Kusha

In the epics

Kusha appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a prince: Illustrious prince, resident of Valmiki's hermitage; accomplished in the Vedas, like a mirror image of Rama.

Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Sacred grass used in Vedic rituals; twin son of Rama and Sita”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Kush — the sacred grass used at certain religious ceremonies (Poa cynosuroides, a grass with long pointed stalks)
• Durba — Sacred grass used in rituals; evergreen
• Akshata — Meanings families give: Rice, indestructible; Unbroken rice grains used in rituals
• Ritvik — Meanings families give: Priest, scholar; Priest, one who performs rituals
• Subrata — One who follows good rituals; virtuous
• Ritwik — Priest, one who performs sacred Vedic rituals

More boys' names of Sanskrit origin

• Reyansh — Meanings families give: Ray of light; Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
• Aryan — Noble, of high birth
• Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Aarush — Meanings families give: First ray of sun; First ray of the winter sun, calm radiance
• Arnav — come from the sea
• Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated

Where this comes from

Kusha has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.