Kasava, Ka-si-ava, Kasāva, Kāsāva, Kashava: 9 definitions
Introduction:
Kasava means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Kasav.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Kashava in India is the name of a plant defined with Memecylon edule in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1992)
· Taxon (1982)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kashava, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, side effects, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarykasāva : (m.; nt.) 1. the acrid taste; 2. a cloth of orange colour. (adj.),, of the orange colour. || kāsāva (nt.), yellow robe. (adj), dyed with orange colour.
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)1) kasāva—
(Burmese text): (၁) ဖန်သောအရသာ၊ အဖန်။ (၂) ဖန်ရည်။ (၃) အနှစ်ဩဇာမရှိ-အကာသာဖြစ်-သောတရား။ (၄) မကြည်လင်သောတရား၊ (တစ်ပါးသော သဘောကို) ယူစေတတ်သောတရား၊ အမှိုက်သဖွယ်ဖြစ်သောတရား။
(Auto-Translation): (1) An artificial flavor, an illusion. (2) An artificial substance. (3) A state devoid of essence - an illusion of existence. (4) A reality that is unclear, a reality that can lead to a different perspective, a reality that is filthy.
2) kāsāva—
(Burmese text): (၁) ဖန်ရည်ဆိုးသော-သင်္ကန်း-အဝတ်ပုဆိုး။ (၂) ဖန်ရည်ဆိုးသော သင်္ကန်းကို ဝတ်ရုံသုံးဆောင်ခြင်း။ (တိ) (၃) ဖန်ရည်ဆိုးသော။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Poor-quality glassware - glasses - clothing. (2) Using poor-quality glasses for clothing. (3) Poor quality.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykāsava (कासव) [or कांसव, kāṃsava].—n m (kacchapa S) A tortoise or turtle. 2 m A watery tumor (in the foot or hand) occasioned by a thorn &c.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkasāva (कसाव).—m A butcher. kasāyalā gāya dhārajiṇī Always it is the crooked and harsh ways that seem to succeed in this world. Persons never come round by pursuasive methods; i. e. it is the argumentum baculinum that succeeds.
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kāsava (कासव).—m n A tortoise. m A watery tumor.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKaṣava (कषव).—see kaṣaca.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryKasāva (कसाव) [Also spelled kasav]:—(nm) tightness; stiffness; the quality of being well-knit; terse (language style); muscularity; hence ~[dāra] (a).
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Kāsava (कासव) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Karṣaka.
Kāsava has the following synonyms: Kāsaya.
2) Kāsava (कासव) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Kaśyapa.
3) Kāsava (कासव) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Kāśyapa.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Kasava, Shi, Ka, Ci, Ava, Na.
Starts with (+24): Kaca-arakettatu, Kacavali, Kasale, Kasava Jataka, Kasava Vagga, Kasavabhesajja, Kasavacajana, Kasavacunna, Kasavada, Kasavadhara, Kasavadharana, Kasavadhovana, Kasavadiparikkhara, Kasavagandha, Kasavaggahana, Kasavajuti, Kasavaka, Kasavakantha, Kasavakhanda, Kasavalabha.
Full-text (+48): Kasavata, Kayakasava, Thapetabbakasava, Nikkasava, Kasavadharana, Kasavabhesajja, Kasavapajjota, Kasavapita, Kasavaparibhoga, Patolakasava, Manjittharukkhasarakasava, Pancamulakasavayagu, Vantakasava, Avajjitakasava, Kasaviya, Chadditakasava, Apanitakasava, Akasava, Amsakasava, Kasavalabha.
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