Pushya (Sanskrit: पुष्य), meaning "the nourisher", is the 8th nakshatra (lunar mansion) in Indian astronomy. Some texts refer to it as Tishya, meaning "to look". It corresponds to the stars γ, δ, and θ Cancri in the constellation Cancer, which surround the Beehive Cluster (Praesepe, M44). Its appearance is described in Indian star catalogs as meghavt "cloudy", referring to the star cluster. Pushya is known as Pushyami (పుష్యమి) in Telugu, Poosam (பூசம்) in Tamil, and Pooyam (പൂയം) in Malayalam.
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弗沙（梵語：पुष्य Puṣya），又作炽盛宿，是印度占星学二十七宿（纳沙特拉）之一，与中国二十八宿的鬼宿相对应。 弗沙由统治，守护神为祭主仙人。它的联络星是鬼宿四（巨蟹座δ）。 传统上，印度人为婴儿取名会以其出生时月亮所在的宿为依据，其名字的首字母是与这一宿对应的四个梵文字母之一。与弗沙相应的梵文字母分别为हु（Hu）、हे（He）、हो（Ho）、ड（Ḍa）。
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