Pāli Dictionary

kāsāya

kasāyastemasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

kāsāva

monastic

  • dyed a yellowish-red or brownish colour; of the colour of Buddhist monks’ robes

  • DN 19

    atha kho bho mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo tassa satt'āhassa accayena kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbaji

  • MN 112

    yaṃnūn'āhaṃ kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajeyyan'ti.

  • (as noun) a yellowish-red or brownish robe; the dress of Buddhist monastics

kasāya

approximate

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

nippakka

general

  • organic brown/orange colour (as used to dye robes)

  • a (medicinal) decoction, extract

kāsa1

kāsrootasuffix

via inflected form kāsāya · dative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kās1shine; be visible

general

  • a cough

  • AN 10.60

    iti imasmiṃ kāye vividhā ābādhā uppajjanti, seyyath'idaṃ, cakkhurogo sotarogo ghānarogo jivhārogo kāyarogo sīsarogo kaṇṇarogo mukharogo dantarogo oṭṭharogo kāso sāso pināso ḍāho jaro kucchirogo mucchā

  • consumption; tuberculosis

  • AN 10.60

    iti imasmiṃ kāye vividhā ābādhā uppajjanti, seyyath'idaṃ, cakkhurogo sotarogo ghānarogo jivhārogo kāyarogo sīsarogo kaṇṇarogo mukharogo dantarogo oṭṭharogo kāso sāso pināso ḍāho jaro kucchirogo mucchā

kāsa2

kāsrootasuffix

via inflected form kāsāya · dative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • a tall grass growing along riverbanks, Saccharum spontaneum (kans grass)

  • SN 22.93

    tassā ubhosu tīresu kāsā ce'pi jātā assu, te naṃ ajjholambeyyuṃ, kusā ce'pi jātā assu, te naṃ ajjholambeyyuṃ, pabbajā ce'pi jātā assu, te naṃ ajjholambeyyuṃ, bīraṇā ce'pi jātā assu, te naṃ ajjholambeyyuṃ, rukkhā ce'pi jātā assu, te naṃ ajjholambeyyuṃ.

kāsa3

kāsrootasuffix

via inflected form kāsāya · dative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kas1drag; draw

general

  • dragging; drawing; furrowing

  • MN 65

    so abhiṇhakāraṇā anupubbakāraṇā tasmiṃ ṭhāne parinibbāyati. yato kho, bhaddāli, bhadro ass'ājānīyo abhiṇhakāraṇā anupubbakāraṇā tasmiṃ ṭhāne parinibbuto hoti, tam'enaṃ assadamako uttari kāraṇaṃ kāreti anukkame maṇḍale khurakāse dhāve davatte rājaguṇe rājavaṃse uttame jave uttame haye uttame sākhalye.

kasā

approximate

via inflected form kasāya · instrumental singular / dative singular / ablative singular / genitive singular / locative singular

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

kas1drag; draw

general

  • a whip; crop; lash

  • Dhp 143

    hirīnisedho puriso, koci lokasmi vijjati, yo nindaṃ apabodheti, asso bhadro kasā'm'iva.

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