Kashavat, Kaśāvat, Kasha-vat: 2 definitions

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Kashavat means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Kaśāvat can be transliterated into English as Kasavat or Kashavat, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kaśāvat (कशावत्):—[=kaśā-vat] [from kaśā > kaś] (śā-) mfn. furnished with a whip, [Ṛg-veda]

2) Kāsavat (कासवत्):—[=kāsa-vat] [from kāsa > kās] mfn. having a cough, [Caraka; Suśruta]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kasavat in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) tightness; terseness; muscularity..—kasavat (कसावट) is alternatively transliterated as Kasāvaṭa.

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