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					Kosa,1 (m.nt.) [cp.Sk.kośa and koṣa,cavity,box vessel,cp.Goth.hūs,E.house; related also kukṣi=P.kucchi] any cavity or enclosure containing anything,viz.1.a store-room or storehouse,treasury or granary A.IV,95 (rāja°); Sn.525; J.IV,409 (=wealth,stores); J.VI,81 (aḍḍhakosa only half a house) in cpd.--° koṭṭhāgāra,expld at DA.I,295 as koso vuccati bhaṇḍāgāraṁ.Four kinds are mentioned:hatthī°,assā°,rathā°,raṭṭhaṁ°.‹-› 2.a sheath,in khura° Vism.251,paṇṇa° KhA 46.‹-› 3.a vessel or bowl for food:see kosaka.-- 4.a cocoon,see --°kāraka; -- 5.the membranous cover of the male sexual organ,the praeputium J.V,197.The Com.expls by sarīra-saṁkhāta k°.See cpd.kosohita.‹-› Cp.also kosī.
  --ārakkha the keeper of the king’s treasury (or granary) A.III,57; --ohita ensheathed,in phrase kosohita vatthaguyha “having the pudendum in a bag.” Only in the brahmin cosmogonic myth of the superman (mahā-purisa) D.III,143,161.Applied as to this item,to the Buddha D.I,106 (in the Cy DA.I,275,correct the misprint kesa into kosa) D.II,17; Sn.1022 pp.106,107; Miln.167.For the myth see Dial III,132--136.--kāraka the “cocoon-maker,” i.e.the silk-worm,Vin.III,224; Vism.251.--koṭṭhāgāra “treasury and granary” usually in phrase paripuṇṇa --k -k (adj.) “with stores of treasures and other wealth” Vin.I,342; D.I,134; S.I,89; Miln.2; & passim.(Page 230)