adjective & neuter · kosiya 1 · kosiya 2
Kosiya an owl Ja II 353, cf. Personal name Kosiyāyana Ja I 496. Biḷārakosika (and °kosiya) Ja IV 69.
silken; silk, silk cloth
<b> <c c="#a00149">Kosiya</c> </b> (1) Kosiyagotta<br>The name of a brahmin clan. In the pācittiya it is given as one of the lower gottas, <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.iv.8</c> but it is also Sakka’s gotta, and is therefore generally regarded as a high one. <c c="#3b6bd3">Thag.415</c> <br>The name Kosiya is also used in speaking of Sakka by the Buddha, <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.ii.270</c> Mahā Moggallāna, <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.i.252</c> and by Mahā Kassapa. <c c="#3b6bd3">Ud.iii.7</c> <br> <br> <b> <c c="#a00149">Kosiya</c> </b> (2) <br>A monk whose Theragāthā verses emphasize the importance of listening to a teacher and being reflective and learned. <c c="#3b6bd3">Thag.370–374</c> <br> <br> </deftext>
(nt, nt, from kosa) silk [lit.] from a cocoon Construction: √kus > kos + *a + iya kosa + iya
(masc, masc, from kosa) family name of Sakka; epithet of Sakka [lit.] from a cocoon Construction: √kus > kos + *a + iya kosa + iya
(masc, masc, from kosa) name of an arahant monk [lit.] from a cocoon Construction: √kus > kos + *a + iya kosa + iya