The Sanskrit term Kauruṣya can be transliterated into English as Kaurusya or Kaurushya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Early Gupta Kings

Kauruṣya (कौरुष्य) or Kauruṣa refers to one of the four disciples of Lakulī (the last incarnation of Maheśvara).—Lakulī had four ascetic pupils, namely, Kuśika, Garga, Mitra and Kauruṣya. The same information is contained in a stone slab inscription, which originally belonged to a temple at Somanātha [= Somnath] in Kathiawad [Kathiyawadi?]. [...] The order and names of his pupils are, however, slightly different in this epigraphic record, being Kuśika, Gārgya, Kauruṣa and Maitreya. [...] The Cintra praśasti, however, tells us one thing more, namely, that these four disciples of Lakulī were the founders of four lines amongst the Pāśupatas.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Full-text: Kaurusha, Gargya, Kusika, Garga, Maitreya, Mitra, Lakuli.

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Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) (by Geetika Kaw Kher)

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