1. kāśi
the clenched hand, fist, handful, RV. iii, 30, 5 ; vii, 104, 8 ; viii, 78, 10 ; Kauś.
The corpus record — Sanskrit
kāśiṃ
the clenched hand, fist, handful, RV. iii, 30, 5 ; vii, 104, 8 ; viii, 78, 10 ; Kauś.
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Where it lives
- Chandogya Upanisad 1 · 0.21/10k
What it meant — Monier-Williams
2. kāśi
N. of a prince (the ancestor of the kings of Kāśi , of the family of Bharata , son of Suhotra and grandfather of Dhanvantari , Hariv. 1734 ; the son of Kāśya and grandson of Suhotra , BhP. ix, 17, 4 )
3. kāśi
(ayas), m. pl. (ayas) the descendants of this prince, BhP. ix, 17, 10
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Where it came from
- Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. käsi (vol. 1, scan p. 400; entry #4627).
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