kuSaH a. 1 Wicked, vile, depraved. 2 Mad. — SaH 1 A kind of grass ( pb ) considered holy and forming an essential requisite of several religious ceremonies; pavitrArTe ime kuSAH Śrāddha Mantra ; kuSapUtaM pravayAstu vizwaraM R. 8. 18 , 1. 49 , 95. 2 N. of the elder son of Rāma. [He was one of the twin sons of Rāma, born after Sītā had been ruthlessly abandoned in the forest; yet he was the elder of the two in point of first seeing the light of this world. He, with Lava, was brought up by the sage Vālmīki, and the two boys were taught to repeat the Rāmāyaṇa, the epic of the poet. Kuśa was made by Rāma king of Kuśāvatī, and he lived there for some time after his father's death. But the presiding deity of the old capital Ayodhyā presented herself to him in his dream and besought him not to slight her. Kuśa then returned to Ayodhyā; see R. 16. 3-42 ]. 3 A rope of Kuśa grass for connecting the yoke of a plough with the pole. 4 One of the great Dvīpas. — SA 1 A plank for covering anything. 2 A piece of wood. 3 A horse's bridle. — SI 1 A sort of ladle. 2 Wrought iron. 3 Ploughshare. 4 A pod of cotton. — SaM Water; as in kuSeSaya q. v. Comp. — akzaH a monkey. — agraM the sharp point of a blade of the Kuśa grass; hence often used in comp. in the sense of ‘sharp’, ‘shrewd,’ ‘penetrating’ as intellect. °budDi a. having a penetrating intellect, sharp, shrewd; (api) kuSAgrabudDe kuSalI guruste R. 5. 4. — agrIya a. penetrating, sharp. — aMgulI-rIyaM a ring of Kuśa grass worn at religious ceremonies. — araRiH N. of Durvāsas. — AkaraH the sacrificial fire. — AsanaM a seat or mat of Kuśa grass. — udakaM water in which Kuśa grass has been infused. — cIraM a garment of Kuśa grass. — DvajaH the younger brother of Janaka. — sTalaM N. of a place in the North of India; Ve. 1. — (lI) N. of the town Dvārakā.