# कुशध्वज (kuśadhvaja)

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कुशध्वज (kuśadhvaja) is a Sanskrit word meaning the name of a prince, a grandson of Hrasva-roman, the overlord of Sankasya, the lord of Samkasya and brother of Siradhvaja Janaka. Its 4 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Prince in the lineage of Hrasva-roman, Brother of King Janaka, King of Sāṅkāśya, Son of King Sīradhvaja (Janaka).

- **SLP1:** `kuSaDvaja`  **IAST:** kuśadhvaja  **Devanagari:** कुशध्वज
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushadhvaja
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kushadhvaja/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Prince in the lineage of Hrasva-roman (2 definitions)
- the name of a prince  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 297,1] कुश (kuśa) — ध्वज (—dhvaja) m. N. of a prince (a son of Hrasva-roman), R.; BrahmaP. [ ID=53325 ]
- a grandson of Hrasva-roman  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (a grandson of Hrasva-roman), BhP. [ ID=53326 ]

### Brother of King Janaka, King of Sāṅkāśya (1 definition)
- the lord of Samkasya and brother of Siradhvaja Janaka  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Kuśadhvaja (II) — the lord of Sāṅkāśya and brother of Sīradhvaja Janaka. Vi. IV. 5. 29. [ ID=3306 ]

### Son of King Sīradhvaja (Janaka) (1 definition)
- 1. The son of Siradhvaja, father of Dharmadhvaja, and brother of Bhanuman, lord of Kashi. 2. The overlord of Sankasya.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > कुशध्वज (kuśadhvaja) [Printed book page 1-412 ] Kuśadhvaja (I) — the son of Sīradhvaja and father of Dharmadhvaja; 1 overlord of Sānkāśya; 2 brother of Bhānu- mān, lord of Kāśi. 3 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. IX. 13. 19.] [ Footnote: 2) Br. III. 64. 19.] [ Footnote: 3) Vā. 89. 1. 8.] [ ID=3305 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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