Kashatraya, Kaśatraya, Kasha-traya: 4 definitions

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Kashatraya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Kaśatraya can be transliterated into English as Kasatraya or Kashatraya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kaśatraya (कशत्रय).—the three modes of flogging a horse; सम्यक् कशात्रयविचारवता नियुक्तः (samyak kaśātrayavicāravatā niyuktaḥ) Śi.

Derivable forms: kaśatrayam (कशत्रयम्).

Kaśatraya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaśa and traya (त्रय).

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

Kaśātraya (कशात्रय).—n.

(-yaṃ) Three modes of whipping (a horse,) good, bad, and middling. E. kaśā, and trayam three-fold.

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

Kaśātraya (कशात्रय):—[=kaśā-traya] [from kaśā > kaś] n. three modes of whipping (a horse), [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Kaśātraya (कशात्रय):—[kaśā-traya] (yaṃ) 1. n. Three ways of whipping (a horse).

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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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