kā́śya 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.]