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kāśकाश्cl. 1. Ā. kāśate (perf. cakāśe, 3. pl. °śire), to be visible, appear, [MBh.] &c.; to shine, be brilliant, have an agreeable appearance, [ib.] : cl. 4. kāśyate, [Dhātup. xxvi, 53] : Intens. P. Ā. cā́kaśīti, cākaśyáte, to shine brightly, [ŚBr. ii]; [KātyŚr.]; to see clearly, survey, [ŚBr. xi]; [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 87], Vārtt. 1, [Pat.]
kāśīकाशीf. = kāśi, Benares q.v.
N. of the wife of Sudeva and mother of Supārśva, [Hariv. 9204]; [VP.]
See above.
kāśūकाशूf. = vikala-dhātu Comm. on [Uṇ. i, 87], an iron spear (= kāsū), [ib.]
kāśaकाशm. ‘the becoming visible, appearance’, only in sa-k°, q.v.
N. of a man g. aśvādi
of a prince (the son of Suhotra and father of Kāśi-rāja), [Hariv.]; [VP.]
a species of grass (Saccharum spontaneum, used for mats, roofs, &c.; also personified, together with the Kuśa grass, as one of Yama's attendants), [Kauś.]; [R.]; [Kum.] &c.
f(A, I). id., [L.]
n. id., [L.]
wrongly spelt for kāsa, q.v.
kāśiकाशिkāśí is, m. ‘shining’, the sun, [L.]
the clenched hand, fist, handful, [RV. iii, 30, 5]; [vii, 104, 8]; [viii, 78, 10]; [Kauś.]
N. of a prince (the ancestor of the kings of Kāśi, of the family of Bharata, son of Suhotra and grandfather of Dhanvantari, [Hariv. 1734]; the son of Kāśya and grandson of Suhotra, [BhP. ix, 17, 4])
(áyas), m. pl. (áyas) the descendants of this prince, [BhP. ix, 17, 10]
N. of the people of Kāśi, [ŚBr. xiii]; [MBh.] &c.
(is), f. ‘the splendid’, N. of a celebrated city and place of pilgrimage (the modern Benares, usually written Kāśī q.v.), [Uṇ. iv, 119]
fine cotton or silk (from Kāśi), [Divyāv.]
kāśí , kāśika. See col. 2.
kāśinकाशिन्mfn. (only ifc.) shining, appearing, having the semblance of (e.g. jita-k°, appearing or behaving like a conqueror, [MBh.]; jaya-k° id., [BhP. iv, 10, 15])
m. N. of a man (as son of Brahman Kavi), [MBh. xiii, 4150.]
See above.
kāśyāकाश्याkā́śyā f. ([Gaṇar. 37] Comm.) a princess of Kāśi, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
kāśyaकाश्यkā́śya m. ‘belonging to the Kāśis, ruling over the Kāśis’, a king of Kāśi (as Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [ŚBr. xiii]; or Ajāta-śatru, [ib.] [xiv]), [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.
N. of a king (the father of Kāśyapa and ancestor of Kāśi-rāja Dhanvantari, [Hariv. 1521]; the son of Suhotra [cf. kāśa] [BhP. ix, 17, 3]; the son of Senā-jit, [Bh. ix, 21, 23]; [VP.])
n. = kaśya, a spirituous liquor, [L.]
kāśādiकाशादिa Gaṇa of [Pāṇ.] ([iv, 2, 80]; [Gaṇar. 296]).
kāśīśaकाशीशm. ‘the lord of the Kāśis’, N. of Divo-dāsa, [W.]
N. of Śiva, [W.]
n. wrongly spelt for kāsīsa, q.v.
kāśītaकाशीतn. N. of a Sāman, [Lāṭy.]
kāśīyaकाशीयmfn. fr. kāśa, g. utkarādi
fr. kāśi, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 113]
m. N. of a prince (v.l. for kāśi-rāja), [VP.]
kāśajaकाशजkāśa—ja mfn., [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 82.]
kāśakaकाशकm. the grass Saccharum spontaneum, [L.]
N. of the prince Kāśa, [Hariv. 1733] (v.l. °śika).
kāśayaकाशयm. N. of a son of Kāśa or Kāśi, [Hariv. 1734]
of the country of the Kāśis Comm. on [Uṇ. iv, 117.]
kāśeyīकाशेयीf. a princess of the Kāśis, [MBh. i, 3785.]
kāśeyaकाशेयm. (fr. kāśi), a prince of the Kāśis, [R. vii, 38, 19]
m. pl. N. of a dynasty, [VP.]
