As a deity name
Name 688 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
काशी · noun · feminine
उत्तरीय भारत की एक नगरी जो वरुणा और अस्सी नदी के बीच गंगा के किनारे बसी हुई है और प्रधान तीर्थस्थान भी है । वारणसी । बनारस — Śabdasāgara
काशी · kāśī · s.f.
The modern city of Benares (the most sacred of all the cities of the Hindūs, and their most important place of pilgrimage) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 801
काशी · feminine
Kashi (a city in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Cited formation "काशी" is काश + -ई: काश means "I wish, if only", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "काशी" is काश + -ई: काश means "I wish, if only", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi काशी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit काशी (kāśī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kāśī f. = kāśi, Benares q.v.
N. of the wife of Sudeva and mother of Supārśva, Hariv. 9204; VP.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
-śī N. of a celebrated city on the Ganges, the modern Benares and one of the seven sacred cities; see kāṃcī
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kāśī" is the nominative of "kāśin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kāśī" is the nominative dual of "kāśi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
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Dictionary citations
kāśī f. = kāśi, Benares q.v.
N. of the wife of Sudeva and mother of Supārśva, Hariv. 9204; VP.
kāśī See above.
kāśiḥ, -śī f. N. of a celebrated city on the Ganges, the modern Benares and one of the seven sacred cities; see kāṃcī. — śiḥ 1 The clenched hand, fist. 2 A handful. 3 The sun. 4 Light, splendour. Comp. — paḥ an epithet of Śiva. — rājaḥ N. of a king, father of aṃbā, aṃbikā and aṃbālikā, q. v.
kāśī See kāśi. Comp. — nāyaḥ an epithet of Śiva. — yātrā pilgrimage to Benaras.
kāśin mfn. (only ifc.) shining, appearing, having the semblance of (e.g. jita-k˚, appearing or behaving like a conqueror, MBh.; jaya-k˚ id., BhP. iv, 10, 15)
kāśin m. N. of a man (as son of Brahman Kavi), MBh. xiii, 4150.
kāśi is, m. ‘shining’, the sun, L.
the clenched hand, fist, handful, RV. iii, 30, 5; vii, 104, 8; viii, 78, 10; Kauś.
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