Definition of Pushan

1. Noun. Celestial shepherd god; conductor of souls of the dead.

Generic synonyms: Hindu Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pushan

Purkinje cells
Purkinje fiber
Purkinje network
Purkinjean
Purple
Purple Heart
Purple Hearts
Purus
Purus River
Purvey
Pusan
Pusey
Puseyism
Puseyite
Puseyites
Pushan
Pushkin
Pushto
Pushtu
Pushtun
Puter
Putin
Putinism
Putonghua
Putrajaya
Putre
Putukwam
Puy-de-Dôme
Pway
Pycnanthemum

Literary usage of Pushan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Purānic by William Joseph Wilkins (1882)
"pushan. pushan is the name of a sun-god to whom some hymns are addressed exclusively ... The following is a specimen of the hymns addressed to pushan in the ..."

2. The Satapatha-brâhmana: According to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School by Julius Eggeling (1900)
"He then prepares a (pap) for pushan, for pushan is the overlord of roads: he ... But pushan is also this (earth): he thus makes this (earth) its guardian, ..."

3. The Religions of India by Edward Washburn Hopkins (1895)
"The great disparity in descriptions of pushan may be illustrated by setting vi. 48. ... The former passage merely declares that pushan is a war-leader "over ..."

4. The Religions of India by Edward Washburn Hopkins (1895)
"The great disparity in descriptions of pushan may be illustrated by setting vi. ... The former passage merely declares that pushan is a war-leader " over ..."

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