Kush, Kuṣ: 12 definitions
Introduction:
Kush means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, 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 Kuṣ can be transliterated into English as Kus or Kush, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Biology (plants and animals)
Kush [কুশ] in the Assamese language is the name of a plant identified with Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf from the Poaceae (Grass) family having the following synonyms: Uniola bipinnata, Poa cynosuriodes, Eragrostis cynosuroides. For the possible medicinal usage of kush, 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.
Kush [কুশ] in the Bengali language, ibid. previous identification.
1) Kus in India is the name of a plant defined with Desmostachya bipinnata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Coelachyrum longiglume Napper (among others).
2) Kus is also identified with Saccharum spontaneum It has the synonym Imperata spontanea (L.) P. Beauv. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Cytologia (1990)
· Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. (1828)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (1864)
· Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy. Part B, Biological Sciences (1985)
· Flora (1855)
· Cytologia (1991)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kus, for example chemical composition, pregnancy safety, health benefits, side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Kuṣ (कुष्).—9 P. (kuṣṇāti, kuṣita)
1) To tear, extract, pull or draw out; शिवाः कुष्णन्ति मांसानि (śivāḥ kuṣṇanti māṃsāni) Bhaṭṭikāvya 18.12;17.8; कुषित्वा जगतां सारं सैका शङ्के कृता भुवि (kuṣitvā jagatāṃ sāraṃ saikā śaṅke kṛtā bhuvi) 7.95.
2) To test, examine.
3) To shine.
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Kus (कुस्).—4 P. (kusyati, kusita)
1) To embrace.
2) To surround.
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Kus (कुस्).—m. An earth-worm.
Kuś (कुश्).—[(ira)kuśira] r. 4th cl. (kuśyati) 1. To embrace, to enfold. 2. To take out or from. (i)kuśi r. 1st and 10th cls. (kuṃśati kuṃśayati) To shine: see kusa.
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Kuṣ (कुष्).—[kuṣa] r. 9th cl. (kuṣṇāti) 1. To expel, to force or draw out, to extract. 2. To test, to assay. 3. To shine. With ava to prove, to display; with nira to extract.
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Kus (कुस्).—[(ira)kusira] r. 4th cl. (kusyati) To embrace. (i) kusi r. 1st and 10th cls. (kuṃsati, kuṃsayati) 1. To shine. 2. To talk.
Kuś (कुश्).—v. r.; see kus.
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Kuṣ (कुष्).— (akin to kṛṣ, and based on karṣ), ii. 9, kuṣṇā, ṇī, [Parasmaipada.] (also i. 6, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 16, 10), 1. To tear, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 16, 10. 2. † To draw out.
— With the prep. abhi abhi, To pull, [Suśruta] 2, 145, 2.
— With nis nis, To tear out (i. 6), [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 26, 19; niṣkuṣita, Torn out, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 7, 47.
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Kus (कुस्).—also kuś KuŚ, i. 4, [Parasmaipada.] To embrace.
— Cf. for , ep. fut. , etc.
— [Old High German.] cus, kussian; [Anglo-Saxon.] coss, cyssan, belong rather to juṣ.
Kuṣ (कुष्).—kuṣṇāti & kuṣati [participle] kuṣita pinch, tear, gnaw, knead.
1) Kuś (कुश्):—[class] 4. [Parasmaipada] kuśyati, to embrace, enfold, [Dhātupāṭha xxvi, 109] ([varia lectio] kus).
2) Kuṣ (कुष्):—[class] 9. [Parasmaipada] kuṣṇāti ([indeclinable participle] kuṣitvā, [Pāṇini 1-2, 7]; [Aorist] akoṣīt, [Pāṇini [Scholiast or Commentator]]),
2) —to tear asunder, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];
2) —to pinch, [Caraka i, 8; Viṣṇu-purāṇa iii, 12, 9];
2) —to force or draw out, extract, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];
2) —to knead [commentator or commentary] on [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra] (perf. p. kuṣita);
2) —to test, examine (?);
2) —to shine (?) : [class] 6. kuṣati, to gnaw, nibble, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa iii, 16, 10] :—[Passive voice] kuṣyati and te, ‘to weigh, balance’ ([Boehtlingk’s Sanskrit-Woerterbuch in kuerzerer fassung]), [Pāṇini 3-1, 90.]
