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कोसल (kosala)

 
Capeller Eng
English
†कोसल
m.
N.
 of a country,
pl.
 its people,
f.
 आ its
capital (Ayodhyā).
Apte 1890
English
कोस(श)लः (pl.) N. of a country and its people
पितुरनंतरमुत्तरकोसलान् R. 9. 1
3. 5
6. 71
मगधकोसलकेकयशासिनां दुहितरः 9. 17.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
कोसल
m.
pl.
 (in later texts generally, spelt कोशल),
N.
 of a country and the warrior-tribe inhabiting it (descendants of Māṭhavya Videgha,
ŚBr.
 i),
Pāṇ.
 iv, 1, 171
MBh.
&c.
 (कोशलानां [v.l. कौशल्°,
R.
 vi, 86, 43] नक्षत्र
N.
 of a lunar mansion,
R.
 (ed. Bomb.) vi, 103, 35)
कोसल
m.
N.
 of the country of Kosala,
R.
 i, 5, 5
N.
 of the capital of that country or Ayodhyā (the modern Oude),
L.
Monier Williams 1872
English
कोसल कोसल, अस्, m. (in later books gene-
rally spelt कोशल), N. of a country and the warrior-
tribe inhabiting it, descendants of Māthava Videgha
(आ), f., N. of the capital of this country or Ayodhyā,
the modern Oude.
—कोसलात्मजा (°ल-आत्°), f. the
daughter of the king of the Kosalas, an epithet of a
wife of Daśa-ratha, the mother of Rāma.
Macdonell
English
कोसल kosala,
m.
 N. of a country: pl its 🞄people
ā,
f.
 capital of Kosala, i. e. Ayodhyā
🞄-jā,
f.
 in Kosala, ep. of Rāmaʼs mother
🞄-videhá,
m.
pl.
 the Kosalas and the Videhas.
Benfey
English
कोसल कोसल, also कोशल कोशल,
I.
m.
 The name of a country and its
inhabitants, Rām. 1, 5, 5
MBh. 6, 347.
II.
f.
 ला, A name of its capital, Ayodhyā,
MBh. 3, 8152.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
कोसलः
पुं*
 - -
एक देश और उसके निवासियों का नाम
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
कोसल
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಕೋಸಲ ದೇಶ
निष्पत्तिः - > कुस (संश्लेषणे) - "कलच्" (उ० १-१०६)
कोसल
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಕೋಸಲ ದೇಶದ ನಿವಾಸಿಗಳು
प्रयोगाः - > "इति स्म पृच्छन्यनुवेलमादृतः प्रियासखीरित्तरकोसलेश्वरः" । "दक्षिणा ये च पञ्चालाः पूर्वाः कुन्तिषु कोसलाः" ।
उल्लेखाः - > रघु० ३-५, भा० सभा० १४-२७
L R Vaidya
English
kosa(Sa)la {% m. pl. %} The name of a country and its people, पितुरनंतरमुत्तरकोसलान् R.ix.9, मगधकोसलकेकयशासिनां दुहितरः ix.17, iii.5, vi.71.