See above.
kāśikāकाशिकाf. (scil. purī) ‘the city of the Kāśis’, Benares
(with or without vṛtti) ‘the Comm. composed or used in Kāśi’, N. of a Comm. on [Pāṇ.] by Vāmana and Jayāditya.
(f. of kāśika, q.v.)
kāśikaकाशिकmf(A, I, Pāṇ. iv, 2, 116)n. coming from Kāśi, [Pat.]; [Lalit.];
silken, [Divyāv.]
m. N. of a prince (see kāśaka)
kāśilaकाशिलmfn., [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 80.]
kāśipaकाशिपkāśi—pa m. a sovereign of the Kāśis, [MBh. i, 1809]; [VarBṛS.]
kāśabdaकाशब्दkā-śabda m. the sound kā.
kāśiṣṇuकाशिष्णुmfn. shining, brilliant, [BhP. iv, 30, 6.]
See above.
kāśmīrāकाश्मीराf. a sort of grape, [L.]
kāśmīrīकाश्मीरीf. = kāśmarī, [Bhpr.]
the tree Ficus elastica, [L.]
kāśmīraकाश्मीरmf(I)n. (gaṇas kacchādi and sindhv-ādi) born in or coming from Kaśmīra, [MBh. iv, 254]
m. a king of Kaśmīra, [Mudr.]; [Kathās.]
the country Kaśmīra, [MBh.] &c.
m. pl. the inhabitants of Kaśmīra, [ib.]
m. the country Kaśmīra, [ib.]
n. the tuberous root of the plant Costus speciosus, [L.]
saffron, [Bhartṛ.]; [Gīt.]; [L.]
= ṭaṅka, [L.]
kāśmarīकाश्मरीf. the plant Gmelina arborea (Gambhārī), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Suśr.]; [Mālatīm.]
kāśvarīकाश्वरीf. = kāśmarī, [L.]
kāśyādiकाश्यादिkāśy-ādi a Gaṇa of [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 116.]
kāśyakaकाश्यकm. a king of Kāśi, [Hariv. 1520.]
kāśyapīकाश्यपीkā́śyapī f. a female descendant of Kaśyapa, [VarBṛS.]
the earth (according to a legend of the Purāṇas, Paraśu-rāma, after the destruction of the Kṣatriya race and the performance of an Aśvamedha sacrifice, presented the sovereignty of the earth to Kaśyapa), [MBh. viii, 3164]; [Hcar.]
(f. of kāśyapa, q.v.)
kāśyapaकाश्यपkā́śyapa mf(I)n. belonging to Kaśyapa, relating to or connected with him (e.g. kāśyapī devī, the earth, [Hariv. 10645]; see kāśyapī below), [MBh.] &c.
(g. bidādi) a patr. fr. Kaśyapa (designating an old grammarian [[VPrāt.]; [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 67]] and many other persons, including some, whose family-name was unknown [Comm. on [KātyŚr.]]; many subdivisions of Kāśyapa families are known, e.g. urubilvā-k°, gayā-k°, daśabala-k°, nadī-k°, mahā-k°, hasti-k°)
N. of Aruṇa (the sun), [VP. iii, 12, 41]
of Viṣṇu, [L.]
a sort of deer, [L.]
a fish, [L.]
N. of a Buddha, [Inscr.]
kā́śyapa n. N. of different Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]
kāśyapiकाश्यपिm. id.
N. of Tārkṣya, [Kathās. xc, 110]
N. of Garuḍa, [L.]
N. of Aruṇa, [L.]
kāśīnāthaकाशीनाथkāśī—nātha m. ‘lord of Benares’, N. of Śiva, [L.]
of several men
kāśīpatiकाशीपतिkāśī—pati m. a sovereign of Benares, [R. i, 12, 22] [kāśi-p° ed. Bomb. [i, 13, 23]]
N. of a dramatist.
kāśīrājaकाशीराजkāśī—rāja m. a sovereign of Benares, [MBh. iv, 2351] (kāśi-r° ed. Bomb.)
kāśīsetuकाशीसेतुkāśī—setu m. N. of wk.
kāśūkāraकाशूकारkāśū—kāra m. the Areca or betel-nut tree, [W.]
kāśapharīकाशफरीf. g. nady-ādi.
kāśamayaकाशमयkāśa—maya mfn. consisting of the grass Saccharum spontaneum, [Lāṭy.]; [BhP.]
kāśināthaकाशिनाथkāśi—nātha m. N. of a man.
kāśipatiकाशिपतिkāśi—pati m. id., [MBh. i, 4083]; [Bhag.]
