# कौसीद्य (kausīdya)

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कौसीद्य (kausīdya) is a Sanskrit word meaning sloth, indolence, the practice of usury, sloth or indolence. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Sloth/Indolence and Usury, Sloth or Indolence, Usury or Practice of Usury.

- **Etymology:** E. कुसीद usury, &c. affix यञ् — E. kusīda usury, &c. affix yañ
- **SLP1:** `kOsIdya`  **IAST:** kausīdya  **Devanagari:** कौसीद्य
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kau%C5%9B%C4%ABdya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kausidya/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Sloth/Indolence and Usury (5 definitions)
- 1. Sloth or indolence. 2. The practice of usury.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौसीद्य (kausīdya) [Printed book page 255 ] कौसीद्य (kausīdya) n. ( - द्यं (-dyaṃ) ) 1 Sloth, indolence. 2 The practice of usury. E. कुसीद (kusīda) usury, &c. affix यञ् (yañ). [ ID=11910 ]
- 1. Sloth. 2. Usury.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौसीद्य (kausīdya) [Printed book page 219-a ] कौसीद्य (kausīdya) ( द्यं ) ((dyaṃ)) 1. n. Sloth; usury. [ ID=11362 ]
- 1. Sloth. 2. The practice of usury.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौसीद्य (kausīdya) [Printed book page 213-20 ] कौसीद्य (kausīdya) n. 1. Sloth; 2. the practice of usury. [ ID=10606 ]
- 1. Sloth or indolence. 2. The practice of usury.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौसीद्य (kausīdya) [Printed book page 210-a ] कौसीद्य (kausīdya) n. ( - द्यं (-dyaṃ) ) 1. Sloth, indolence. 2. The practice of usury. E. कुसीद (kusīda) usury, &c. affix यञ (yaña). [ ID=11904 ]
- 1. Sloth or indolence. 2. The practice of usury.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > कौसीद्य (kausīdya) [Printed book page 0259-a ] Kausīdya, am, n. sloth, indolence; the practice of usury. [ ID=16108 ]

### Sloth or Indolence (1 definition)
- sloth, indolence  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 318,2] कौसीद्य (kausīdya) n. sloth, indolence, Lalita-vistara (Title) (printed ed. कौष् (kauṣ) ° (°) ) [ ID=57567 ]

### Usury or Practice of Usury (1 definition)
- the practice of usury  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the practice of usury, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=57568 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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