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Kuśa

KUSA. [Source: Dowson's Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology] One of the twin sons of Rama and Sita.

After the death of Rama, his two sons Kusa and Lava became kings of the Southern and Northern Kosalas, and Kusa built Kusashtali or Kusavati in the Vindhyas, and made it his capital.

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