कषाय (kaṣāya) is a Sanskrit word meaning astringent, fragrant, red, dull red, or yellowish red, a yellowish red colour, any healing or medicinal potion, exudation from a tree, juice, gum, resin. Its 53 recorded definitions are grouped into 15 contexts, among them Astringent quality or flavor, Reddish/Brownish Color or Dyed Garment, Passion, Emotion, or Worldly Attachment.
—यः, -यं (yaḥ, -yaṃ) 1 Astringent flavour or taste (one of the six rasas): see कटु; यो वक्त्रं (kaṭu; yo vaktraṃ)परिशोषयति जिह्वां स्तंभयति कंठं बध्नाति हृदयं (pariśoṣayati jihvāṃ staṃbhayati kaṃṭhaṃ badhnāti hṛdayaṃ)कषति पीडयति च स कषायः (kaṣati pīḍayati ca sa kaṣāyaḥ)Suśr.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Astringent taste, red or yellowish-red, and fragrant.
2. Red color, passion, astringent juice, decoction, medicinal potion, ointment, dirt, taint, or moral decline.
3. A yellow garment.
कषाय (kaṣāya) [Printed book page 065-2] कषाय (kaṣāya) kaṣāya, a. astringent (taste); fragrant; red, yellowish red; m. red colour; passion; m.n. astringent juice; decoction; medicinal potion; ointment; dirt; taint; deterioration, moral decline; n. yellow garment; -ya,den.P. dirty; molest; i-ta,pp. coloured red; dirtied, stained; penetrated w., full of (—°). [ID=5674]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Astringent. 2. Fragrant. 3. Red or brownish-red. 4. An astringent taste. 5. A decoction or infusion. 6. Plant resin or extract. 7. Plastering or anointing. 8. Colouring or perfuming the body. 9. Attachment to worldly objects. 10. The plant Bignonia Indica. 11. Passion or emotion. 12. A small sort of Hedysarum.
4 Brown, of a colour composed of red and yellow. mn. (-यः (-yaḥ)-यं (-yaḥ-yaṃ))
1 An astringent flavour or taste.
2 A decoction or infusion.
3 Gum, resin, extract, exudation from a tree, &c.
4 Plastering, anointing.
5 Colouring or perfuming the person.
6 Attachment to worldly objects. m. (-यः (-yaḥ))
1 A plant, (Bignonia Indica.)
2 Passion, emotion. f. (-या (-yā)) A plant, a small sort of Hedysarum.
E. कष (kaṣa) to injure, आय (āya) aff.
[ID=9690]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An astringent taste, decoction, gum, anointment, attachment, or plant. 2. Astringent, fragrant, dull red, or brown, red and yellow.
कषाय (kaṣāya) [Printed book page 172-b] कषाय (kaṣāya)(यः-यं) ((yaḥ-yaṃ)) 1. m. n. An astringent taste; a decoction; gum; anointing; attachment; a plant. a. Astringent; fragrant; dullred; brown, red and yellow. [ID=9126]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Astringent. 2. Fragrant. 3. Red or dark red. 4. Brown. 5. Improper or dirty.
कषाय (kaṣāya) [Printed book page 177-10] कषाय (kaṣāya)(I) a. (f. या (yā)) 1. Astringent; 2. fragrant, स्फुटितकमलामोदमैत्रीकषाय (kaṣāya)ः (sphuṭitakamalāmodamaitrīkaṣāyaḥ)Megh. i.31; 3. red, dark-red, चूतांकुरास्वादकषाय (kaṣāya)कंठः (cūtāṃkurāsvādakaṣāyakaṃṭhaḥ)K.S. iii.32; 4. brown; 5. improper, dirty. [ID=8736]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An astringent flavour.
2. The red colour.
3. A medicinal decoction.
4. Gum, resin, or extract.
5. Plastering or anointing.
6. Perfuming the body.
7. Dirt or uncleanliness.
8. Attachment to worldly objects.
कषाय (kaṣāya)(II) m.n. 1. Astringent flavour; 2. the red colour; 3. a decoction which has one part of a drug with 8 or 16 parts of water, the whole being boiled down until one quarter is left, M. xi.153; 4. gum, resin, extract; 5. plastering, anointing; 6. perfuming the person, Rt. i.4; 7. dirt, uncleanliness; 8. attachment to worldly objects. [ID=8737]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Astringent. 2. Fragrant. 3. Red or dull red. 4. Brown. 5. An astringent taste. 6. A decoction or infusion. 7. Tree resin or extract. 8. Plastering or anointing. 9. Colouring or perfuming the body. 10. Attachment to worldly objects. 11. The Bignonia Indica plant. 12. Passion or emotion. 13. A small variety of the Hedysarum plant.
कषाय (kaṣāya) [Printed book page 168-b] कषाय (kaṣāya)
mfn. (-यः (-yaḥ)-या (-yā)-यं (-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ))
1. Astringent.
2. Fragrant.
3. Red, dull red.
4. Brown, of a colour composed of red and yellow.
mn. (-यः (-yaḥ)-यं (-yaḥ-yaṃ))
1. An astringent flavour or taste.
2. A decoction or infusion.
3. Gum, resin, extract, exudation from a tree, &c.
4. Plastering, anointing. 5. Colouring or perfuming the person.
6. Attachment to worldly objects.
m. (-यः (-yaḥ))
1. A plant, (Bignonia Indica.)
2. Passion, emotion.
f. (-या (-yā)) A plant, a small sort of Hedysarum.
