cl. 1. P. Ā. kaṣati, °te, to rub, scratch, scrape, [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 34]; [Naiṣ.] : Ā. to rub or scratch one's self, [ChUp.] (pr. p. Ā. kaṣamāṇa), [Vait.]; to itch (Ā.), [BhP.]; to rub with a touchstone, test, try, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 22]; to injure, hurt, destroy, kill, [Dhātup. xvii, 34]; to leap, [ib.] [xvii, 77] (v.l.) : Caus. P. kāṣayati, to hurt, [ib.] [xxxii, 121] (v.l.); [cf. Gk. κεωρέω, κάσσα.]