Alternative spellings of this word include Kochava.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Kocava (कोचव) is similar to Kaucava (“goat’s-hair sheet”), which is mentioned in verse 3.13 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Kaucava “goat’s-hair sheet”, equated to (citra-)kambala, tavaraka, and rāṅkava(-vastra), is understood as “a fabric made of goat’s hair dyed with safflower juice”—(kausumbharasaraktacchāgaromanirmito ghanaḥ Indu). The Tibetan reu-bal la-ba (“kid’s-wool blanket” agrees on the whole with this definition. CD read reu-bal chen, which may be interpreted to mean “kid’s-wool fabrics”, by analogy with phrases like gos chen (“silk fabrics”). In Mahāvyutpatti 5861 bal la-ba corresponds to kocava.

Note: Kocava is also the spelling given by the majority of the manuscripts at Divyāvadāna pp. 40.11, 550.16 & 553.9; Cowell and Neil print kocca (koccaka) throughout, which is untenable. The Pali equivalent kojava is defined as “a goats’ hair coverlet of fine workmanship” (Childers, Dict. p. 208). In East Turkestan our fabric was known as kojava or kośava, which Lüders (Textilien p. 37) relates to the woolen tapestries and pile carpets discovered in the grave pits of the Lou-Ian cemetery; for illustrations see Stein, Asia iii pi. xliv & lxxxvii and Serindia iv pi. xxxvii.

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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.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kocava (कोचव).—m. (compare Pali kojava, [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] rug or cover with long hair, Childers a goat's-hair coverlet…), a woolen blanket (so Tibetan): Mahāvyutpatti 5861 = Tibetan bal la ba; so read, in general with mss., at Divyāvadāna 40.11; 550.16; 553.2, 9; nt., °vaṃ, as material unsuitable for making monks' robes, Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.52.10. Cf. next.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kocava (कोचव):—a covering of soft goat’s hair, [Buddhist literature]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Starts with: Koca-akarakatti, Kocavaka, Kocavakki, Kocavam, Kocavana.

Full-text: Uccaka, Kocavam, Koccaka, Kocavaka, Kocca, Kojava, Caturasraka, Vrishika, Tavaraka, Citrakambala, Kambala, Rankava, Rankavavastra, Kaucava.

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