Kushasana, aka: Kuśāsana, Kusha-asana; 3 Definition(s)
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Kushasana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Kuśāsana can be transliterated into English as Kusasana or Kushasana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
kuśāsana (कुशासन).—n (S) A seat formed of the grass kuśa.
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykuśāsana (कुशासन).—n A seat formed of the kuśa grass.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-EnglishMarathi 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-English dictionary
Kuśāsana (कुशासन).—a seat or mat of Kuśa grass; अक्षमालापवृत्तिज्ञा कुशासनपरिग्रहा । शांभवीव तनुः कस्य न वन्द्या दौर्जनी सभा (akṣamālāpavṛttijñā kuśāsanaparigrahā | śāṃbhavīva tanuḥ kasya na vandyā daurjanī sabhā) || Udb.
Derivable forms: kuśāsanam (कुशासनम्).
Kuśāsana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kuśa and āsana (आसन).
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family. 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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Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XCII - The prince's abjuration of his asceticism < [Book VI - Nirvana prakarana part 1 (nirvana prakarana)]