[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c12.3556 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.3556 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.3556 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.3556](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3556) \*\*1. Kosiya, Kosiyagotta.\*\*—The name of a brahmin clan. In the \*Pācittiya\*¹ it is given as one of the lower \*gottas\*. Among those mentioned as belonging to this \*gotta\* are the brahmin \*\*Kevaṭṭa\*\*,² the brahmin who was the father of Soṇa Kumāra (the Bodhisatta³), Bhaddākāpilānī, born in Sāgala,⁴ and the banker who came to be known as Macchariya-Kosiya (q.v.). Kātiyāna’s father was a Kosiyan, but he married a woman of the Kātiyāna family.⁵ The Bhūridatta Jātaka⁶ mentions a sage Kosiya, who taught Ālambāyana the Nāga-spell. The scholiast says he belonged to the Kosiyagotta. The Sālikedāra Jātaka⁷ mentions a brahmin of Sālindiya, called Kosiyagotta, probably for the same reason. The Kosiya Jātaka⁸ speaks of a Kosiyabrāhmaṇī. All these are either addressed or spoken of as Kosiya in their different contexts. The name Kosiya is also used twice in speaking of Sakka—once by the Buddha,⁹ once by Mahā Moggallāna¹⁰—and again by Guttila¹¹ and by Mahā Kassapa.¹² The name means “belonging to the Kuśika family.” It is once used of Indra in the Ṛg Veda, in what exact sense is not known. Rhys Davids¹³ suggests that perhaps we have here a survival from the time when Indra was only the god of a Kuśika clan. - [Previous: v1.c12.3555](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3555) - [Next: v1.c12.3557](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3557) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3556](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3556) · Pramāṇa