N. of Divodāsa Dhanvantari (a king of Benares, author of certain medical works and teacher of the Āyur-veda; he is often confounded with the celestial namesake, the physician of the gods), [Suśr.]
kāśipurīकाशिपुरीkāśi—purī f. = -nagara, [MBh. xiii, 7785.]
kāśirājaकाशिराजkāśi—rāja m. = -pa, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [BhP.]
N. of the Dānava Dīrgha-jihva, [MBh. i, 2676]
of Divo-dāsa Dhanvantari, [Suśr.]
of Pratardana Daivodāsi, [RAnukr.]
of a grandfather of Dhanvantari, [VP.]
of a prince who has been killed by his wife, [VarBṛS.]
kāśirāmaकाशिरामkāśi—rāma m. N. of a scholiast (who commented on the Tithitattva and several other works).
kāśmīryaकाश्मीर्यmfn. g. saṃkāśādi.
kāśmalyaकाश्मल्यn. (fr. kaśmala), dejection of mind, weakness, despair, [Mcar.]
kāśmaryaकाश्मर्यm. (= kārṣm°) id., [MBh.]; [Suśr.]
kāśyapinकाश्यपिन्m. pl. the school of Kāśyapa, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 103.]
kāśālmaliकाशाल्मलिkā-śālmali f. a kind of silk-cotton tree, Bombax heptaphyllum, [L.]
kāśīkhaṇḍaकाशीखण्डkāśī—khaṇḍa n. = kāśi-kh°.
kāśīśvaraकाशीश्वरm. a sovereign of the Kāśis, [MBh. iii, 6027]
N. of a grammarian.
kāśīmokṣaकाशीमोक्षkāśī—mokṣa m. N. of wk.
kāśikhaṇḍaकाशिखण्डkāśi—khaṇḍa n. the section of the Skanda-purāṇa treating of Benares.
kāśikanyāकाशिकन्याkāśi—kanyā f. a girl or virgin from Kāśi, [MBh. v.]
kāśirājanकाशिराजन्kāśi—rājan m. = -pa, [MBh. v.]
kāśmīrajāकाश्मीरजाkāśmīra—jā f. birch (or Aconitum ferox?), [L.]
kāśmīrajaकाश्मीरजkāśmīra—ja n. ‘coming from Kāśmīra’, saffron, [Naiṣ. xxii, 56]; [Bhām.]
the tuberous root of the plant Costus speciosus
kāśmīrakaकाश्मीरकmfn. (g. kacchādi) born or produced in Kaśmīra, relating to Kaśmīra, [MBh.]; [Rājat.]
m. a prince of Kaśmīra, [VarBṛS.]
m. pl. the inhabitants of Kaśmīra, [MBh. iii, 1991]
kāśmīrikāकाश्मीरिकाf. a princess of Kaśmīra, [Rājat. vi, 254.]
kāśmīrikaकाश्मीरिकmfn. born or produced in Kaśmīra, [Rājat.]
kāśyāyanaकाश्यायनm. a patr. fr. 1. kāśya, g. naḍādi.
See p. 280, col. 3.
kāśyapīyaकाश्यपीयm. pl. the school of Kāśyapa, [Buddh.]
kāśyapakaकाश्यपकmf(ikA)n. relating to or connected with Kaśyapa, [VāyuP.]
kāśyapeyaकाश्यपेयm. a patr. of the twelve Ādityas, [MBh. xiii, 7094]
of Garuḍa, [MBh. i, 1247]
of Aruṇa (the sun), [L.]
kāśīstotraकाशीस्तोत्रkāśī—stotra n. N. of a panegyric poem on Benares.
kāśīvilāsaकाशीविलासkāśī—vilāsa m. N. of wk.
kāśaphareyaकाशफरेयmfn. fr. °pharī, [ib.]
