As a Hindi name
काश
I wish, if only
Platts (p. 801) also records: A kind of grass, Saccharum spontaneum ( = kās, q.v.)
Śabdasāgara also records: एक प्रकार को घास । काँस · खाँसी
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian کاش (kāš).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a species of grass (Saccharum spontaneum, used for mats, roofs, &c.; also personified, together with the Kuśa grass, as one of Yama's attendants), &c.
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M3 · meaning shifts "kāśa" is derived from "kāś" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
kāś cl. 1. Ā. kāśate (perf. cakāśe, 3. pl. ˚śire), to be visible, appear, MBh. &c.; to shine, be brilliant, have an agreeable appearance, ib. : cl. 4. kāśyate, Dhātup. xxvi, 53 : Intens. P. Ā. cākaśīti, cākaśyate, to shine brightly, ŚBr. ii; KātyŚr.; to see clearly, survey, ŚBr. xi; Pāṇ. vii, 3, 87, Vārtt. 1, Pat.
kāś 1 4 A. (kāśa-śya-te, kāśita) 1 To shine, look brilliant or beautiful; R. 10. 86, 7. 24; Ku. 1. 24; Bk. 2. 25; Śi. 6. 74. 2 To appear, be visible; naiva bhūmirna ca diśaḥ pradiśo vā cakāśire Mb. 3 To appear, or look like.
1. kāśa m. ‘the becoming visible, appearance’, only in sa-k˚, q.v.
N. of a man g. aśvādi
M3 · meaning shifts "kāśa" is derived from "kā" with the śas suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. kā onomat. imitation of the cry of the ass, BhP. x, 15, 30.
2. kā = 2. kad and 1. ku in comp. to express depreciation, e.g. kākṣa, kā-patha, kāpuruṣa, koṣṇa, qq.vv. Pāṇ. vi, 3, 104; Vop. vi, 93.
1. kāśa m. ‘the becoming visible, appearance’, only in sa-k˚, q.v.
N. of a man g. aśvādi
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Dictionary citations
1. kāśa m. ‘the becoming visible, appearance’, only in sa-k˚, q.v.
N. of a man g. aśvādi
of a prince (the son of Suhotra and father of Kāśi-rāja), Hariv.; VP.
a species of grass (Saccharum spontaneum, used for mats, roofs, &c.; also personified, together with the Kuśa grass, as one of Yama's attendants), Kauś.; R.; Kum. &c.
2. kāśa wrongly spelt for kāsa, q.v.
kāś cl. 1. Ā. kāśate (perf. cakāśe, 3. pl. ˚śire), to be visible, appear, MBh. &c.; to shine, be brilliant, have an agreeable appearance, ib. : cl. 4. kāśyate, Dhātup. xxvi, 53 : Intens. P. Ā. cākaśīti, cākaśyate, to shine brightly, ŚBr. ii; KātyŚr.; to see clearly, survey, ŚBr. xi; Pāṇ. vii, 3, 87, Vārtt. 1, Pat.
kāś 1 4 A. (kāśa-śya-te, kāśita) 1 To shine, look brilliant or beautiful; R. 10. 86, 7. 24; Ku. 1. 24; Bk. 2. 25; Śi. 6. 74. 2 To appear, be visible; naiva bhūmirna ca diśaḥ pradiśo vā cakāśire Mb. 3 To appear, or look like.
1. kā onomat. imitation of the cry of the ass, BhP. x, 15, 30.
2. kā = 2. kad and 1. ku in comp. to express depreciation, e.g. kākṣa, kā-patha, kāpuruṣa, koṣṇa, qq.vv. Pāṇ. vi, 3, 104; Vop. vi, 93.
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