपुष्पान्तmfn. perishing after the blossom (?), [SāmavBr.]
puṣpārṇaपुष्पार्णm. ‘flower-stream’, N. of a son of Vatsara and Svar-vīthi, [BhP.]
puṣpāvatपुष्पावत्púṣpā-vat mfn. = 1. púṣpa-vat, [TS.]
puṣpalihपुष्पलिह्puṣpa—lih m. (nom. ṭ) a large black bee, [W.]
puṣpamāsपुष्पमास्puṣpa—mās or puṣpa—māsa, m. ‘flower-month’, the spring, [R.]
puṣpavatपुष्पवत्púṣpa—vat (púṣpa-), mfn. having flowers or decorated with flowers, flowery, blooming, [RV.] &c. &c.
púṣpa—vat m. N. of a Daitya, [MBh.]
of a man, [Saṃskārak.]
of a prince, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
of a mountain in Kuśa-dvīpa, [MBh.]
(du.) sun and moon, [Bālar.]; [Gaṇit.] (perhaps fr. -vanta)
puṣpa—vat ind. like a flower, [Bhartṛ.]
puṣṭāṅgaपुष्टाङ्गmf(I)n. fat-limbed, well-fed, fat, [Hit.]
puṣṭārthaपुष्टार्थmfn. having a complete sense, fully intelligible (a-p°), [Sāh.]
puṣṭāvatपुष्टावत्puṣṭā́-vat mfn. breeding or rearing cattle, [RV.]
puṣṭatvaपुष्टत्वpuṣṭa—tva n. the being well-fed, a prosperous or thriving condition, [MW.]
puṣṭicchuपुष्टिच्छुmfn. desirous of prosperity or welfare, [KātyŚr.]
puṣṭimatपुष्टिमत्puṣṭi—mát mfn. thriving, abundant, prosperous, well off, [RV.] &c. &c.
containing the word puṣṭi or any other derivative of √ 2. puṣ, [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.]
puṣṭi—mát m. N. of a prince, [VP.]
puṣkalakaपुष्कलकm. the musk-deer, [L.]
a post, wedge, pin, bolt, [L.]
a Buddhist or Jaina mendicant, [L.] (w.r. puṣalaka).
puṣkarāyaपुष्करायNom. Ā. °yate, to act as or represent a drum, [Daśar.]
puṣkarajaपुष्करजpuṣkara—ja n. ‘lotus-born’, N. of the root of Costus Speciosus, [L.]
puṣkariṇīपुष्करिणीpuṣkaríṇī (íṇī), f. a lotus pool, any pool or pond, [RV.] &c. &c.
Costus Speciosus or Arabicus, [L.]
Hibiscus Mutabilis, [L.]
a female elephant, [L.]
N. of a river, [ŚivaP.]
of the wife of Cākṣuṣa and mother of Manu, [Hariv.]
of the mother of Manu Cākṣuṣa, [VP.]
of the wife of Vyuṣṭa and mother of Cakṣus and grandmother of Manu, [BhP.]
of the wife of Ulmuka, [ib.]
of a temple in Maru or Marwar, [Buddh.]
puṣkarikāपुष्करिकाf. a kind of disease (formation of abscesses on the penis), [Suśr.]
N. of a woman, [Daś.]
puṣkiriṇīपुष्किरिणीf. often for puṣkariṇī, [Divyāv.]
puṣpāgamaपुष्पागमm. ‘flower-advent’, the spring, [Ṛtus.]
puṣpāharaपुष्पाहरmfn. one who takes or plucks flower, [W.]
puṣpājīvaपुष्पाजीवand puṣpājī°vin, m. ‘living by flower’, a gardener, florist, garland-maker, [L.]
puṣpākaraपुष्पाकरmfn. rich in flower, flowery
m. (with māsa) the flowery month, spring, [Vikr.]
puṣpāmbhasपुष्पाम्भस्n. flower-water, N. of a sacred bathing-place, [MBh.]
puṣpānanaपुष्पाननm. ‘flower faced’, N. of a Yakṣa, [MBh.]
puṣpānugaपुष्पानुगn. a powder promoting menstruation, [Car.]
