a. 1 Wicked, vile, depraved.

2 Mad. śaḥ 1 A kind of grass [Page0414-a+ 60] considered holy and forming an es- sential requisite of several religi- ous ceremonies; pavitrārthe ime kuśāḥ Śrāddha Mantra; kuśapūtaṃ pravayāstu vi- ṣṭaraṃ R. 8. 18, 1. 49, 95.

2 N. of the elder son of Rāma. [He was one of the twin sons of Rāma, born after Sītā had been ruthlessly abandoned in the forest; yet he was the elder of the...