# कौशिकी (kauśikī)

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कौशिकी (kauśikī) is a Sanskrit word meaning forming a receptacle, sheathed, silken, one who is versed in dictionaries, a lexicographer, one who catches snakes. Its 43 recorded definitions are grouped into 11 contexts, among them Names of Specific Human Individuals, Adjectival Uses and Forms, Associated with the Kuśika Lineage.

- **SLP1:** `kOSikI`  **IAST:** kauśikī  **Devanagari:** कौशिकी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaushiki
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kaushiki/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Names of Specific Human Individuals (6 definitions)
- of Bhadra-sharman  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Bhadra-śarman, VBr. [ ID=57469 ]
- Name of a teacher  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a teacher (author of the Kauśikasūtra, brother of Paippalādi), BṛĀrUp.; Kauś.; Pāṇini (Author) iv, 3, 103; Harivaṃśa (Title) 11074 [ ID=57470 ]
- the name of a grammarian  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a grammarian, Harivaṃśa (Title) 5501 [ ID=57471 ]
- name of one of Jarasandha's generals  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of one of Jarāsandhas's generals, Mahābhārata (Title) ii, 885 [ ID=57472 ]
- a son of Vasudeva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Vasu-deva, VP. [ ID=57475 ]
- an epithet of a Buddhist female beggar  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Buddhist female beggar, Mālav. [ ID=57487 ]

### Adjectival Uses and Forms (5 definitions)
- forming a receptacle  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 317,3] 2. कौशिक (kauśika) mfn. forming a receptacle (as a wound; see कोश - वत् (kośa-vat) ), Bhāvaprakāśa (Title) vi, 35 ( v.l. कौष्ठिक (kauṣṭhika) ) [ ID=57426 ]
- sheathed  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > sheathed (a sword), Mahābhārata (Title) iii, 11461 [ ID=57427 ]
- silken  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > silken, Mahābhārata (Title) iii [ ID=57428 ]
- feminine form of ka  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 318,1] कौशिकी (kauśikī) c ( f. of ° क (°ka), q.v. ) [ ID=57501 ]
- 1. Sheathed. 2. Silken.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौशिक (kauśika) ी (kauśikī) [Printed book page 213-16 ] कौशिक (kauśika) (I) a. (f. की (kī) ) 1. Incased, sheathed; 2. silken. [ ID=10598.1 ]

### Associated with the Kuśika Lineage (5 definitions)
- relating to Kushika or to Kaushika  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 318,1] 3. कौशिक (kauśika) mfn. relating to Kuśika (or to Kauśika), Mahābhārata (Title) xiii, 2719 [ ID=57466 ]
- a descendant of Kushika  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > कौशिक (kauśika) ( अस् (as) ), m. ( g. बिदा (bidā) दि (di) ) patr. of Viśvā-mitra (who was the son or grandson of Kuśika), interpolation after, Ṛg-veda (Title) x, 85; MBh.; R. [ ID=57467 ]
- of Gadhi  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Gādhi, Harivaṃśa (Title) 1457 [ ID=57468 ]
- the descendants of Kushika  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > कौशिक (kauśika) ( आस् (ās) ), m. pl. the descendants of Kuśika, Harivaṃśa (Title) 1770 ff. [ ID=57481 ]
- of Kusha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (of Kuśa), Rāmāyaṇa (Title) i, 35, 20 [ ID=57482 ]

### Substances, Plants, or Objects (Non-Silk) (5 definitions)
- the fragrant substance bdellium  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the fragrant substance bdellium, L. [ ID=57432 ]
- marrow  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > marrow, L. [ ID=57433 ]
- a kind of seed  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a kind of seed, L. [ ID=57434 ]
- a drinking-vessel  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 317,3] कौशिका (kauśikā) f. a drinking-vessel ( v.l. कोशिका (kośikā) ), L. [ ID=57435 ]
- Vatica robusta  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Vatica robusta, L. [ ID=57478 ]

