Kusamba, Kusa-ba, Kuśāmba, Kushamba: 12 definitions
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Kusamba means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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)
Kuśāmba (कुशाम्ब):—One of the sons of Uparicara Vasu (son of Kṛtī, who was the son of Cyavana). (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.22.6)
1) 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).
1a) 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)
(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)
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
kusambā (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
Kuśāmba (कुशाम्ब).—m. A proper name, Mahābhārata 1, 2363.
1) 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.]
Kuśāmba (कुशाम्ब):—m. Nomen proprium gaṇa śubhrādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 123.] eines Sohnes von Vasu Uparicara [Mahābhārata 1, 2363.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 22, 6.] von Kuśa [Harivaṃśa 1425.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 34, 3] (des Gründers von Kauśāmbī; vgl. [?6 und Scholiast zu Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 68). Viṣṇupurāṇa 399.] Letzterer heisst kuśāmbu (kuśa + ambu) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 15, 4.]
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Kuśāmba (कुशाम्ब):—, kū [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 8, 6, 8.]
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Kūśāmba (कूशाम्ब):—s. oben u. kuśāmba .
Kuśāmba (कुशाम्ब):—m. Nomen proprium verschiedener Personen.
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Kūśāmba (कूशाम्ब):—m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Tāṇḍyabrāhmaṇa 8,6,8.]
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.
Pali-English dictionary
kusamba (ကုသမ္ဗ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[kusa+ba．kosamba ．]
[ကုသ+ဗ။ ကောသမ္ဗနှင့် ယှဉ်ကြည့်။]
[Pali to Burmese]
kusamba—
(Burmese text): (၁) ကြို့ပင်။ (၂) ကုသမ္ဗမည်သူ (ရသေ့)။ ကောသမ္ဗီ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Kyo Pin. (2) Kusam Bamethu (Yathe). Kawsambi - Look.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kusambabijam, Kusambandha, Kusambarukkha, Kusambarukkhavantu.
Full-text: Kosambi, Manivahana, Kusambarukkha, Kaushambi, Kushashva, Kaushambeya, Carvangi, Kushambu, Sharka, Vasu, Asurtarajasa, Kaushashvi, Vaidarbhi, Kaushamba, Gadhi, Kushanabha, Kusha, Girivraja.
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Search found 22 books and stories containing Kusamba, Kusa-ba, Kuśāmba, Kusambā, Kūśāmba, Kushamba; (plurals include: Kusambas, bas, Kuśāmbas, Kusambās, Kūśāmbas, Kushambas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
A Historical Study of Kaushambi (by Nirja Sharma)
Kaushambi in Ancient Literature < [Chapter 2]
The Vedic and Epic Traditions < [Chapter 2]
General description and topography < [Chapter 2]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Ramayana of Valmiki (Shastri) (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 32 - Vishvamitra tells of his ancestors and the dynasty of King Kusha < [Book 1 - Bala-kanda]
Vishnu Purana (Taylor) (by McComas Taylor)
Chapter 7 - King Jahnu drinks the Gaṅgā dry < [Book Four: The Royal Dynasties]
Chapter 19 - Yayāti’s son Puru < [Book Four: The Royal Dynasties]
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]