moon of Pushya

In the month of Pushya or Taishya, crops that nourish the body abound.

Crops that aid Pushti or nourishment, and Chitta Shuddi, or refinement of consciousness, are harvested aplenty.

A month to roll white rubbles of winter melons; ladle lehyams of cooshmanda . . .

- Shri  Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Kanchi