Sanskrit Tibetan
Tibetan
ko sa la
कोशल / कोसल
वैजयन्तीकोषः
Sanskrit
Word: कोसलाः
Root: कोसल
Gender: पुं
Number: बहु
अर्थः ⇒
Meaning(s):
⇒ Name of the country belonging to Madhyadéśa
Shloka(s):
3|1|37|2 ► अप्यन्ये मेकला भोजाः कोसलाद्याश्च नीवृतः॥ (भूमिकाण्डः/देशाध्यायः)
3|1|40|1 ► अप्यन्ये कुन्तलाः कुल्याः कलिङ्गाः काशिकोसलाः। (भूमिकाण्डः/देशाध्यायः)
Synonym(s):
➠ 3|1|37|2 ⇢ कोसलाः (कोसल) (पुं) ⇒ Name of a country near the Vindhya mountain ⇒
➠ 3|1|40|1 ⇢ कोसलाः (कोसल) (पुं) ⇒ Name of the country belonging to Madhyadéśa ⇒
Related word(s):
isa_k ➡ मध्यदेशस्य नीवृतः देशाः
Mahabharata
English
Kosala (C. Kośº), pl. (āḥ), a people. § 273 (Rājasūyārambhap.): II, 14, 591 (pūrvāḥ, fled before Jarāsandha).-§ 276 (Jarāsandhavadhap.): II, 20, 795 (pūrvāṃś ca Kośalān, only B., C. has pūrvāṃ ca Kośalāṃ).--§ 280 (Bhīmasena): II, 30, 1077 (uttarān, vanquished by Bhīmasena on his digvijaya).--§ 281 (Sahadeva): II, 31, 1117 (prākKºān nṛpān, so C., B. has Prākoṭakān nṛpān, vanquished by Sahadeva on his digvijaya).--§ 347 (Nalopākhyānap.): III, 61, 2319 (only B., C. has Kośalāṃ).--§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9, 347.--§ 578 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI, 51, 2105 (in the army of Duryodhana).--§ 589 (Droṇābhishekap.): VII, 11, 397 (Kāśi-Kºān, have formerly been vanquished by Kṛshṇa, C. has -Kauśº).--§ 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.): VII, 21, 877 (Matsya-Karūsha-Kºāḥ, attack Droṇa)
24, 1052 (have sided with Yudhishṭhira).--§ 593 (Abhimanyuvadhap.): VII, 47, 1879 (ºānām adhipaḥ, i.e. Bṛhadbala), 1881 (ºānāṃ bhartāraṃ-B. adhipaṃ--rājaputraṃ Bṛhadbalaṃ).--§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 125, 5069 (Kāśi-Kºāḥ, attack Droṇa).-§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 156, 6779 (Cedi-KarūshaKºāḥ, follow Arjuna against Droṇa).--§ 604 (Karṇap.): VIII, 5, 110 (ºānām adhipatiḥ, i.e. Bṛhadbala has been slain by Abhimanyu, C. has by error Kailāsānām)
8, 236 (KāśiKºān, had been vanquished by Karṇa for Duryodhana).-§ 605 (do.): VIII, 12, 459 (in the army of Yudhishṭhira)
22, 864 (attack Dhṛshṭadyumna).--§ 607 (do.): VIII, 44, 2084 (know the eternal religion, dharmaṃ)
45, 2105 (prekshitajñāḥ).--§ 608 (do.): VIII, 49, 2334 (Kāśi-Kºāḥ, attack Karṇa)
54, 2564 (are slain by Arjuna).--§ 619 (Strīvilāpap.): XI, 25, 715 (ºānām adhipatiṃ Bṛhadbalaṃ). --§ 641 (Rājadh.): XII, 82, 3060 (ºānām ādhipatyaṃ, ruled by Kshemadarśin).--§ 744 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 44, 2441 (had been vanquished by Bhīshma at the svayaṃvara of Ambā, etc.).--§ 785 (Anugītap.): XIV, 82, 2464 (Puṇḍrān sa-Kºān)
83, 2469 (vanquished by Arjuna when he followed the sacrificial horse). Cf. Kausalya, pl.
Kosala = Ṛtuparṇa: III, 2897 (so B., C. has Kauśalaḥ).
पुराणम्
English
कोसल १ / KOSALA I. The King and the people of the country of kosala are called by the name kosala.
कोसल २ / KOSALA II. One of the wrestlers of kaṁsa. The famous wrestlers of kaṁsa were cāṇūra, muṣṭika, kūṭa, śala, kosala and others.
