पुष्यति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)pušyáti, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₃)pus-yé-ti, from *(h₃)pews-.[1] Cognate with Old Church Slavonic пухати (puxati, to blow), Latin pustula (bubble).

Pronunciation

Verb

पुष्यति • (púṣyati) third-singular present indicative (root पुष्, class 4, type P)[2]

  1. to thrive, prosper
  2. to augment, make prosper
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 08.041.05:
      yó dhartā́ bhúvanānãṃ yá usrā́ṇām apīcíyā véda nā́māni gúhiyā
      sá kavíḥ kā́viyā purú rūpáṃ dyaúr iva puṣyati nábhantām anyaké same
      Who is the upholder of the worlds, who knows the secret names of the ruddy dawns, their hidden names,
      he is a poet who fosters the many poetic arts, as heaven does its concrete form. – Let all the other squirts burst!

References

  1. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), ?*h₃peu̯s-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 303
  2. Monier Williams (1899), पुष्यति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 638.
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