### The River Kauśikī (5 definitions)
- a river in Bihar  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a river in Bahar (commonly Kosi or Koosa, created by Viśvā-mitra, or identified with Satyavatī, the sister of Viśvā-mitra), MBh.; Hariv.; R. &c. [ ID=57486 ]
- Name of a river.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौशिकी (kauśikī) [Printed book page 1194-a ] कौशिकी (kauśikī) N. of a river (Kuśi) which flowed on the east of Durbhangā through northern Bhāgalpur and western Poornea. Near the banks of this river stood the hermitage of the sage ऋष्यशृंग (ṛṣyaśṛṃga). [ ID=32121 ]
- 1. Name of a river in Bihar. 2. An epithet of Durga. 3. A style of composition.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > [Printed book page 213-18 ] कौशिकी (kauśikī) f. 1. Name of a river in Bīhār; 2. an epithet of Durgā; 3. a style of composition thus defined- सुकुमारार्थसंदर्भां कौशिकी (kauśikī) तासु कथ्यते (sukumārārthasaṃdarbhāṃ kauśikī tāsu kathyate). [ ID=10604 ]
- a river  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > कौशिकी (kauśikī) [Printed book page 399-1 ] Kauśikī 1, a river. § 134 (Viśvāmitra): I, 71, 2924 (created by Viśvāmitra, who named it Pārā).—§ 249 (Arjunavana- vāsap.): I, 215, 7818 (visited by Arjuna).—§ 280 (Bhīmasena): II, 30, 1096 ( °nilayaṃ rājānaṃ Mahaujasaṃ ). § 364 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 83, 6065 ( °yāḥ…saṅgame …Dṛṣadvatyāḥ ).—§ 370 (do.): III, 84, 8110, 8121, 8134 ( Kālikāsaṅgame…K°y-Aruṇayor gataḥ, C. has Kauśikāruṇayoḥ ).—§ 377 (Dhaumyatīrthak.): III, 87, 8309 (there Viśvāmitra attained to the state of a brahman).—§ 390 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 110, 9987 ( c : on K. Viśvāmitra practised austerities), 9989.—§ 392 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 114, 10095.—§ 459 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 188 α, 12907 (seen by Mārkaṇḍeya in the stomach of Nārāyaṇa).—§ 494 (Āṅgirasa): III, 222, 14231 (among the rivers who are mothers of fires).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9 λ, 326, 337.— § 594 (Mṛtyu): VII, 54, 2094.—§ 680 c (Mṛtyu-Prajā- patisaṃv.): XII, 259, 9207.—§ 721 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 3, 190.—§ 733 (do.): XIII, 25 α, 1717 (a tīrtha).—§ 751 b (Śapathavidhi): XIII, 94, †4552 ( puṇyatīrthaṃ ).—§ 757 m (Goloka): XIII, 101 α, 4889.—§ 768 b (Umā-Maheśvarasaṃv.): XIII, 146 δ, 6764.—§ 775 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 166 α, 7653 (enumeration). Cf. Pārā. [ ID=5521 ]
- 1. A river in Bharatarvarsha originating from the Himalayas. 2. Satyavati, the mother of Jamadagni, transformed into a river. 3. Sacred to ancestors and an accidental wife of the fire god Havyavahana.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > कौशिकी (kauśikī) [Printed book page 1-475 ] Kauśikī — R. in Bhāratavarṣa from the Himalayas visited by Balarāma; 1 Satyavatī, mother of Jamadagni be- came converted into this river; 2 sacred to Pitṛs; one of the wives of Havyavāhana fire. 3 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. I. 18 36; V. 19. 18; X. 79. 9; M. 114, 22; 163. 60. Br. II. 12. 15; Vā. 45. 97; 108. 81.] [ Footnote: 2) Bhā. IX. 15. 12 Br. II. 16. 26; III. 7. 355; 66. 59; Vā. 91. 88.] [ Footnote: 3) M. 22. 63; 51. 14; Vā. 29. 14.] [ ID=3728 ]

### Kauśika as Name/Epithet of Other Deities/Mythical Beings (4 definitions)
- an epithet of Indra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Indra (as originally perhaps belonging to the Kuśikas or friendly to them), Ṛg-veda (Title) i, 10, 11; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) iii, 3, 4, 19; ṢaḍvBr.; TĀr.; ĀśvŚr.; MBh. &c. [ ID=57473 ]
- of Surya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Sūrya, Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa (Title) i, 5, 10, 2, Sch. [ ID=57474 ]
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Śiva, L. [ ID=57476 ]
- an Asura  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of an Asura, Harivaṃśa (Title) 2288 [ ID=57477 ]

### Technical Terms (Music, Scholarship, Literary Style) (4 definitions)
- a musical raga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in music) N. of a Rāga [ ID=57479 ]
- a musical ragini  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 318,1] कौशिकी (kauśikī) b ( ई (ī) ), f. (in music) N. of a Rāgiṇī [ ID=57483 ]
- name of a Shiksha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Śikṣā [ ID=57485 ]
- See kaishiki  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > for कैशिकी (kaiśikī), q.v., Sāh. [ ID=57488 ]

### Goddess Kauśikī (Durgā/Pārvatī) (3 definitions)
- the name of a goddess sprung from the body of Parvati  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > कौशिकी (kauśikī) a f. N. of a goddess sprung from the body of Pārvatī, Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (Title) lxxxv, 40; KālP.; DevīP. [ ID=57436 ]
- an epithet of Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Durgā, Harivaṃśa (Title) 3260 and 3270 [ ID=57484 ]
- Durva  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Kauśikī 2 = Durgā (Umā): VI, 800. [ ID=5522 ]

### Professions or Specialized Roles (3 definitions)
- one who is versed in dictionaries  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > कौशिक (kauśika) m. one who is versed in dictionaries, L. [ ID=57429 ]
- a lexicographer  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a lexicographer, L. [ ID=57430 ]
- one who catches snakes  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > one who catches snakes, L. [ ID=57431 ]

### Silk, Silk Cloth, or Silk Garment (2 definitions)
- silk cloth  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > कौशिक (kauśika) n. silk, silk cloth, Yājñavalkya (Author) i, 186; Mahābhārata (Title) xiii, 5502 [ ID=57437 ]
- a silk garment  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a silk garment, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) x, 83, 28. [ ID=57438 ]

### Love or Passion (related to Kaiśika) (1 definition)
- love, passion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (for कैशिक (kaiśika) ) love, passion, L. [ ID=57480 ]

## Sources

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

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