Kusha

Kusha

Kusha (also spelled Kush and Kusa) has more than one meaning:
# Kusha and his twin brother Lava are the children of the Hindu God Rama and his wife Sita, whose story is told in the Ramayana.
# It is another name for darbha grass.
# Kusha (Buddhism) - one of six schools of Japanese Buddhism in the Nara period.

References

*Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (ISBN 0-500-51088-1) by Anna Dallapiccola


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