E. कष् (kaṣ) to injure, आय (āya) aff.
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— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Astringent in taste. 2. Fragrant. 3. Red or a reddish-yellow color. 4. An astringent juice. 5. A decoction. 6. An ointment. 7. Dirt or impurity. 8. Stupor.
कषाय (kaṣāya) [Printed book page 0171-b] कषाय (kaṣāya)kaṣāya (probably vb.kṛṣ),
I.adj., f.yā.1. Being of an astringent
taste, MBh. 14, 1411. 2. Fragrant,
Megh. 32. 3. Red, subst.m. and n.,
red colour, Yājñ. 1, 272; MBh. 14,
1263; of a colour composed of red and
yellow, Mṛcch. 113, 3. II.m. and
n.1. An astringent juice, Man. 11,
153. 2. A decoction, Suśr. 2, 175, 9.
3. Ointment, MBh. 13, 5970. 4. Dirt,
Bhāg. P. 2, 6, 45; impurity, 4, 22, 20.
5. Stupor, Vedāntas. in Chr. 218, 1. —
Comp.a-niṣkaṣāya,i. e.a-nis-,adj.
full of impure passions, MBh. 12, 568.
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— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Astringent, sharp, fragrant, red, or dark-red. 2. Red color, passion, emotion, decoction, extract, or ointment. 3. A yellowish-red garment.
कषाय (kaṣāya) [Printed book page 114] कषाय (kaṣāya)a. astringent, sharp (of taste), fragrant, red, dark-red. m. red colour, passion, emotion; decoct, extract, ointment (also n.); n. a yellowish-red garment. [ID=7378]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Astringent, fragrant, red, dark-red, or brown. 2. An astringent taste, the red color, or a decoction or infusion. 3. Ointment, gum, resin, or plant exudation. 4. Plastering, anointing, or perfuming the body. 5. Dirt, dullness, stupidity, decay, or ruin. 6. Attachment to worldly objects, passion, or emotion. 7. The Kali-yuga. 8. The tree Bignonia Indica or Grislea Tomentosa. 9. A teacher.
कषाय (kaṣāya) [Printed book page 0215-a] कषाय (kaṣāya)kaṣāya, as, ā, am (fr. rt. kaṣ?), astringent; fragrant; red, dark-red; brown, of a colour composed of red and yellow; (as, am), m. n. an astringent flavour or taste; the red colour; a de- coction or infusion, that form of a decoction which has one part of a drug combined with four or (according to other authorities) with eight or sixteen Page0215-b+ 75 parts of water, the whole being then boiled down until only one quarter is left; a kind of ointment, gum, resin, extract, exudation from a tree; plaster- ing, anointing; colouring or perfuming the person; dirt, uncleanness, dulness, stupidity; decay, ruin; a mark of decay (of which, according to Buddhists, there are five, viz. āyus-kaṣāya, dṛṣṭi°, kleśa°,sattva°, kalpa°); attachment to worldly objects; (as), m. passion, emotion; the Kali-yuga; the tree Bignonia Indica; N. of a teacher; (as, ā, am), m. f. n. the tree Grislea Tomentosa; (ā), f., N. of a plant, a small sort of Hedysarum; [cf. kāṣāya and pañca-kaṣāya.] —Kaṣāya-kṛt, t, m. the tree Symplocos Racemosa, the bark of which is used in dyeing; also rakta-lodhra. —Kaṣāya-citra, as,ā, am, dyed or stained of a dull red colour. —Kaṣā-ya-tā, f. contraction. —Kaṣāya-pāṇa, ās, m. pl. a nickname of the Gāndhāras (‘drinking decoctions’). —Kaṣāya-yāvanāla, as, m. a sort of grain. —Kaṣāya-vāsika, as, m. a kind of poisonous insect. —Kaṣāyānvita (°ya-an°), as, ā, am, as- tringent, harsh, styptic. [ID=14139]
red, dull red, yellowish red (as the garment of a Buddhist Bhikṣu), Mahābhārata (Title) ; Harivaṃśa (Title) ; Mṛcchakaṭikā (Title) ; Yājñavalkya (Author) [ID=46757]
कषाय (kaṣāya)n. a dull or yellowish red garment or robe, Mahābhārata (Title) ii, 675 (cf.काषाय (kāṣāya), पञ्च-कषाय (kaṣāya) (pañca-kaṣāya); अ-निष्कषाय (kaṣāya) (a-niṣkaṣāya), full of impure passions, Mahābhārata (Title) xii, 568.) [ID=46779]
a medicinal decoction or infusion obtained by boiling a drug in water until reduced
a decoction or infusion, Suśruta (Title) (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, Suśruta (Title) ) [ID=46761]
A decoction made by boiling a drug in water until one quarter remains
—यः, -यं (yaḥ, -yaṃ) 3 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); Manusmṛti 11. 154.
कषाय (kaṣāya)mfn. (अस् (as), आ (ā), अम् (am)) the tree Grislea tomentosa, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=46777]
(H1B) [Printed book page 265,3] कषाया (kaṣāyā)f. a thorny shrub, a species of small Hedysarum, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=46778]
