Pāli Dictionary

kusa

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • クサ草（吉祥草）、香りのよい聖なる草で、儀式や衣・敷物の材料として用いられる

  • 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.

  • 籤（くじ）、印（クサ草の葉を用いたくじ引きの札）

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

Encyclopedia

Kusa
Person

  • オッカーカ王の醜いが超人的な智慧を持つ息子クサ王子としての菩薩で、美しいパバーヴァティー王女への求愛、彼女の逃避、そして変装しての追跡がクサ本生に語られる

  • 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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