puṣpāpīḍaपुष्पापीडm. ‘chaplet of flower’, N. of a Gandharva, [Śukas.]
puṣpāpaṇaपुष्पापणm. a flower-market, [Pañcad.]
puṣpārāmaपुष्पारामm. a flower-garden, [Kathās.]
puṣpāsāraपुष्पासारm. = °pa-vṛṣṭi, [Megh.]
puṣpāsavaपुष्पासवm. a decoction of flower, [R.]; [Ṛtus.]
honey, [L.]
puṣpāstraपुष्पास्त्रm. = °pāyudha, [L.]
puṣpāvatīपुष्पावतीpúṣpā-vatī (ī), f. N. of a town, [Cat.]
puṣpāyudhaपुष्पायुधm. ‘flower armed’, the god of love, [Kāv.]
puṣpabhūtiपुष्पभूतिpuṣpa—bhūti m. ‘essence of flower’, N. of a prince, [Hcar.]
puṣpabhavaपुष्पभवpuṣpa—bhava mfn. being or contained in flower
puṣpa—bhava m. the nectar of flower, [W.]
puṣpaphalaपुष्पफलpuṣpa—phala m. Feronia Elephantum, [L.]
Benincasa Cerifera, [L.]
puṣpa—phala n. flower and fruits, [MBh.]
puṣpaśaraपुष्पशरpuṣpa—śara m. = -bāṇa, [L.]
puṣpabāṇaपुष्पबाणpuṣpa—bāṇa m. ‘flower-arrowed’, the god of love
puṣpabaliपुष्पबलिpuṣpa—bali m. an oblation of flower, [MārkP.]
puṣpacāpaपुष्पचापpuṣpa—cāpa m. a bow of flower, the bow of the god of love, [Kālid.]
the god of love, [Kathās.]
puṣpacūlāपुष्पचूलाpuṣpa—cūlā f. N. of a woman, [ib.]
puṣpacūlaपुष्पचूलpuṣpa—cūla m. ‘flower-crested’, N. of a man, [HPariś.]
puṣpacayaपुष्पचयpuṣpa—caya m. a quantity of flower, [W.]
gathering flower, [ib.]
puṣpagṛhaपुष्पगृहpuṣpa—gṛha n. ‘flower-house’, a conservatory, [R.]
puṣpagiriपुष्पगिरिpuṣpa—giri m. ‘flower-mountain’, N. of a mythical mountain (the favourite resort of Varuṇa), [W.]
puṣpahāsāपुष्पहासाpuṣpa—hāsā (ā), f. a woman during menstruation, [L.]
puṣpahāsaपुष्पहासpuṣpa—hāsa m. ‘smiling with flower’, a flower-garden, [Hariv.]
N. of Viṣṇu, [ib.]
of a man, [L.]
puṣpahīnāपुष्पहीनाpuṣpa—hīnā (ā), f. a woman past child-bearing, [L.]
Ficus Glomerata, [L.]
puṣpahīnaपुष्पहीनpuṣpa—hīna mfn. flowerless, not flowering, [L.]
puṣpajātiपुष्पजातिpuṣpa—jāti f. ‘flower-born’, N. of a river rising in the Malaya mountains, [VP.]
puṣpakālaपुष्पकालpuṣpa—kāla m. ‘flower-time’, the spring, [Var.]
the time of the menses, [Suśr.]
puṣpakāraपुष्पकारpuṣpa—kāra m. N. of the author of the Puṣpa-sūtra, [L.]
puṣpakīṭaपुष्पकीटpuṣpa—kīṭa m. ‘flower-insect’, a large bee, [L.]
puṣpaketuपुष्पकेतुpuṣpa—ketu m. id., [MBh.]
vitriol used as a collyrium, [Caurap.]
calx of brass, [W.]
N. of a Buddha, [L.]
of a prince of Puṣpa-bhadra, [HPariś.]
puṣpalāvīपुष्पलावीpuṣpa—lāvī f. a female flower-gatherer, [Megh.]
puṣpalāvaपुष्पलावpuṣpa—lāva m. a flower-gatherer or garland-maker (also °vin), [L.]
puṣpalīlāपुष्पलीलाpuṣpa—līlā f. ‘flower-sport’, N. (of a woman?), [Cat.]