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Latin name	Saussurea lappa C.B.Clarke
Family	Asteraceae
Identified with (Skt)	kuṣṭha
Identified with (Hin)	kūṭh, kūr
Identified with (Tam)	kōstam, kōṣṭam
Identified with (Mal)	koṭṭam, śīmakkoṭṭam
Identified with (Eng)	Kuth, Costus
Botanical info	A robust, perennial plant up to 2 m high, growing in Kashmir between 2500 - 4000 m, leaves membranous, flower bluish purple in axillary and terminal heads, fruits compressed, surved achenes, rots are stout, up to 60 m long having a penetrating characteristic odour
Search occurrence	kuṣṭha, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 297) kuṣṭha as, am, m. n. (fr. 1. ku + stha, Pāṇ. 8-3, 97) the plant Costus speciosus or arabicus (used as a remedy for the disease called takman), AV., Kauś. 35, R. ii, 94, 23, Suśr.; the plant Saussurea auriculata; m. (= kakundara) cavity of the loin [Comm.; but perhaps = kūSThikā], VS. xxv, 6; (ā), f. the prominent part of anything, mouth or opening (of a basket) TāṇḍyaBr. xxi PārGṛ. Comm. on, KātyŚr.; = kūSThikā (taken as measure equal to 'one-twelfth') MaitrS. iii, 7, 7; (am) n. leprosy (of which eighteen varieties are enumerated, i.e. seven severe and eleven less so), Suśr., Bhartṛ. i, 89, Kathās.; a sort of poison, L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 297) kuṣṭha as, am m. n. (fr. 1. ku + stha Pāṇ. 8-3, 97) the plant Costus speciosus or arabicus (used as a remedy for the disease called takman), AV.; Kauś. 35; R. ii, 94, 23; Suśr.; the plant Saussurea auriculata; m. (= kakundara) cavity of the loin [Comm.; but perhaps = ku4ṣṭhikā], VS. xxv, 6; (ā), f. the prominent part of anything, mouth or opening (of a basket), TāṇḍyaBr. xxi; PārGṛ.; Comm. on KātyŚr.; = kuṣṭhikā (taken as measure equal to "one-twelfth"), MaitrS. iii, 7, 7; (am), n. leprosy (of which eighteen varieties are enumerated, i.e. seven severe and eleven less so), Suśr. Bhartṛ. i, 89, Kathās.; a sort of poison, L. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1204 ) kōṣṭam: 01 1. Costus shrub Saussurea lappa; 2. Arabian costum, m.sh., Costus speciosus; 3. Putchock 02 tumult, uproar, boisterousness, as of the sea Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1204) kōṣṭam: 01 1. Costus shrub Saussurea lappa; 2. Arabian costum m. sh., Costus speciosus; 3. Putchock 02 Tumult, uproar, boisterousness, as of the sea

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