Pāli Dictionary

kusa

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 矩舍草，一種芳香的祭祀用聖草（近於香茅），用於宗教儀式及編織衣物、墊席

  • 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，抽籤用的草片（以矩舍草製成的記號，用於抽籤）

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

Encyclopedia

Kusa
Person

  • 菩薩化身為 Kusa 王子，是 Okkāka 王相貌醜陋卻具超凡智慧的兒子，其追求美麗公主 Pabhāvatī、公主出走及他喬裝尋妻的故事見於《俱薩本生》。

  • 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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