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kuśa

kuśá as, m. grass, [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]

(the Brāhmaṇas commonly call it darbhá)

the sacred grass used at certain religious ceremonies (Poa cynosuroides, a grass with long pointed stalks), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.

a rope (made of Kuśa grass) used for connecting the yoke of a plough with the pole, [L.]

N. of a son of Vasu Uparicara, [Hariv. 1806]

of the founder of Kuśathalī, [SkandaP.]

of a son of Balākāśva (grandson of Balāka, father of Kuśāmba or Kuśa-nābha), [R.]; [BhP. ix, 19, 4]

of a son of Suhotra (cf. kāśa), [BhP.]

of a son of Vidarbha, [ib.]

of a son of Rāma (cf. kuśīlava), [Hariv. 822]; [BhP.]; [Ragh. xvi, 72]

of a son of Lava (king of Kaśmīra), [Rājat. i, 88]

one of the great Dvīpas or divisions of the universe (surrounded by the sea of liquefied butter), [BhP. v, 1, 32]; [VP.]

kuśá (am), n. water

kuśá mfn. wicked, depraved, [L.]

kuśá n. mad, inebriate, [L.]