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Entry काश्

काश्kāś1, 4 Ā. (काश-श्य-ते, काशित)
1. 1, 4 Ā. (काश-श्य-ते, काशित)
2. To shine, look brilliant or beautiful; पतिरवनिपतीनां तैश्चकाशे चतुर्भिः R.1. 86,7.24; Ku.1.24; Bk.2.25; Śi.6.74.
3. To appear, be visible; नैव भूमिर्न च दिशः प्रदिशो वा चकाशिरे Mb.
4. To appear, or look like.
In the Gita5·16 13·34

तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ॥

teṣāmādityavajjñānaṁ prakāśayati tatparam. — Verily, in whom ignorance is destroyed by self-knowledge, in them knowledge lights up like a sun the supreme Self (within them). 5·16
- प्रकाशयतिprakāśayatipresent 3rd person singular of the causal form of the verbal root kāś (to shine, light, illumine) with the prefix pra (to light up).
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