तिष्य mfn. (
-ष्यः-ष्या-ष्यं) Auspicious, fortunate, lucky.
m. (
-ष्यः)
1. The eighth Nakshatra or lunar mansion, an asterism figured by an arrow, and containing three stars, of which one is Cancri.
2. The month Pausha, (December-January.)
3. The Kali Yuga, the fourth and present age.
f. (
-ष्या) Emblic myrobalan, (Phyllanthus emblica.)
E. तुष् to please er delight, affix
क्यप्, and
इत् substituted for the penultimate.