mfn. (fr. kuśā or kuśī́), ‘having paws’, an owl, [Suśr.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Pañcat.] &c.
an ichneumon, [L.]
coming from an owl, [Suśr.]
mfn. forming a receptacle (as a wound; see kośa-vat), [Bhpr. vi, 35] (v.l. kauṣṭhika)
sheathed (a sword), [MBh. iii, 11461]
silken, [MBh. iii]
m. one who is versed in dictionaries, [L.]
a lexicographer, [L.]
one who catches snakes, [L.]
the fragrant substance bdellium, [L.]
marrow, [L.]
a kind of seed, [L.]
n. silk, silk cloth, [Yājñ. i, 186]; [MBh. xiii, 5502]
a silk garment, [BhP. x, 83, 28.]
kauśiká mfn. relating to Kuśika (or to Kauśika), [MBh. xiii, 2719]
kauśiká (as), m. (g. bidādi) patr. of Viśvā-mitra (who was the son or grandson of Kuśika), interpolation after, [RV. x, 85]; [MBh.]; [R.]
of Gādhi, [Hariv. 1457]
of Bhadra-śarman, [VBr.]
N. of a teacher (author of the Kauśikasūtra, brother of Paippalādi), [BṛĀrUp.]; [Kauś.]; [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 103]; [Hariv. 11074]
N. of a grammarian, [Hariv. 5501]
of one of Jarāsandhas's generals, [MBh. ii, 885]
N. of Indra (as originally perhaps belonging to the Kuśikas or friendly to them), [RV. i, 10, 11]; [ŚBr. iii, 3, 4, 19]; [ṢaḍvBr.]; [TĀr.]; [ĀśvŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.
of Sūrya, [TBr. i, 5, 10, 2], Sch.
of a son of Vasu-deva, [VP.]
of Śiva, [L.]
of an Asura, [Hariv. 2288]
Vatica robusta, [L.]
(in music) N. of a Rāga
(for kaiśika) love, passion, [L.]
kauśiká (ās), m. pl. the descendants of Kuśika, [Hariv. 1770 ff.]
kauśika—phala m. the cocoa-nut (said to have been created by Viśvā-mitra i.e. Kauśika, when endeavouring to form a human being in rivalry of Brahmā, the nut being the rudiment of a head, [W.]), [L.]