Pushya
Pushya, “the nourishing one”
Pushya is a word used for more than one thing in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Things and ideas
- Pushya (Nakshatra): one of the twenty-seven nakshatras, in Karkaṭaka. Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 5, 17, 35, 54, 66, 68; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 121, 126, 128–130, 136, 142, 177, 184, 187, 188, 196, 265, 266, 272, 282; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 5, Chapter 23; Skandha 12, Chapter 2; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 23, 102; Uttara Parva, Chapters 105–111, 145, 192
- Pausha: the lunar month after Mārgaśīrsha, also called Pushya, in which the full moon stands near the nakshatra Pushya. Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 121, 129, 162, 188, 191, 212, 272; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 7, Chapter 14; Skandha 12, Chapter 11; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 50, 65, 109, 116; Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 9; Uttara Parva, Chapters 26–27, 29, 57, 77–78, 83, 104, 107, 122