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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कषायkaṣāyaa.Astringent, Ś.2.
1. Astringent, Ś.2.
2. Fragrant, स्फुटित- कमलामोदमैत्रीकषायः Me.31; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2.21; Mv.5.41.
3. Red, dark-red; चूताङ्कुरास्वादकषायकण्ठः Ku.3.32.
4. (Hence) Sweet-sounding, Māl.7; Compare also सगद्गदं बाष्पकषायकण्ठः Bu. Ch.1.68.
5. Brown.
6. Improper, dirty. यः, यम् Astringent flavour of taste (one of the sixrasas): see कटु; यो वक्त्रं परिशोषयति जिह्वां स्तम्भयति कण्ठं बध्नाति हृदयं कषति पीडयति च स कषायः Suśr. Compare also 'बध्नातीव च यः कण्ठं कषायः स विकास्यपि' । Ibid.
7. The red colour.
8. A decoction with one part of a drug mixed with four, eight, or sixteen parts of water (the whole being boiled down until one quarter is left); Ms.11.153.
9. Plastering, smearing; कर्णार्पितो लोध्रकषायरूक्षे Ku.7.17; anointing.
10. Perfuming the body with unguents; शिरोरुहैः स्नानकषायवासितैः Ṛs.1.4.
11. Gum, resin, extract or exudation from a tree.
12. Dirt, uncleanness.
13. Dulness, stupidity; विगतभयकषायलोभमोहः Mb.12.179.26.
14. Attachment to worldly objects; Ch. Up.7.26.2; भक्त्या निर्मथिताशेषकषायधिषणोऽर्जुनः Bhāg.1.15.29.
15. Decay, ruin.
Derived forms and compounds
- -यः
  
  Passion, emotion.
  
  Kaliyuga.
- -कृत् Masculine the लोध्र tree (Symplocos racemosa)-वसनम् The yellowish-red garment of monks, mendicants.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

कषायkaṣāya[kashâya] a. astringent (taste); fra grant; red, yellowish red; m. red colour; passion; m. n. astringent…

[kashâya] adjective astringent (taste); fra grant; red, yellowish red; masculine red colour; passion; masculine neuter astringent juice; decoction; medicinal potion; ointment; dirt; taint; de terioration, moral decline; neuter yellow garment; -ya, denominative Parasmaipada dirty; molest; i-ta, perfect passive participle coloured red; dirtied, stained; penetrated with, full of (--˚).

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अनिष्कषायaniṣkaṣāya[a-nishkashâya] a. not free from lust.

[a-nishkashâya] adjective not free from lust.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कषायkaṣāyamfn. astringent MBh. xiv, 1280 and 1411 R. Sus3r. Pan5cat. BhP.
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective astringent MBh. xiv, 1280 and 1411 R. Sus3r. Pan5cat. BhP.
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective fragrant Megh. 31
3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective red, dull red, yellowish red (as the garment of a Buddhist Buddhist Bhikshu भिक्षु) MBh. Hariv. Mr2icch. Ya1jn5.
4. mn. (gaRa अर्धर्चा*दि) an astringent flavour or taste Sus3r.
5. mn. a yellowish red colour Ya1jn5. i, 272 Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 4-2, 1
6. mn. an astringent juice, extract of juice S3Br. Ka1tyS3r. Mn. xi, 153
7. mn. a decoction or infusion Sus3r. (the result of boiling down a mixture consisting of one part of a drug and four or, according to some, eight or sixteen parts of water until only one quarter is left Sus3r.)
8. mn. any healing or medicinal potion Bhpr.
9. mn. exudation from a tree, juice, gum, resin Lexicographers
10. mn. ointment, smearing, anointing Lexicographers
11. mn. colouring or perfuming or anointing the person with cosmetics MBh.
12. mn. dirt, filth
13. mn. stain or impurity or sin cleaving to the soul ChUp. BhP.
14. mn. dulness, stupidity Veda1ntas.
15. mn. defect, decay, degeneracy (of which, according to Buddhists Buddhists, there are five marks, viz. आयुस्-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, दृष्टि-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, क्लेश-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, सत्त्व-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, कल्प-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
16. mn. attachment to worldly objects W.
17. masculine gender red, redness
18. masculine gender a kind of snake Sus3r. ii, 265, 14
19. masculine gender emotion, passion (राग, of which the Jainas जैन s reckon four kinds HYog. iv, 6 and 77)
20. masculine gender the Kali-yuga कलि-युग Lexicographers
21. masculine gender the tree Bignonia Indica R. ii, 28, 21
22. masculine gender Name of a teacher (varia lectio कशाय) gaRa शौनका*दि
23. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (अस्, आ, अम्) the tree Grislea tomentosa Lexicographers
24. neuter gender a dull or yellowish red garment or robe MBh. ii, 675 (confer, compare काषाय, पञ्च-कषाय; अ-निष्कषाय, full of impure passions MBh. xii, 568.)
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अङ्गकषायaṅgakaṣāyam. the essence of the body (said of, the semen virile) S3Br.

masculine gender the essence of the body (said of, the semen virile) S3Br.

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अपकषायapakaṣāyamfn. sinless Ma1rkP.
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective sinless Ma1rkP.
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective sinless, Ma1rkP.
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अपकषायत्वapakaṣāyatva(n.)

(neuter gender)

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अम्लतिक्तकषायamlatiktakaṣāyamfn. astringent (and) bitter (and) sour
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective astringent (and) bitter (and) sour
2. masculine gender astr˚ingent (and) sour (and) bitter taste, Lexicographers
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अविपक्वकषायavipakvakaṣāyamfn. whose passions or sins have not yet ripened i.e. are not yet quite extinguished BhP.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective whose passions or sins have not yet ripened id est are not yet quite extinguished BhP.

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कर्णकषायkarṇakaṣāyam. dirt in the ears BhP. ii, 6, 45.

masculine gender dirt in the ears BhP. ii, 6, 45.

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