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kakṣyā

kakṣyā̀ (ā̀), f. girth (of an animal), girdle, zone, [RV.]; [AV. viii, 4, 6]; [xviii, 1, 15]; [MBh.] &c. (cf. baddha-kakṣya)


the enclosure of an edifice (either the wall &c. so enclosing it, or the court or chamber constituting the enclosure, the inner apartment of a palace), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.


the orbit of a planet, [Āryabh.]


the scale of a balance, [Pat.]


an upper garment, [L.]


similarity, equality, [L.]


effort, exertion, [L.]


a shrub yielding the black and red berry (that serves as a jeweller's weight), the Retti or Guñja, Abrus Precatorius, [L.]


kákṣyā (ās), f. pl. the fingers, [Nigh.]