Kusamba, Kuśāmba, Kushamba: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kuśāmba can be transliterated into English as Kusamba or Kushamba, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata PuranaKuśāmba (कुशाम्ब):—One of the sons of Uparicara Vasu (son of Kṛtī, who was the son of Cyavana). (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.22.6)
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) Kuśāmba (कुशाम्ब).—The third son of Uparicaravasu. Kuśāmba is also known of Maṇivāha. Vasu had five sons called Bṛhadratha, Kuśāmba, Māvella, Yadu and Rājanya. (See full article at Story of Kuśāmba from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
2) Kuśāmba (कुशाम्ब).—General. A son of Kuśa. The city he built was called Kauśāmbī. (See under Kuśa). Other information. (i) Kuśāmba had a daughter called Cārvaṅgī, who was married by Bhadraśreṇya, the solar King. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 2).
2) (ii) Two sons, Śakra and Gādhi were born to Kuśāmba and to Gādhi was born a daughter, Satyavatī. Viśvāmitra was Gādhi’s son. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 57).
2) This statement is not quite correct. Certain other Purāṇas maintain that Gādhi, the father of Viśvāmitra was the son of Kuśanābha, who was the son of Kuśika and brother of Kuśāmba. (See under Kuśanābha).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Kuśāmba (कुशाम्ब).—A son of Uparicara and a king of the Cedis.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 22. 6.
1b) A son of Vasu.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 19. 81.
1c) A son of Kuśa and father of Gādhi or Kauśīka, who was Indra himself who offered to be his son when Kuśāmba performed austerities to have a child equal to Indra. (Kuśāśva, Vāyu-purāṇa).*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 15. 4; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 66. 32; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 7. 8, 9-11; Vāyu-purāṇa 91. 62.
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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names(Kusumba) - A sage (isi), on the site of whose hermitage was built the city which came, for that reason, to be called Kosambi. SNA.i.300; MA.ii.539; UdA.248; PsA.413; see also Ramayana i.34.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Kusamba in India is the name of a plant defined with Carthamus tinctorius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· The American Journal of Chinese Medicine (2002)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetic (1973)
· Crop Science (Madison) (1982)
· Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica (1987)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1981)
· Life Sci. (2004)
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykusambā (कुसंबा).—&c. Commonly kusumbā, kusumbī &c.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuśāmba (कुशाम्ब).—m. A proper name, Mahābhārata 1, 2363.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kuśāmba (कुशाम्ब):—m. ([gana] śubhrādi; cf. kūś), Name of a son of Vasu Uparicara, [Mahābhārata i, 2363; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) Name of a son of Kuśa (who was the founder of the town Kauśāmbī, [Rāmāyaṇa i, 34, 3]), [Harivaṃśa 1425.]
3) Kūśāmba (कूशाम्ब):—m. (cf. kuś) Name of a man, [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa viii, 6, 8.]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kusambabijam, Kusambandha.
Ends with: Milakuccampa, Pulukucampa.
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A Historical Study of Kaushambi (by Nirja Sharma)
Kaushambi in Ancient Literature < [Chapter 2]
The Vedic and Epic Traditions < [Chapter 2]
The Buddhist Tradition < [Chapter 2]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 32 - Vishvamitra tells of his ancestors and the dynasty of King Kusha < [Book 1 - Bala-kanda]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter VII - Lineage of Puruvasas and Jahnu < [Book IV]
Corrections < [Preface]
Chapter XIX - Dynasty of Puru < [Book IV]
Ramayana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter XXXII < [Book 1 - Bāla-kāṇḍa]
The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 2.1o - The Kaurava Dynasty < [Chapter 3 - Historical aspects in the Matsyapurāṇa]