3) Kus (कुस्):—[varia lectio] for √kuś q.v.
1) Kuś (कुश्):—[(i-ya-ra) kuśyati] 4. a. To embrace; to take away (ki, i) kuṃśati kuṃśayati 1. 10. a. To shine.
2) Kuṣ (कुष्):—(ga) kuṣṇāti 9. a. To expel; to test; to shine. With ava to prove; with nira to extract.
3) Kus (कुस्):—(ya, ira) kusyati 4. a. To embrace. (i, ki) kuṃsati kuṃsayati 1. 10. a. To shine, to talk.
Kuś (कुश्):—, kuśyati umfassen (saṃśleṣaṇe), v. l. für kus [DHĀTUP. 26, 109.] — Auf diese Wurzel, wenn sie sonst irgend gesichert wäre, liesse sich kukṣi und kośa zurückführen.
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Kuṣ (कुष्):—, kuṣṇāti [DHĀTUP. 31, 46] (niṣkarṣe); akoṣīt [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1. 45. 7, 2, 4. 8, 2, 28.] kuṣitvā [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 2, 7.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 204.]
1) reissen, zerreissen, herausreissen: pumāṃsam jīvantameva kuṣṇāti vṛkīva kukuṭumbinī [Kathāsaritsāgara 23, 27.] śivāḥ kuṣṇanti māṃsāni [Bhaṭṭikavya 18, 12.] tato kuṣṇāddaśagrīvaḥ kruddhaḥ prāṇānvanaukasām [17, 80.] kuṣitvā jagatāṃ sāram [7, 95.] Auch kuṣati (vgl. u. nis): tāṃgṛdhrā ruṣā mama kuṣantyadhidaṇḍanetuḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 16, 10.] reflex. kuṣyati und kuṣyate [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 90.] kuṣyati (kuṣyate) pādaḥ svayameva [Scholiast] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 24, 9.] —
2) prüfen (niṣkarṣe = iyattāparicchede) [Kavikalpadruma im Śabdakalpadruma] — anu entlang reissen(?): tūlenānukuṣṇāti = anutūlayati [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 25,] [Scholiast] — abhi an Etwas zerren: na vālakarṇanāsāśrotodaśanavivarāṇyabhikuṣṇīyāt [Suśruta 1, 145, 2.] — ava, tūlairavakuṣṇāti = avatūlayati [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 21, 17.] — nis mit und ohne Bindevocal [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 2, 46. 47.] niṣkoṣitā und niṣkoṣṭā, niṣkoṣitum und niṣkoṣṭum [Scholiast]; nirakoṣīt und nirakukṣat [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 8, 46. 16, 5]; aber stets niṣkuṣita [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 107.] herausreissen, durch Herausreissen von Stücken verletzen, zwicken: niṣkoṣitavyānniṣkoṣṭuṃ prāṇāndaśamukhātmajāt . ādāya parighaṃ tasthau vanānniṣkuṣitadrumaḥ .. [Bhaṭṭikavya 9, 30.] cirakāloṣitaṃ jīrṇaṃ kīṭaniṣkuṣitaṃ dhanuḥ [5, 42.] upāntayorniṣkuṣitaṃ vihaṃgaiḥ bhujacchedam [Raghuvaṃśa 7, 47.] kokairniṣkuśitaṃ (sie) śvabhiḥ kavalitaṃ vīcībhirāndolitam [GAṄGĀSTOTRA im Śabdakalpadruma] u. niṣkuśita (= niṣkāsita) . Auch niṣkuṣati (vgl. u. dem simpl.): tamamutra yamapuruṣā ayasmayairagnipiṇḍaiḥ saṃdaṃśaistvaci niṣkuṣanti [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 26, 19.] Nach [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 112] bedeutet niṣkuṣita
1) varjita,
2) hatatvac,
3) laghūkṛta .
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Kus (कुस्):—, kusyati umschliessen [DHĀTUP. 26, 109.] — Vgl. kuś .
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Kuś (कुश्):—, [Yāska’s Nirukta] Erläutt. [S. 12, Anm. 4.] verbessere saṃcukoca .
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Kuṣ (कुष्):—
1) kuṣita geknetet [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 16, 1, 23.] — abhi [Z. 2 lies 2, 145, 2.] — nis vgl. niṣkoṣa fgg.