कोसल / KOSALA .1) General information. A wealthy and prosperous country on the banks of the river sarayū. ayodhyā was the Capital of this kingdom. This city was built by manu, the father of ikṣvāku. This city was twelve yojanas long with a breadth of three yojanas. It is understood from vālmīki rāmāyaṇa, Bālakāṇḍa, sarga 5 that during the time of daśaratha this city was modified to such an extent as to be on a par with any modern city.2) Other details. (1) Bhīmasena once conquered uttara kosala (north kosala). (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 30).(2) sahadeva during his regional conquest, subdued Dakṣiṇa kosala (South kosala). (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 31, Stanza 12).(3) śrī kṛṣṇa once conquered the country of kosala. (M.B. droṇa parva, Chapter 21, Stanza 15).(4) abhimanyu, the son of arjuna, killed the King of kosala in the battle of bhārata.(5) karṇa once conquered this country for duryodhana. (M.B. karṇa Parva, Chapter 8, Stanza 19).(6) During the time of the battle of bhārata a King named kṣemadarśī ruled over kosala. (M.B. śānti Parva, Chapter 82, Stanza 6).(7) At the time of the svayaṁvara (marriage) of ambā, bhīṣma defeated the King of kosala. (M.B. anuśāsana parva, Chapter 44, Stanza 38).(8) arjuna who led the horse for sacrifice conquered the country of kosala. (M.B. aśvamedha Parva, Chapter 83).(9) Those who bathe in the holy bath of ṛṣabha tīrtha in kosala, will obtain the fruits of giving one thousand cows as alms. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 85, Stanza 10).
Vedic Reference
English
Kosala is the name of a people not occurring in the earliest
Vedic literature. In the story of the spread of Āryan culture
told in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, ^1 the Kosala-Videhas, as the
offspring of Videgha Māthava, appear as falling later than the
Kuru-Pañcālas under the influence of Brahminism. The same
passage gives the Sadānīrā as the boundary of the two peoples
— Kosala and Videha. Elsewhere^2 the Kausalya, or Kosala
king, Para Āṭṇāra Hairaṇyanābha, is described as having
performed the great Aśvamedha, or horse sacrifice. Connexion
with Kāśi and Videha appears also from a passage of the
Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra.^3 Weber^4 points out that Āśvalāyana,
who was very probably a descendant of Aśvala, the Hotṛ priest
of Videha, is called a Kosala in the Praśna Upaniṣad.^5 The
later distinction of North and South Kosala is unknown to
both Vedic and Buddhist literature.^6
Kosala lay to the north-east of the Ganges, and corresponded
roughly to the modern Oudh.
1) i. 4, 1, 1 et seq.
2) Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, xiii. 5, 4, 4.
Cf. Hiraṇya-nābha, a Rājaputra, in
Praśna Upaniṣad, iii. 2, and Śāṅkhā-
yana Śrauta Sūtra, xvi. 9, 13, as a
Kausalya, while ibid., 11, Para is styled
Vaideha.
3) xvi. 29, 5.
4) Indische Studien, 1, 182, 441.
5) vi. 1.
6) Oldenberg, Buddha, 393, n.
Cf. von Schroeder, Indiens Literatur
und Cultur, 167
Eggeling, Sacred Books
of the East, 12, xlii
Weber, Indian
Literature, 39, 132 et seq.
Macdonell,
Sanskrit Literature, 213-215
Rhys
Davids, Buddhist India, 25.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
कोसल
पु०
 ब० व० । कुस--अलच् । देशभेदे । तेऽभिजनोऽस्य तेषांराजा वा ष्यञ् । कौसल्य पित्रादिक्रमेण तद्देशवासिनिबहुषु तस्य लुक् कोसलाः । कोशलशब्दे विवृतिः ।कोसलदेशश्च द्विविधः पूर्व्वोत्तरभेदात् “कोसलाधिपतिंचैव तथा वेण्वातटाधिपम् । कान्तारकांश्च समरे तथाप्राक्कोसलान्नृपान्” मा० स० ३० अ० “दक्षिणाये चपाञ्चालाः पूर्व्वाः कुन्तिषु कोसलाः” १३ अ० उत्तरकोस-लास्तु कोशलशब्दे । र्निताः
Capeller
German
कोसल
m.
 N. eines Landes u. (Pl.) eines
Volkes.
f.
 आ N. der Hauptstadt der
Kosala.
Stchoupak
French
कोसल-
m.
pl.
n.
 d'un pays de l'Inde du Nord et du peuple guerrier qui
l'habite (le Kosala du Nord = Oudh, le Kosala du Sud = Khattisgarh)
कोसलानां नक्षत्र-
n.
 d'une constellation du zodiac
-आ-
f.
capitale du Kosala (Ayodhyā).
कोसलेन्द्र-
m.
 roi des K., Daśaratha.