# कौसल्या (kausalyā)

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कौसल्या (kausalyā) is a Sanskrit word meaning belonging to the people of the Kosalas, a prince of the Kosalas, the mother of Janamejaya, of the wife of Satvat, dasharatha's wife and Ramachandra's mother, the mother of Dhritarashtra. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Etymology & Related Forms, Mother of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Ambikā), Mother of Pāṇḍu (Ambālikā).

- **SLP1:** `kOsalyA`  **IAST:** kausalyā  **Devanagari:** कौसल्या
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kausalya
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kausalya/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** कौसल्य (kausalya)

## Meanings by context

### Etymology & Related Forms (3 definitions)
- belonging to the people of the Kosalas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 318,2] कौसल्य (kausalya) mfn. (often spelt कौश् (kauś) ° (°) ) belonging to the people of the Kosalas [ ID=57551 ]
- a prince of the Kosalas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > कौसल्य (kausalya) m. ( Pāṇini (Author) iv, 1, 171 ) a prince of the Kosalas, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) xiii; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra (Title); Praśna-upaniṣad (Title); Harivaṃśa (Title) &c. [ ID=57552 ]
- feminine of kausalya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 318,2] कौसल्या (kausalyā) b ( f. of ° ल्य (°lya), q.v. ) [ ID=57558 ]

### Mother of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Ambikā) (2 definitions)
- the mother of Dhritarashtra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the mother of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=57556 ]
- Ambika  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Kausalyā 2 (C. Kauś°) = Ambikā: I, 4266, 4267, 4269, 4275, 4286. [ ID=5641 ]

### Mother of Pāṇḍu (Ambālikā) (2 definitions)
- of the mother of Pandu  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the mother of Pāṇḍu, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=57557 ]
- Ambalika  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Kausalyā 3 (C. Kauś°) = Ambālikā: I, 4471, 4472, 4614, 4912, 4955, 4974. [ ID=5642 ]

### Wife of Daśaratha, mother of Rāma (2 definitions)
- Dasharatha's wife and Ramachandra's mother  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Daśa-ratha's wife (mother of Rāma-candra), Mahābhārata (Title) iii, 15879; Rāmāyaṇa (Title) [ ID=57555 ]
- wife of Dasharatha and mother of Rama  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Kausalyā 4 (C. Kauś°), wife of Daśaratha and mother of Rāma. § 525 (Rāmopākhyānap.): III, 274, 15879 ( Rāmasya mātā ).—§ 527 (do.): III, 277, 15962, 15980. [ ID=5643 ]

### A Kosala Princess (general meaning) (1 definition)
- the mother of Janamejaya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 318,2] कौसल्या (kausalyā) a f. ‘daughter of a prince of the Kosalas’, N. of the wife of Pūru and mother of Janam-ejaya, Mahābhārata (Title) i, 3764 [ ID=57553 ]

### Wife of Janaka (1 definition)
- wife of Janaka  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Kausalyā 5 (C. Kauś°), wife of Janaka. § 624 (Rājadh.): XII, 18, 546. [ ID=5644 ]

### Wife of Pūru, mother of Janamejaya (1 definition)
- wife of Puru  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > कौसल्या (kausalyā) [Printed book page 402-2 ] Kausalyā 1 (C. Kauś°), wife of Pūru. § 156 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95, ††3764 (mother of Janamejaya 6 ). [ ID=5640 ]

### Wife of Satvat (1 definition)
- of the wife of Satvat  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the wife of Satvat, Harivaṃśa (Title) 1999 [ ID=57554 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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