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Kuṣ (कुष्):—
1) nāsikāṃ na kuṣṇīyāt [CARAKA 1, 8.] — Bei P. vielleicht wägen, mit anu nachwägen, mit ava abwägen; vgl. [KERN] in seiner Uebersetzung von [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 128,] [Nalopākhyāna 2.] — abhinis drücken, kneten, zwicken: das leblose Neugeborene [CARAKA 4, 8.]
Kuś (कुश्):—, kuśyati ( saṃśleṣaṇe).
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Kuṣ (कुष्):—, kuṣṇāti und kuṣati —
1) zwicken. nāsikām so v.a. in der Nase bohren [Carakasaṃhitā 1,8.VP.3,12,9.] —
2) kneten. kuṣita geknetet. —
3) benagen , bepicken. —
4) herauszerren , -reissen. —
5) *wägen. —
6) kuṣita mit Wasser vermischt. — Mit anu etwa nachwägen. — Mit abhi zwicken. — Mit ava etwa abwägen. — Mit nis —
1) zwicken. —
2) benagen , bepicken. —
3) herauszerren , -reissen. — Mit abhinis zwicken. — Mit vi, kuṣita in einer Etymologie [Nirukta 5,26.] etwa herausgezogen. — Mit sam zusammenraffen [Maitrāyaṇi 1,4,13.]
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Kus (कुस्):—, kusyati ( saṃśleṣaṇe).
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Hindi dictionary
Kush in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a sort of sacrificial grass—Doa cynosuroides..—kush (कुश) is alternatively transliterated as Kuśa.
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Nepali dictionary
Kush is another spelling for कुश [kuśa].—n. Bot. 1. kush grass; eragrostis cynosuroides; 2. the first son of Ram; 3. name of an island; 4. an ancient weapon with thorny teeth on both sides of the blade;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+24): Kusa-jataka, Kusacira, Kusakara, Kush grass, Kusha, Kusha-lata-puta-hasta-udakena, Kushabhara, Kushabindu, Kushacchedana, Kushacirin, Kushadhara, Kushadhvaja, Kushadvipa, Kushagra, Kushagriya, Kushahasta, Kushaja, Kushakandika, Kushaketu, Kushakkanam.
Full-text (+48): Nishkush, Nishkushita, Koshana, Nishkoshana, Nishkoshitavya, Kusha, Abhikush, Anukush, Avakush, Kusita, Koshtha, Nishkosha, Xing dou ku shen, Kushtha, Kosha, Seto-kush, Thil kush, Kush grass, Ban kush, Seto-kusha.
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Search found 46 books and stories containing Kush, Kuṣ, Kuś; (plurals include: Kushes, Kuṣs, Kuśs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
International Research Journal of Ayurveda and Yoga
Role of Ayurveda in the Management of Dadru W.S.R to Tinea Cruris-A... < [Vol. 4 No. 3: March (2021)]
Classification of Kushtha According to Acharyas: A Review < [Vol. 5 No. 6: Jun (2022)]
Nutraceuticals in Ayurveda w.s.r to Yavagu: A Review Article < [Vol. 3 No. 2: Feb (2020)]
Festivals and Ceremonies of the Nepalese of Assam (by Monmi Kakati)
Part 5.2.8 - The Kushe Aunsi festival < [Chapter 3 - Festivals of the Nepalese of Assam]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
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Page 1210 < [English-Urdu-Hindi (1 volume)]
Are the Kalasha of Greek origin linked to Alexander the Great? < [Volume 72 (2011)]
Winter Feasts of the Kalasha: A Comprehensive Anthropological Study < [Volume 75 (2014)]
The Winter Solstice Festival of Kalasha of Birir: Some Comperative Suggestions < [Volume 69 (2008)]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Standardization of panchkola churna – a pharmaceutical and chemical study < [2023, Issue 12, December]
Conceptual study of the holistic health effects of raktamokshan (siravedha) karma in vicharchika < [2017, Issue V May,]
A critical review on koshtha and its clinical significance < [2018, Issue XI, November]
Environmental Risk Assessment in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Mountains of... < [Volume 14, Issue 24 (2022)]
A Comprehensive Appraisal of the Wild Food Plants and Food System of Tribal... < [Volume 13, Issue 9 (2021)]
An Assessment of Productivity Patterns of Grass-Dominated Rangelands in the... < [Volume 8, Issue 9, September (2016)]