The Sanskrit term Kacapāśa can be transliterated into English as Kacapasa or Kacapasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Kachapasha.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kacapāśa (कचपाश).—m S A head of hair; the hair as upon the head. 2 A snare of hair. ka0 ghālaṇēṃ is To cast (around the neck) a noose of hair; i.e. to kill or ruin under cover of meekness, blandness, or lovingkindness (as by an invisible hair). The phrase answers to gaḷā kēśānēṃ kāpaṇēṃ q. v.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kacapāśa (कचपाश).—thick or ornamented hair; (according to Ak. these three words denote a collection; pāśaḥ, pakṣaśca hastaśca kalāpārthāḥ kacātpare).

Derivable forms: kacapāśaḥ (कचपाशः).

Kacapāśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaca and pāśa (पाश). See also (synonyms): kacapakṣa, kacahasta.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kacapāśa (कचपाश).—m.

(-śaḥ) See the preceding.

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

Kacapāśa (कचपाश):—[=kaca-pāśa] [from kaca > kac] m. idem, [Naiṣadha-carita] (cf. keśa-pāśa.)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kacapāśa (कचपाश):—[kaca-pāśa] (śaḥ) 1. m. Idem.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kacapāśa (ಕಚಪಾಶ):—[noun] = ಕಚಪಕ್ಷ [kacapaksha].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pasha, Paca, Kaca.

Full-text: Kacapaksha, Kacahasta.

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