koSala &c. See kosala .
koSala N. of a country situated, according to the Rāmāyaṇa, along the banks of the Sarayū (or Gogrā). It was divided into ‘Uttara-Kośala’ and ‘Dakṣiṇa Kośala.’ The former is also called ‘Ganda’, and it must have therefore signified the country north of Ayodhyā comprising Gaṇḍa and Baraitch. Aja, Daśaratha &c. are said to have ruled over this province. At the time of Rāma's death his two sons Kuśa and Lava reigned respectively at Kuśāvatī in southern Kośala in the defiles of the Vindhyas, and at Śrāvastī in northern Kośala.