पोष

See also: पुष्

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पोष • (poṣa) stem, m

thriving, prosperity, abundance, wealth, growth, increase
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.3:
  अ॒ग्निना॑ र॒यिम॑श्नव॒त्पोष॑मे॒व दि॒वेदि॑वे। य॒शसं॑ वी॒रव॑त्तमम्॥
  agnínā rayímaśnavatpóṣamevá divédive. yaśásaṃ vīrávattamam.
  Through Agni the worshipper obtains that affluence which increases day by day, which is the source of fame and multiplier of mankind.
nourishing, nurture, rearing, maintaining, supporting

Masculine a-stem declension of पोष (poṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पोषः poṣaḥ	पोषौ / पोषा¹ poṣau / poṣā¹	पोषाः / पोषासः¹ poṣāḥ / poṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पोष poṣa	पोषौ / पोषा¹ poṣau / poṣā¹	पोषाः / पोषासः¹ poṣāḥ / poṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पोषम् poṣam	पोषौ / पोषा¹ poṣau / poṣā¹	पोषान् poṣān
Instrumental	पोषेण poṣeṇa	पोषाभ्याम् poṣābhyām	पोषैः / पोषेभिः¹ poṣaiḥ / poṣebhiḥ¹
Dative	पोषाय poṣāya	पोषाभ्याम् poṣābhyām	पोषेभ्यः poṣebhyaḥ
Ablative	पोषात् poṣāt	पोषाभ्याम् poṣābhyām	पोषेभ्यः poṣebhyaḥ
Genitive	पोषस्य poṣasya	पोषयोः poṣayoḥ	पोषाणाम् poṣāṇām
Locative	पोषे poṣe	पोषयोः poṣayoḥ	पोषेषु poṣeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Monier Williams (1899) “पोष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0650/2.