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कौसल्या (kausalyA)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
कौ॑सल्या a
f.
 ‘daughter of a prince of the Kosalas’,
N.
 of the wife of Pūru and mother of Janam-ejaya,
MBh.
 i, 3764
of the wife of Satvat,
Hariv.
 1999
of Daśa-ratha's wife (mother of Rāma-candra),
MBh.
 iii, 15879
R.
of the mother of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra,
L.
of the mother of Pāṇḍu,
L.
कौसल्या b (f. of °ल्य, q.v.)
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
कौसल्या
पदविभागः - > स्त्रीलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಕೌಸಲ್ಯಾದೇವಿ /ಶ್ರೀರಾಮನ ತಾಯಿ
व्युत्पत्तिः - > कोसलदेशे भवा
Mahabharata
English
Kausalyā^1 (C. Kauśº), wife of Pūru. § 156 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95, ††3764 (mother of Janamejaya^6).
Kausalyā^2 (C. Kauśº) = Ambikā: I, 4266, 4267, 4269, 4275, 4286.
Kausalyā^3 (C. Kauśº) = Ambālikā: I, 4471, 4472, 4614, 4912, 4955, 4974.
Kausalyā^4 (C. Kauśº), wife of Daśaratha and mother of Rāma. § 525 (Rāmopākhyānap.): III, 274, 15879 (Rāmasya mātā).--§ 527 (do.): III, 277, 15962, 15980.
Kausalyā^5 (C. Kauśº), wife of Janaka. § 624 (Rājadh.): XII, 18, 546.
पुराणम्
English
कौसल्या १ / KAUSALYĀ I. A queen of King daśaratha and mother of śrī rāma. daśaratha had three wives kausalyā, kaikeyī and sumitrā. kausalyā gave birth to śrī rāma, kaikeyī to bharata and sumitrā to lakṣmaṇa and śatrughna. (vālmīki rāmāyaṇa, Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 16).
कौसल्या २ / KAUSALYĀ II. Queen of the King of kāśī. ambā, ambikā, and ambālikā were daughters of this kausalyā. Of these daughters ambālikā also was called kausalyā. After the death of pāṇḍu she went to the forest with ambikā. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 129).
कौसल्या ३ / KAUSALYĀ III. The queen of a yādava King. She was the mother of the yādava named Keśin. (devī bhāgavata, skandha 9).
कौसल्या ४ / KAUSALYĀ IV. Wife of puru, the son of King yayāti. janamejaya was born to puru of his wife kausalyā. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 95, Stanza 11).
कौसल्या ५ / KAUSALYĀ V. The queen of janaka, the King of mithilā. Once King janaka decided to sell his palace and everything he possessed and to go abegging for alms. But his brave wife kausalyā convinced her husband by her reasonable arguments that he should not venture to do so. Thus she prevented her husband from carrying out his decision.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
कौश(स)ल्या स्त्री कोश(स)लदेशे भवा ञ्यु । कोश(स)लदेशभवायां श्रोराममातरि दशरथपत्नीभेदे ।