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kusha

kusha noun: a grass of species Desmostachya bipinnata.

Noun

kusha (uncountable)

  1. A grass of species Desmostachya bipinnata.
    Synonyms:
    halfa grass, big cordgrass, salt reed-grass, darbha, pavitram

Proper noun capitalized: Kusha

Kusha

  1. (Hinduism) One of the twin sons of Lord Rāma and his wife Sita in the Ramayana.

kusha meaning in Sanskrit

kusha in Sanskrit

Kusha, sacred grass used at certain religious ceremonies
कुश kuśá

Synonyms of kusha

Origin of kusha

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुश (kuśa).

Questions about kusha

What does kusha mean?
Kusha means a grass of species Desmostachya bipinnata.
What is kusha in Sanskrit?
Kusha in Sanskrit is कुश (kuśá). See Kusha meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is kusha?
Kusha can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near kusha in the dictionary

  1. Kuschel
  2. Kuschels
  3. Kusek
  4. Kuseks
  5. kush
  6. kusha
  7. Kushagra
  8. Kushal
  9. Kushalgarh
  10. Kushan
  11. Kushan Empire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kusha (page history and authors); Kusha (page history and authors); कुश (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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