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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. काषायkāṣāya(-यी f.) [कषायेण रक्तं अण् तेव रक्तं रागात् P.IV.2.1.] Red, dyed of a reddish colour; काषाय- वसनाधवा Ak.

    (-यी Feminine) कषायेण रक्तं अण् तेव रक्तं रागात् ParasmaipadaIV.2.1. Red, dyed of a reddish colour; काषाय- वसनाधवा Ak.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -यम् A red cloth or garment; सीता काषायवासिनी Rām.7.97.13. इमे काषाये गृहीते M.5; R.15.77; न काषायैर्भवेद्यतिः 'it is not the hood that makes a monk.' -Compound

    • -वसना a widow.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. काषायkāṣāya[kâshâya] a. brownish red; n. brown red garment; î, f. kind of bee or wasp.

    [kâshâya] adjective brownish red; neuter brown red garment; î, feminine; also equal for kind of bee or wasp.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. काषायkāṣāyamfn. (fr. कष्˚), brown-red, dyed of a reddish colour A1s3vGr2. Kaus3. MBh. &c.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from कष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied), brown-red, dyed of a reddish colour A1s3vGr2. Kaus3. MBh. etc.
    2. neuter gender a brown-red cloth or garment MBh. R. Ya1jn5. iii, 157.
  2. काषायग्रहणkāṣāyagrahaṇan. N. of a Caitya चैत्य Lalit.

    neuter gender Name of a Caitya चैत्य Lalit.

  3. काषायणkāṣāyaṇam. (a patr. fr. कषाय or काष्˚), N. of a teacher S3Br. xiv.

    masculine gender (a patronymic from कषाय or काष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied), Name of a teacher S3Br. xiv.

  4. काषायधारणkāṣāyadhāraṇan. wearing a brown-red garment MBh. xii, 11898.

    neuter gender wearing a brown-red garment MBh. xii, 11898.

  5. काषायवसनkāṣāyavasanamf(आ)n. = -वासस् Nal. xxiv, 9

    mf(आ)neuter gender Equivalent to -वासस् Nal. xxiv, 9

  6. काषायवसनाkāṣāyavasanāf. a widow L.

    feminine a widow Lexicographers

  7. काषायवासस्kāṣāyavāsasmfn. wearing a brown garment MBh. Hariv.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective wearing a brown garment MBh. Hariv.

  8. काषायवासिकkāṣāyavāsikam. (= कष्˚), a kind of poisonous insect Sus3r.

    masculine gender (Equivalent to कष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied), a kind of poisonous insect Sus3r.