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Pushan (Sanskrit: पूषन्, IAST: Pūṣan) is a Hindu Vedic solar deity and one of the Adityas. He is the god of meeting. Pushan is responsible for marriages, journeys, roads, and the feeding of cattle. He was a psychopomp (soul guide), conducting souls to the other world. He protected travelers from bandits and wild beasts, and ...
*Péh₂usōn ("Protector") was a proposed Proto-Indo-European pastoral god guarding roads and herds. [1] [2] [3]He may have had a bushy beard and keen sight. [4] [3] He was also closely affiliated with goats or bucks: Pan has goat's legs while goats are said to pull the car of Pūshān (the animal was also sacrificed to him on occasion).
Sumitranandan Pant (20 May 1900 – 28 December 1977) [1] was an Indian poet. He was one of the most celebrated 20th century poets of the Hindi language and was known for romanticism in his poems which were inspired by nature, people and beauty within.
[21] [2] [a] Pushan is also stated to have chosen the Ashvins to be his fathers. [17] [22] The Ashvins are depicted as the helpers of mortals in various suktas of Rigveda. The sukta 112 describes that when the sage Dirghashravas prayed to Ashvins for rain, the twins poured sweet water from the sky.
According to Edwin L. Brown, the name Pan is probably a cognate with the Greek word ὀπάων "companion". [13] In his earliest appearance in literature, Pindar's Pythian Ode iii. 78, Pan is associated with a mother goddess, perhaps Rhea or Cybele; Pindar refers to maidens worshipping Cybele and Pan near the poet's house in Boeotia. [14]
This book is now considered a classic in history of Indian literature. [ 2 ] It has been translated into many languages, including Nepali , Assamese , Marathi , Bengali , English, Kannada , Tamil , Malayalam , Telugu , Punjabi , where it ran into several editions, besides foreign languages, such as Russian, Czech, Polish, Chinese, and many more ...
Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya (or Kāvya; Sanskrit: काव्य, IAST: kāvyá).The Ramayana and the Mahabharata, which were originally composed in Sanskrit and later translated into many other Indian languages, and the Five Great Epics of Tamil literature and Sangam literature are some of the oldest surviving epic ...
English: On Swadeshi movement, Second World War, Partition of India: Shahjada Darasukoh: Shyamal Gangapadhyay: 1991 Bengali: On the life of Dara Shukoh: Prothom Alo: Sunil Gangopadhyay: 1996 Bengali: On Bengal Renaissance during the second half of 19th century. Mainly on the early years of Rabindranath Tagore and Swami Vivekananda. Maitreya ...