kāśakṛtsnaकाशकृत्स्नkāśa—kṛtsna m. (gaṇas upakādi and arīhaṇādi) N. of a grammarian (quoted by, [Kaiy.] and others)
N. of a philosopher, [Bādar.]
kāśa—kṛtsna mf(I)n. taught by Kāśakṛtsni, [Pat.]
kāśa—kṛtsna mf(A)n. studying Kāśakṛtsni's doctrines, [Pat.]
kāśakṛtsniकाशकृत्स्निkāśa—°kṛtsni m. N. of a teacher, [KātyŚr.]
of a philosopher, [Pat.]
kāśapauṇḍraकाशपौण्ड्रkāśa—pauṇḍra m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh. viii, 2084.]
kāśimanujaकाशिमनुजkāśi—manuja m. a man from Kāśi, [VarBṛS.]
kāśinagaraकाशिनगरkāśi—nagara n. ‘the city of the Kāśis’, Benares, [MBh. v.]
kāśivilāsaकाशिविलासkāśi—vilāsa m. = kāśīvil°.
kāśyapībhujकाश्यपीभुज्kāśyapī—bhuj m. ‘enjoying the earth’, a king, [Rājat. i, 45.]
kāśīprakāśaकाशीप्रकाशkāśī—prakāśa m. N. of wk.
kāśikānyāsaकाशिकान्यासkāśikā—nyāsa See -vivaraṇapañjikā.
kāśikāpriyaकाशिकाप्रियkāśikā—priya m. ‘dear to the Kāśikā city’, N. of the king Divo-dāsa, [L.]
kāśivardhanaकाशिवर्धनkāśi-vardhana n. (with nagara) the city of Benares, [Buddh.]
kāśmīradeśaकाश्मीरदेशkāśmīra—deśa m. the country Kaśmīra.
kāśmīrapuraकाश्मीरपुरkāśmīra—pura n. the city of the Kaśmīras.
kāśyapāyanaकाश्यपायनm. a patr. fr. Kāśyapa g. 1. naḍāḍi
kāśīmāhātmyaकाशीमाहात्म्यkāśī—māhātmya n. ‘the glory of Benares’, a section of the [BrahmaP.]
kāśakṛtsnakaकाशकृत्स्नकkāśa—°kṛtsnaka mfn. relating to Kāśa-kṛtsna, g. arīhaṇādi.
kāśikātilakaकाशिकातिलकkāśikā—tilaka n. N. of a poem by Nīla-kaṇṭha.
kāśikasūkṣmaकाशिकसूक्ष्मkāśika—sūkṣma n. id., [L.]
kāśikavastraकाशिकवस्त्रkāśika—vastra n. fine cotton from Kāśi, [Kāraṇḍ.]
kāśikosalīyaकाशिकोसलीयkāśi—°kosalīya mfn. connected with or coming from Kāśi and Kosala, [Pat.]
kāśmīraliṅgaकाश्मीरलिङ्गkāśmīra—liṅga n. N. a Liṅga.
kāśmīravṛkṣaकाश्मीरवृक्षkāśmīra—vṛkṣa m. N. of a tree with oily seeds, [Npr.]
kāśyapadvīpaकाश्यपद्वीपkāśyapa—dvīpa m. N. of a Dvīpa, [MBh. vi.]
kāśyapasmṛtiकाश्यपस्मृतिkāśyapa—smṛti f. N. of wk.
kāśīnāthabhaṭṭaकाशीनाथभट्टkāśī—nātha—bhaṭṭa m. N. of a man.
kāśeruyajñikaकाशेरुयज्ञिकmfn. fr. kaśeruyajña, [Pat.]
kāśmīrajīrakāकाश्मीरजीरकाkāśmīra—jīrakā f. a sort of cummin, [L.]
kāśmīrajanmanकाश्मीरजन्मन्kāśmīra—janman n. saffron, [L.]
kāśmīravāṇijaकाश्मीरवाणिजkāśmīra-vāṇija m. a merchant who goes to Kaśmīra, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 13], [Kāś.]
kāśīpraghaṭṭakaकाशीप्रघट्टकkāśī—praghaṭṭaka m. N. of wk.
kāśmīramaṇḍalaकाश्मीरमण्डलkāśmīra—maṇḍala n. = -deśa.
kāśmīrasambhavaकाश्मीरसम्भवkāśmīra—sambhava n. saffron, [L.]