kā́ṣṭhā f. a place for running, race-ground, course (also the course, path or track of the wind and clouds in the atmosphere), [RV.]
the mark, goal, limit, [VS.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
the highest limit, top, summit, pitch, [Kum.]; [Daś.] &c.
a quarter or region of the world, cardinal point, [Naigh.]; [Nir.]; [MBh.] &c.
the sixteenth part of the disk of the moon, [BhP. i, 12, 31]
a measure of time (= 1/30 Kalā, [Mn. i, 64]; [Suśr.]; = 1/12 Kalā, [Jyot.]; = 1/15 Laghu, = 1/225 Nāḍikā, = 1/450 Muhūrta, [BhP. iii, 11, 7]), [MBh. i, 1292] &c.
form, form of appearance, [BhP. iii, 28, 12]; [vii, 4, 22]
the sun, [Nir. ii, 15]
water, [ib.]
the plant Curcuma xanthorrhiza, [L.]
N. of a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa (mother of the solidungulous quadrupeds), [BhP. vi, 6, 25 ff.]
N. of a town.