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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Kausi (कौसि).—A Bhārgava gotrakara.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 195. 26.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: Shodhganga: Portrayal of Animal Kingdom (Tiryaks) in Epics An Analytical study

Kauśi (कौशि) (lit. “one who having paws or one who made of Kuśa grass or one who have silken paws”) is a synonym (another name) for the Owl (Ulūka), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Kauśi (कौशि) or Kauśikī is the name of a River (tributary of the Ganges), according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 16) (“On the planets—graha-bhaktiyoga”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “Mercury presides over the western half of the Lohitya river, the Indus, the Sarayū, the Gāmbhīrika, the Ratha, the Ganges and its tributary the Kauśi [i.e., Kauśikī]. He also presides over the countries of Videha, Kāmboja; the eastern half of Mathurā, the Himālayas, the Gomanta, the Citrakūṭa mountains, Saurāṣṭra; people living on table lands, [...]”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kaushi [कौशी] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Firmiana colorata (Roxb.) R.Br. from the Sterculiaceae (Cacao) family having the following synonyms: Erythropsis colorata, Sterculia colorata. For the possible medicinal usage of kaushi, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Kaushi in India is the name of a plant defined with Firmiana colorata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Erythropsis roxburghiana Schott & Endl. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Gardens’ Bulletin, Straits Settlements (1931)
· Meletemata Botanica (1832)
· Plantae javanicae rariores (1802)
· Pterocymbium (1844)
· Species Plantarum
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1795)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kaushi, for example health benefits, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kauśī (कौशी).—f kauśīkānaḍā or kānaḍā m A Rag or musical mode. See rāga.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Starts with (+61): Kaucikam, Kaucikan, Kaucikayutam, Kaucikeyam, Kaushidhanya, Kaushija, Kaushika, Kaushika acarya, Kaushika nallabudha, Kaushikabraja, Kaushikacarya, Kaushikacaryamatanusarini shiksha, Kaushikacharya, Kaushikadarbhe, Kaushikadayada, Kaushikaditya, Kaushikagotra, Kaushikagrihyasutra, Kaushikakunda, Kaushikanguli.

Full-text: Kaushidhanya, Koshadhanya, Brishi, Dhanya.

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Search found 3 books and stories containing Kausi, Kaushi, Kausī, Kauśī; (plurals include: Kausis, Kaushis, Kausīs, Kauśīs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)

Verse 8.13.112 < [Chapter 13 - A Thousand Names of Lord Balarāma]

Verse 8.13.97 < [Chapter 13 - A Thousand Names of Lord Balarāma]

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The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)

Chapter CXL - Description of the race of puru < [Brihaspati (Nitisara) Samhita]

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Triveni Journal

Methodological Foundations of the Gita Rahasya < [Jan. – Mar. 1991 & Apr. – Jun. 1991]

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