History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c8.s3.11

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It was also known as Kuśasthala,¹ which in its etymological sense means "a spot of kuśa grass." Probably it derived this name from the fact that the kuśa grass, considered sacred for sacrificial purposes, grew there in abundance.² Or, alternatively it may be suggested that the place was called after king Kuśa, father of Kuśanābha, and thus signified "the residence or possession of Kuśa." Of a piece with this name is the synonym Kauśa, which is almost certainly a derivation of Kuśa.³