As an example of the stanzas recited by the purohit, the following may be cited:-- I have presented with my mind and word, and also with kusa grass and water.
The purohit rubs a little jaggery over the bridegroom's right palm, joins it to the palm of the bride, and ties their two hands together with a rope made of kusa grass (hasthagonti).
The headman of the Kusa Holeyas is called Buddivant.
The bhuthas specially worshipped by the Kusa Holeyas are Masti and Halemanedeyya, but Venkataramana of Tirupati is by some regarded as their family deity.
Towards the feet of those Brahmanas engaged in eating the food that was served unto them a number of Kusa blades was spread out on the seats they occupied, with the top ends of the blades directed towards the south.
The king then beheld the Rishi at another part of those woods seated on a mat made of Kusa grass, and engaged in mentally reciting some high Mantras.
The bank of the Ganga became as silent as usual, and presented the old aspect of its being covered with Kusa grass and ant-hills.
The instructions thou gayest me were in respect of the manner of spreading the Vrishi and the Kusa blades and of offering libations and meat and other food to the manes, O foremost of ascetics.
Then Nachiketa, O son of Kuru's race, drenched by the tears of his father, gave signs of returning life as he lay on a mat of Kusa grass.
And he came out, bearing in his hands a quantity of Homa-fuel and Kusa grass and some fallen fruits.
Possessed of great wisdom, Nimi caused them to be seated on seats (of Kusa grass) and honoured them by going around their persons.
His ablutions being over, he spread a quantity of Kusa grass and laid himself down upon it for resting awhile at his ease.
The rewards that attach to gifts of earth consist of residence in heaven, O Purandara, and gold, and flowers, and plants and herbs of medicinal virtue, and Kusa and mineral wealth and verdant grass.
Thirty-six shrines were situated in the palace itself.
There is a modern superstition that if, on the 7th day of the 1st month, a male swallows seven, and a female fourteen red beans, they will be free from sickness all their lives.
There was in later times a corresponding spring festival called Nana-kusa (seven herbs), in which wild potherbs of seven different kinds were gathered and eaten.
There was formerly a practice at Asa-kusa in Tokio on the last day of the year for a man got up as a devil to be chased round the pagoda there by another wearing a mask.
After this, that Brahmana, stretched on a bed of Kusa grass, and penetrated with the energy of Kundadhara, beheld all living beings in a dream.
Having first spread some blades ofKusa grass, the deities and the Pitris (who were their children) placed three Pindas thereon and in this way worshipped each other.
Sitting on kusa grass, with kusa in hand, and binding his coronal locks with kusa, he should surround himself with kusa and have kusa for robes.
A Pavitra is made by a couple of Kusa blades for sprinkling clarified butter upon the sacrificial fire.
The royal servants then, O best of the Bharatas, placed mats of Kusa grass on the ground.
The Rishis, those utterers of Brahma, slew him with Kusablades (as their weapon) inspired with mantras.
Snakes, sharp-pointed kusa blades, and pits, men avoid when they perceive them lie on their way.
Spreading a few blades of Kusa grass on the ground and abandoning that dear child on the crematorium, why do ye go away with hearts of steel and casting off every affection for the darling?
Thinking in this way, he circumambulated them both and then sat down on the excellent seat made of Kusa grass that had been offered unto him.
And Krishna though she lay with the sons of Pandu on that bed of kusa grass along the line of their feet as if she were their nether pillow, grieved not in her heart nor thought disrespectfully of those bulls amongst the Kurus.
O thou of pure manners, burdened with sacrificial fuel, Kusa grass, and logs of wood, I was coming towards our abode.
Then Sahadeva, the son of Madri, endued with great activity, spread on the ground a bed of kusa grass.
Then Takshaka sent to the king some snakes in the guise of ascetics taking with them fruits, kusa grass, and water (as presents).
O king, from this day I will lay myself down on a bed of Kusa grass and abstain from every luxury, hoping to behold thee once more.
And the kusa grass, too, from the contact with Amrita, became sacred thenceforth.
They saw that the bed of kusa grass whereon the Amrita had been placed was empty, the Amrita itself having been taken away by a counter-act of deception.
And they took to the king, Kusa grass and water, and fruits.
And the bed on which they lay was made of kusa grass upon which was spread their deer-skins.
And they began to lick with their tongues the kusa grass, as the Amrita had been placed thereon.
And O monarch, Dhaumya goeth along the road, with kusa grass in hand, and uttering the aweful mantras of Sama Veda that relate to Yama.
And O Bharata, the learned Dhaumya with passions under full control, holding the kusa grass in his hand and pointing the same towards the south-west, walketh before, singing the mantras of the Sama Veda that relate to Yama.
Then Kusa said, "Lakshmana has taken my elder brother prisoner and brought him here; I have come here to set him at liberty.
Then the couple fed on roots and fruits, and when night came on, lay down both of them, wearied, in the wood, on a bed of kusa grass.
When he said this to her, Sita brought up those two sons Kusa and Lava, for whom Valmiki performed the sacraments.
And after visiting holy bathing-places, he went to the shrine of the dweller in the Vindhya hills; there he went through a severe penance, without food, on a bed of kusa grass.
There, after the Asuras and kings and others had gone to their own quarters, he again was consecrated for the fight, restraining his passions, and spent the rest of the night on a bed of kusa grass.
We two areKusa and Lava the sons of Rama, this is what our mother, the daughter of Janaka, says.
The snakes consented, and then he put the vessel of nectar on a pure bed of Kusa grass, [346] and they let his mother go.
Her twin sons, Kusa and Lava, are born and entrusted to the care of the sage Valmiki, the author of the Ramayana, who brings them up in his hermitage.
Lava's elder brother Kusa has heard of his fight and comes to "eradicate from the world the name of emperor.
The guru wears a ring made of kusa grass on the big toe of his right foot.
The bits of grass are the sacred Kusa grass used in many religious ceremonies.
The priest twined the sacred Kusa grass round the fingers of his right hand, and gave each a handful of grass, and they did as he had done.
Influential persons in France were inciting ex-Prince Kusa to agitate in Roumania: the Minister of Finance wanted to resign because there were no funds for most necessary expenses--e.
In addition to these difficulties, scandals arose which were based only too firmly upon the extremely lax life which Prince Kusa led, and a conspiracy was formed for his overthrow which found a ready support throughout the land.
The desire for national unity had, however, become so strong that the newly elected legislative bodies of both countries rebelled against the decision of the Great Powers, and elected Colonel Alexander Kusa as their ruler in 1859.
Still Prince Kusa was required to pledge his word to abdicate should an opportunity arrive for the closer union of the two countries under the rule of a foreign prince.
This was Kusa or Coosa, the ancient capital of the Upper Creeks.
Among the Creeks the ancient town of Kusa or Coosa, on Coosa river in Alabama, was a town of refuge.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kusa" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
