As a deity name
Name 360 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
काशिका · adj
१ प्रकाश करनेवाली · प्रकाशित । प्रदीप्त — Śabdasāgara
काशिका · noun · feminine
काशीपुरी · जयादित्य और वामन की बनाई हुई पाणिनीयव्याकरण पर एक वृत्ति — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "काशिका" is काशिक + -आ: काशिक means "काशी का बना हुआ", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "काशिका" is काशिक + -आ: काशिक means "काशी का बना हुआ", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘the city of the Kāśis’, Benares
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kāśikā" is the feminine form of "kāśika" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "kāśika" is derived from "kāśi" with the ṭhañ/ṭhak/ṭhan/ñiṭha/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
kāśi is, m. ‘shining’, the sun, L.
the clenched hand, fist, handful, RV. iii, 30, 5; vii, 104, 8; viii, 78, 10; Kauś.
kāśika mf(ā, ī, Pāṇ. iv, 2, 116)n. coming from Kāśi, Pat.; Lalit.;
silken, Divyāv.
M3 · meaning shifts "kāśika" is derived from "kāś" with the ṭhak 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.
kāśika mf(ā, ī, Pāṇ. iv, 2, 116)n. coming from Kāśi, Pat.; Lalit.;
silken, Divyāv.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kāśikā f. (scil. purī) ‘the city of the Kāśis’, Benares
(with or without vṛtti) ‘the Comm. composed or used in Kāśi’, N. of a Comm. on Pāṇ. by Vāmana and Jayāditya.
kāśikā (f. of kāśika, q.v.)
kāśikā 1 The city of Benaras. 2 N. of a commentary on Pāṇini's Sūtras (called kāśikāvṛtti).
kāśikā f. (-kā) Kāśi or Benares: see the preceding.
kāśika mf(ā, ī, Pāṇ. iv, 2, 116)n. coming from Kāśi, Pat.; Lalit.;
silken, Divyāv.
kāśi is, m. ‘shining’, the sun, L.
the clenched hand, fist, handful, RV. iii, 30, 5; vii, 104, 8; viii, 78, 10; Kauś.
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.
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