Kashayam, Kaṣāyam, Kāṣāyam: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKaṣāyam (கஷாயம்) noun < kaṣāya.
1. Decoction, infusion; காய்ச்சிய மருந்துக்குடிநீர். [kaychiya marunthukkudinir.] (பதார்த்தகுண சிந்தாமணிமேகலை [patharthaguna sindamani] 1489.)
2. (Jaina philosophy) Impurity or sin clinging to the soul; defect; degeneracy; தீவினை. [thivinai.] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 3076, உரை. [urai.])
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Kāṣāyam (காஷாயம்) noun < kāṣāya. Brown-red cloth of a sanyāsi; காவிவஸ்திரம். [kavivasthiram.]
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Kaṣāyam (கஷாயம்) noun < kaṣāya. One of the obstacles to nirvikaṟpa-camāti; நிர்விகற்ப சமாதிக்கு நேரும் விகாதங்களு ளொன்று. [nirvigarpa samathikku nerum vigathangalu lonru.] (வேதாந்தசா. [vethanthasa.] 103.)
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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