# कोष (koṣa)

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कोष (koṣa) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of a family of priests, name of a river, a bud, a sheath, scabbard, or surrounding cover, a judicial trial by oath or ordeal, gold, silver, wealth, or accumulated treasure. Its 12 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Orthographic Variant of 'kośa', Comprehensive Lexical Entries, Proper Noun: Koṣa Priestly Family.

- **Etymology:** E. कुश or कुष to issue, affix घञ्; hence the word is optionally कोष or कोश; the meanings may be mostly resolved into, that from which something issues or evolves — E. kuśa or kuṣa to issue, affix ghañ; hence the word is optionally koṣa or kośa; the meanings may be mostly resolved into, that from which something issues or evolves
- **SLP1:** `koza`  **IAST:** koṣa  **Devanagari:** कोष
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kosha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** कोशा (kośā), कोश (kośa), कोषा (koṣā)

## Meanings by context

### Orthographic Variant of 'kośa' (5 definitions)
- See kosha.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 314,2] 1. कोष (koṣa) See कोश (kośa). [ ID=56863 ]
- See kosha.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कोष (koṣa) [Printed book page 075-2 ] कोष (koṣa) koṣa, v. कोश (kośa) kośa. [ ID=6362 ]
- see kosa  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कोष (koṣa) [Printed book page 0222-a ] कोष (koṣa) koṣa, see kośa. [ ID=3852 ]
- See kosha.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कोष (koṣa) [Printed book page 134 ] कोष (koṣa) v. कोश (kośa). [ ID=8522 ]
- See under kosa  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > कोष (koṣa) [Printed book page 0256-c ] कोष (koṣa) koṣa with its compounds, see under kośa, for which koṣa is only a later form. [ ID=15937 ]

