कोश [ kośa ] [ kóśa ] m. (n. Lit. L. ; in class. literature [ kośa ] , or [ koṣa ] ; fr. √ [ kuś ] or [ kuṣ ] ? , related to [ kukṣí ] and [ koṣṭha ] ?) , a cask , vessel for holding liquids , (metaphorically) cloud Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. Suśr.

a pail , bucket Lit. RV.

a drinking-vessel , cup Lit. L.

a box , cupboard , drawer , trunk Lit. RV. vi , 47 , 23 Lit. AV. xix , 72 , 1 Lit. ŚBr.

the interior or inner part of a carriage Lit. RV.

(ifc.) Lit. MBh. viii , 1733

a sheath , scabbard , Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. VarBṛS.

a case , covering , cover Lit. AV. Lit. ChUp. Lit. MuṇḍUp. Lit. TUp. Lit. PārGṛ. Lit. BhP.

store-room , store , provisions Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

a treasury , apartment where money or plate is kept , treasure , accumulated wealth (gold or silver , wrought or unwrought , as plate , jewellery , ) Lit. ib.

(in surg.) a kind of bandage Lit. Suśr.

a dictionary , lexicon or vocabulary

a poetical collection , collection of sentences Lit. Kāvyâd. i , 13 Lit. Sāh.

a bud , flower-cup , seed-vessel ( cf. [ bīja- ] ) Lit. R. Lit. Ragh. Lit. BhP. Lit. Dhūrtas.

the sheath or integument of a plant , pod , nut-shell Lit. MārkP.

a nutmeg Lit. L.

the inner part of the fruit of Artocarpus integrifolia and of similar fruits Lit. L.

the cocoon of a silk-worm Lit. Yājñ. iii , 147 Lit. Vedântas.

the membrane covering an egg (in the womb) Lit. Suśr. Lit. VarBṛ. Lit. MārkP.

the vulva Lit. L.

a testicle or the scrotum Lit. Suśr. Lit. VarBṛS.

the penis Lit. W.

an egg Lit. L.

(in Vedânta phil.) a term for the three sheaths or succession of cases which make up the various frames of the body enveloping the soul (these are , 1. the [ ānanda-maya k ] or " sheath of pleasure " , forming the [ kāraṇa-śarīra ] or " causal frame " ; 2. the [ vijñāna-maya ] or [ buddhi-m ] or [ mano-m ] or [ prāṇa-m k ] , " the sheath of intellect or will or life " , forming the [ sūkṣma-śarīra ] or " subtile frame " ; 3. the [ anna-m k ] , " the sheath of nourishment " , forming the [ sthūla-śarīra ] or " gross frame " ) Lit. Vedântas.

(ifc.) a ball or globe (e.g. [ sūtra- ] , a ball of thread Lit. L. ; [ netra- ] , the eye-ball Lit. R. iii , 79 , 28)

the water used at an ordeal or judicial trial (the defendant drinks thrice of it after some idol has been washed in it) Lit. Yājñ. ii , 95

an oath Lit. Rājat. v , 325

a cup used in the ratification of a treaty of peace ( [ °śaṃ-√ pā ] , to drink from that cup) Lit. Rājat. vii , 8 ; 75 ; 460 and 493 ; viii , 283

N. of a conjunction of planets Lit. VarBṛS.

of the 2nd astrological mansion , Lit. VarYogay.

( with Lit. Buddh.) of a collection of Gāthā verses Lit. Kāraṇḍ. Lit. Hcar.

[ kośā ] f. N. of a river Lit. MBh. vi , 9 , 34

of a courtesan Lit. HPariś. viii , 8

[ kośī ] f. " a bud " see [ arka- ]

a seed-vessel Lit. L.

the beard of corn Lit. L.

a shoe , sandal Lit. L.

a kind of perfume Lit. Gal.

an iron ploughshare Lit. ib.

( ( cf. [ kókkos ] . ) )