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]
mfn. (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.]
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.]