Puṣya, (1) (9679)

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Puṣya, (1)
Entry 9679, Page 350, Col. 1
(puzya, puzya)
Puṣya, (1)¦ (= Pali Phussa) n. of a former Buddha, following Tiṣya (1) in the list well-known in Pali: LV 5.10, Tib. skar (= nakṣatra) rgyal, cf. Mvy 3192 where Tib. rgyal = (Skt.) Puṣya, n. of an asterism; prob. the same person LV 172.7 (so Lefm. with no v.l., confirmed by Tib. rgyal; Calc. and Foucaux Puṣpa); prob. also the same Av ii.175.14 ff. (inferior v.l. Puṣpa); certainly the same Gv 206.12; also in Mv iii.240.6 ff. clearly the same, tho mss. call him Puṣpa (q.v.) 240.6; 243.13; 247.8; these Senart emends to Puṣya, in accord with mss. at 241.16; 244.3; 245.16 f. (here with etym. allusion to the month Puṣya [Pauṣya]! proving the true form); 248.19; (2) n. of a future Buddha: Gv 441.25 (cf. Puṣpa 3); (3) n. of a śreṣṭhin of Śrāvastī: Av ii.36.6; (4) n. of a householder of Rauraka who, with Tiṣya (10), was con- verted by Kātyāyana and entered nirvāṇa: Divy 551.6 ff., 571.3, 5.

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