The Sanskrit term Kuśastamba can be transliterated into English as Kusastamba or Kushastamba, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Kuśastamba (कुशस्तम्ब).—A sacred centre in the Kuśa island. He who bathes here attains a place in heaven surrounded by Deva women. See under Kuśadvīpa. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 25, Verse 28).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Kuśastamba (कुशस्तम्ब).—A mountain in Kuśadvīpa, after which the island is named.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 19. 139; Matsya-purāṇa 123. 37.

1b) (Kuśanābha): performed austerities for 1000 years for a son; Indra the 1000 eyed offered himself to be born his son.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 91. 63-5.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kuśastamba (कुशस्तम्ब).—m. 1. a cluster of Kuśa grass, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 20, 13. 2. the name of a place of pilgrimage, Mahābhārata 13, 1714. Brahmastamba, i. e.

Kuśastamba is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kuśa and stamba (स्तम्ब).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kuśastamba (कुशस्तम्ब).—[masculine] a heap of (Kuśa) grass.

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

1) Kuśastamba (कुशस्तम्ब):—[=kuśa-stamba] [from kuśa] m. a bundle of Kuśa grass, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] n. Name of a Tīrtha, [Mahābhārata xiii, 1714.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kushastamba in German

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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)

Partial matches: Kusha, Stamba.

Full-text: Kusika, Kushadvipa.

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