### Comprehensive Lexical Entries (4 definitions)
- 1. A bud. 2. A sheath, scabbard, or surrounding cover. 3. A judicial trial by oath or ordeal. 4. Gold, silver, wealth, or accumulated treasure. 5. A treasury. 6. A sacrificial or drinking vessel. 7. The vulva, womb, penis, testicle, or scrotum. 8. An egg. 9. A ball or globe. 10. The inner part of the jackfruit. 11. A nutmeg. 12. A dictionary or vocabulary. 13. A shoe or sandal. 14. The beard of corn.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कोष (koṣa) [Printed book page 252 ] कोष (koṣa) mn. ( - षः - षं (-ṣaḥ-ṣaṃ) ) 1 A bud. 2 A sheathe, a scabbard, &c. 3 A coat, a surrounding cover, any investing sheathe. 4 Judicial trial by oath or ordeal, or by fire, water, poison, the balance, heated balls of iron, boiling oil, &c. attesting a deity, and touching or drinking water three times in which some idol has been washed. 5 Gold or silver, wrought or unwrought, as plate, jewellery, &c. 6 Wealth. 7 Accumulated wealth, treasure. 8 A treasury, the apartment where money or plate is kept. 9 A sacrificial vessel or any drinking vessel. 10 The vulva, the womb. 11 The penis. 12 A testicle or the scrotum. 13 An egg. 14 (In composition,) A ball or globe, as सूत्रकीष (sūtrakīṣa) a ball of thread, नेत्रकोष (koṣa) (netrakoṣa) the eyeball, &c. 15 The inner part of the Jack-fruit or its like. 16 A nutmeg. 17 A dictionary or vocabulary. f. ( - षी (-ṣī) ) 1 A shoe, a sandal. 2 The beard of corn: see कोश (kośa). E. कुश (kuśa) or कुष (kuṣa) to issue, affix घञ् (ghañ); hence the word is optionally कोष (koṣa) or कोश (kośa); the meanings may be mostly resolved into, that from which something issues or evolves. [ ID=11793 ]
- 1. A bud, sheath, treasury, dictionary, ordeal, or testicle. 2. A shoe or a beard of corn.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कोष (koṣa) [Printed book page 216-b ] कोष (koṣa) ( षः - षं ) ((ṣaḥ-ṣaṃ)) 1. m. n. A bud; a sheath; a treasury; a dictionary; an ordeal; a testicle. ( In compo. ) a ball. f. Shoe; a beard of corn. [ ID=11242 ]
- 1. A vessel for holding liquids, pail, bucket, or cup. 2. A vessel in general. 3. A box, cupboard, or trunk. 4. A sheath or scabbard. 5. A case or cover. 6. Store, mass, or provisions. 7. A store-room. 8. A treasury or money room. 9. Wealth or treasure. 10. A dictionary, lexicon, or vocabulary. 11. A closed flower or bud. 12. The stone of a fruit. 13. A nutmeg or nut-shell. 14. The cocoon of a silkworm. 15. The womb. 16. An egg. 17. A testicle or the scrotum. 18. The penis. 19. A ball or globe. 20. One of the five bodily sheaths enveloping the soul in Vedanta philosophy. 21. A kind of legal ordeal.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कोष (koṣa) [Printed book page 211-09 ] कोश ( ष ) (kośa(ṣa)) m.n. 1. A vessel for holding liquids, a pail, a bucket, a cup; 2. a vessel in general; 3. a box, a cupboard, a trunk; 4. a sheath, a scabbard; 5. a case, a cover; 6. store, mass, provisions, M. i.99; 7. a store-room; 8. a treasury, an apartment where money is kept, M. viii.419; 9. gold or silver wrought or un-wrought, wealth, treasure, निःशेषविश्राणितकोशजातम् (niḥśeṣaviśrāṇitakośajātam) R. v.1; 10. a dictionary, a lexicon, a vocabulary; 11. a closed flower, a bud, इत्थं विचिंतयति कोशगते द्विरेफे (itthaṃ viciṃtayati kośagate dvirephe) or विभिन्नकोशैः नवकंदलैः (vibhinnakośaiḥ navakaṃdalaiḥ) R. xiii.29, iii.8; 12. the stone of a fruit; 13. a nut-meg, a nut-shell; 14. the cocoon of a silk-worm, Yaj. iii.147; 15. vulva, the womb; 16. an egg; 17. a testicle or the scrotum; 18. the penis; 19. a ball, a globe; 20. a term for the five sheaths or cases which successively make up the body enveloping the soul (in Vedānta phil.); 21. a kind of ordeal (in law), Yaj. ii.114. [ ID=10497.1 ]
- 1. A bud. 2. A sheath or scabbard. 3. A covering or enclosing layer. 4. A judicial trial by ordeal. 5. Gold or silver. 6. Wealth or treasure. 7. A treasury. 8. A sacrificial or drinking vessel. 9. The womb. 10. The penis. 11. A testicle or the scrotum. 12. An egg. 13. A ball or globe. 14. The inner part of the jackfruit. 15. A nutmeg. 16. A dictionary or vocabulary. 17. One of the five sheathes enveloping the soul in Vedanta philosophy. 18. A shoe or sandal. 19. The beard of corn.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कोष (koṣa) [Printed book page 207-b ] कोष (koṣa) mn. ( - षः - षं (-ṣaḥ-ṣaṃ) ) 1. A bud 2. A sheathe, a scabbard, &c. 3. A coat, a surrounding cover, any investing sheathe. 4. Judicial trial by oath or ordeal, or by fire, water, poison, the balance, heated balls of iron, boiling oil, &c. attesting a deity, and touching or drinking water three times in which some idol has been washed. 5. Gold or silver, wrought or unwrought as plate, jewellery, &c. 6. Wealth. 7. Accumulated wealth, treasure. 8. A treasury, the apartment where money or plate is kept. 9. A sacrificial vessel or any drinking vessel. 10 The vulva, the womb. 11. The penis. 12. A testicle or the scrotum. 13. An egg. 14. (In composition) A ball or globe, as सूत्रकोष (koṣa) (sūtrakoṣa) a ball of thread, नेत्रकोष (koṣa) (netrakoṣa) the eyeball, &c. 15. The inner part of the Jack-fruit or its like. 16. A nutmeg. 17. A dictionary or vocabulary. 18. A term for the five sheathes or cases which successively make up the body enveloping the soul. (In Vedanta Philosophy.) f. ( - षी (-ṣī) ) 1. A shoe, a sandal. 2. The beard of corn: see कोश (kośa) E. कुष् (kuṣ) or कोश (kośa) ् (koś) to issue, affix घञ् (ghañ) hence the word is optionally कोष (koṣa) or कोश (kośa); (kośa;) the meanings may be mostly resolved into that, from which something issues or evolves. [ ID=11787 ]

### Proper Noun: Koṣa Priestly Family (2 definitions)
- name of a family of priests  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > 2. कोष (koṣa) आस् (ās), m. pl. ( g. पचा (pacā) दि (di) ), N. of a family of priests, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) x, 5, 5, 8 [ ID=56864 ]
- A priestly family mentioned in the Shatapatha Brahmana.  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > कोष (koṣa) [Printed book page 1-190 ] Koṣa. — The Koṣas appear as a priestly family in the Śata- patha Brāhmaṇa, where one of them, Suśravas, is mentioned by name. 2 ^1 x. 5, 5, 8. [ Footnote: 2) x. 5, 5, 1.] [ ID=734 ]

### Proper Noun: Koṣā River Name (1 definition)
- name of a river  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 314,2] कोषा (koṣā) ( आ (ā) ), f. ‘ N. of a river’ v.l. for कोशा (kośā). [ ID=56865 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects; 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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