Kusa 1. the kusa grass (Poa cynosuroides) DhA iii.484: tikhiṇadhāraŋ tiṇaŋ antamaso tālapaṇṇam pi; Dh 311; J i.190 (=tiṇa); iv.140. -- 2. a blade of grass used as a mark or a lot: pātite kuse "when the lot has been cast" Vin i.299; kusaŋ sankāmetvā "having passed the lot on" Vin iii.58.

-- agga the point of a blade of grass PvA 254=DA i.164; Sdhp 349; kusaggena bhuñjati or pivati to eat or drink only (as little as) with a blade of grass Dh 70; VvA 73 (cp. Udānavarga p. 105); -- kaṇṭhaka=prec. Pv iii.228; -- cīra a garment of grass Vin i.305=D i.167 =A i.240, 295=ii.206=Pug 55; -- pāta the casting of a kusa lot Vin i.285; -- muṭṭhi a handful of grass A v.234= 249.