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For more information, please see [http://books.google.com/books?id=XlqeS3WjSWIC&pg=PA189&lpg=PA189&dq=monk+with+kusha+grass&source=bl&ots=iHVueGV2uH&sig=luOQUi6zBHHkzL9B15N0B5F0M1M&hl=en&ei=6mC1Stf8GoSI8AbqzLiTDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2#v=onepage&q=monk%20with%20kusha%20grass&f=false] - [http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://sanderfeinberg.com/sdf/bm~pix/img_2147~s800x800.jpg&imgrefurl=http://sanderfeinberg.com/sdf/spirit/kalachakra/distributing-kusha-grass.shtml&usg=__xNIM6s30gNFDu4Z1U0lTt_dxMZ4=&h=533&w=800&sz=533&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=DYcfa-JpgMRxQM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dkusha%2Bgrass%26dq%3Dmonk%2Bwith%2Bkusha%2Bgrass%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26sig%3DluOQUi6zBHHkzL9B15N0B5F0M1M] & [http://images.google.com/images?pg=PA189&lpg=PA189&dq=monk+with+kusha+grass&source=bl&ots=iHVueGV2uH&sig=luOQUi6zBHHkzL9B15N0B5F0M1M&hl=en&resnum=2&sa=N&tab=pi&q=kusha%20grass].
  
 
SK 1) [[kusha grass]]; 2) city of Kusha [IW]
 
SK 1) [[kusha grass]]; 2) city of Kusha [IW]

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ཀུ་ཤ།

For more information, please see [1] - [2] & [3].

SK 1) kusha grass; 2) city of Kusha [IW]

sacred grass used in certain religious ceremonies, poa cynosuroides, grass with long stalks and numerous pointed leaves, a city [JV]

Kusha Grass. Prior to it's being dried for ceremonial intent and offerings, kusha grass is called Durva Grass (rtsva dur ba). [RWB]

See also Durva Grass.

kusha grass. Syn rtsva mchog, ngan sel (the sacred grass used in religious ceremonies) [RY]

[Skt] 1) kusha grass [sacred grass poa cynosuroides, gra ma can, sweet, astringent, body heat neutral, by its power tshe ring du sring ba &, lus zungs rgyas par byed syn: khrus rtswa, ngan sel, mchod sbyin rgyan, dag byed, bdud 'dul ldan, gtsang byed, rtswa mchog, rtswa dbang, sa gnas, ngan sel; 2) a city). [IW]