As a Hindi name
पोषण · noun · masculine
[वि॰ पोषित, पुष्ट, पोषणीय, पोष्य] · पालन · वर्धन । बढ़ती — Śabdasāgara
पोषण · poshaṇ · s.m.
Nourishing cherishing, fostering, bringing up, rearing, breeding — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 280
पोषण · masculine
fostering, supporting, caring, nourishment
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पोषण — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit पोषण (poṣaṇa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
po˚ṣaṇa mfn. nourishing, cherishing (cf. pakṣa-p˚)
po˚ṣaṇa n. the act of nourishing, fostering, keeping, supporting, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
nourishing, cherishing (cf. pakṣa-p˚)
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po˚ṣaṇa mfn. nourishing, cherishing (cf. pakṣa-p˚)
po˚ṣaṇa n. the act of nourishing, fostering, keeping, supporting, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
poṣaṇa n. (-ṇaṃ) Nourishing, cherishing. E. puṣa to nourish, aff. lyuṭ.
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