Pāli Dictionary

kusa

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • kusa grass (Desmostachya bipinnata), a fragrant sacred grass related to citronella, used in rites and for garments/mats

  • Dhp 311

    kuso yathā duggahito, hattham'ev'ānukantati, sāmaññaṃ dupparāmaṭṭhaṃ, nirayāy'upakaḍḍhati.

  • Iti 76

    pūtimacchaṃ kus'aggena, yo naro upanayhati, kusā'pi pūti vāyanti, evaṃ bāl'ūpasevanā.

  • a lot; ticket; slip (a blade of kusa grass used as a mark or lot, e.g. in casting lots)

Encyclopedia

Kusa
Person

  • The Bodhisatta as Prince Kusa, an ugly but supernaturally wise son of King Okkāka, whose courtship of the beautiful Princess Pabhāvatī, her flight from him, and his disguised pursuit are told in the Kusa Jātaka.

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