As a Hindi name
कुशा · noun · feminine
कुश · रस्सी · एक प्रकार का मीठा नीबू — Śabdasāgara
कुशा · kuśā · s.m.
A sort of sacrificial grass, Poa cynosuroides — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 835
Cited formation "कुशा" is कु- + शा: शा means "A name of Durgā", and the prefix कु- forms bad, evil. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(20) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "कुशा" is कुश + -आ: कुश means "Kusha grass, a grass considered sacred in Hinduism and used in rituals", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "कुशा" is कुश + -आ: कुश means "Kusha grass, a grass considered sacred in Hinduism and used in rituals", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a small pin or piece of wood (used as a mark in recitation), and
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kuśā" is the feminine form of "kuśa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "kuśa" is derived from "ku" with the śas suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. ku a pronom. base appearing in kutas, kutra, kuvid, kuha, kva, and as a prefix implying deterioration, depreciation, deficiency, want, littleness, hindrance, reproach, contempt, guilt
originally perhaps ku signified ‘how (strange!)’
kuśa as, m. grass, ŚBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.; KātyŚr.; ĀśvGṛ.
(the Brāhmaṇas commonly call it darbha)
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kuśā (ā), f. (Pāṇ. viii, 3, 46) a small pin or piece of wood (used as a mark in recitation), Lāṭy. ii, 6, 1 and 4
a cord (cf. kaśā), L.
a horse's bridle (cf. kaśā), L.
N. of a plant (commonly Madhu-karkaṭikā), L.
kuśā 1 A rope. 2 A bridle.
kuśa as, m. grass, ŚBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.; KātyŚr.; ĀśvGṛ.
(the Brāhmaṇas commonly call it darbha)
1. ku a pronom. base appearing in kutas, kutra, kuvid, kuha, kva, and as a prefix implying deterioration, depreciation, deficiency, want, littleness, hindrance, reproach, contempt, guilt
originally perhaps ku signified ‘how (strange!)’
Alternative readings
More than one analysis survives full verification. That ambiguity is real, so we show every reading rather than pick one silently.
Caveats
Sources contain errors and engines have limits; every claim above carries its citation so you can verify it. This is guidance about names and their sources — not religious or astrological consultation. How we work · Our sources