Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 383)
caṇḍa, mf(ā VarBṛS. lxviii, 92; ī R. ii Vikr. Ragh. &c.)n. (probably fr. candra, "glowing" with passion) fierce, violent, cruel, impetuous, hot, ardent with passion, passionate, angry, MBh.; R. &c.; circumcised L.; m. N. of a mythical being (caṇḍasya naptyas, "daughters of Caṇḍa", a class of female demons AV. ii, 14, 1), Agp. xlii, 20; Śiva or Bhairava, MBh. xii, 10358 Śaṃkar. xxiii (= sūrya) Skanda, MBh. iii, 14631; N. of a demon causing diseases, Hariv. 9563; of a Daitya, 12937; of an attendant of Yama or of Śiva, L.; of one of the 7 clouds enveloping the earth at the deluge, MatsyaP.; = -cukrā, L.; n. heat, L.; passion, wrath, L.; (am) ind. violently, in anger Mālav. iii, 21; (ā) f. (g. bahv-ādi) N. of Durgā (esp. as incarnation for the purpose of destroying the Asura Mahisha, this exploit forming the subject of the Devīm. and being particularly celebrated in Bengāl at the Durgāpūjā about Oct. Nov.), MBh. vi, 797; Hariv. 10245; N. of one of the 8 Nāyikās or Śaktis of Durgā; BrahmaP.; DevīP.; N. of an attendant of the 12th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, L.; of a river, L.; of a plant (Andropogon aciculatus, L.; Mucuna pruritus, L.; Salvinia cucullata, L.; white Dūrvā grass, L.; liṅginī, L.), Suśr. i, iv; vi, 51; a kind of perfume (commonly Chor), L.; (ī) f. (g. bahv-ādi) a passionate woman, vixen, W.; a term of endearment applied to a mistress, W.; N. of Durgā, MBh. vi; 797 Hariv. 10233; Kathās. xi; of a female attendant of Durgā; of Uddālaka's wife, JaimBhār. xxiv, 1; a short N. of the Devīm.; a metre of 4 x 13 syllables (cf. uc-, pra-; a-caṇḍī, cāNDa.)

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

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1177)
kōṭam: 01 red catechu
02 1. Loud noise, roar; 2. Bell-metal
03 border, limit

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3776)
veṇkōṭam: 1. Arabian costus, m. sh., Costus speciosus; 2. Pellitory root

Dymock, Warden, Hooper: Pharmacographia Indica (vol. III, p. 427)
Costus speciosus, Scitamineae
Roxburgh notices a preserve made of the fresh roots which is considered wholesome and nutrious. O. speciosus is the Tjana-kua of Rheede and the Herba spiralis hirsuta of Rhumpius. Ainslie, quoting Brown's History of Jamaica, says that the root is there used as a substitute for ginger, but is very inferior to it. (Mat. ind. ii., 167.) In the Culcutta Exhibition Catalogue, the root is described as depurative and aphrodisiac; similar properties are attributed to it in the Concan, where it is very abundant in moist situations. The rhizome resembles the great Galangal in growth and structure, but has no aromatic properties, the taste being mucilaginous and feebly astringent; it could only be used as a substitute for ginger by being preserved with a quantity og that root sufficient to flavour it.