Kusa
Kusa,1.the kusa grass (Poa cynosuroides) DhA.III,484:tikhiṇadhāraṁ tiṇaṁ 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; kusaṁ saṅkāmetvā “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.(Page 223)