kútsa m. N. of a Ṛṣi (called Ārjuneya, author of several hymns of the [RV.]; when attacked by the demon Śuṣṇa, Indra defended him and killed the demon; but in other hymns [[RV. i, 53, 10]; [ii, 14, 7]; [iv, 26, 1]; [viii, 53, 2]] Kutsa is represented as persecuted by Indra), [RV.]; [AV. iv, 29, 5]; [TāṇḍyaBr.]
N. of a descendant of Aṅgiras (author of the hymns, [RV. i, 94]-[98]; [100]-[115]; [ix, 97, 45] seqq.), [ĀśvŚr.]
lightning, thunderbolt, [Naigh.]; [Nir.]
(also) a distance of about 30 inches, [L.]
kútsa (ās), m. pl. ([Pāṇ. ii, 4, 65]) the descendants or the family of Kutsa, [RV. vii, 25, 5]; [Lāṭy.]
kútsa (am), n. the plant Costus speciosus or arabicus, [L.]; (cf. kaútsa, puru-kútsa, &c.)