Khashi, Khaśī: 13 definitions

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Khashi means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.

The Sanskrit term Khaśī can be transliterated into English as Khasi or Khashi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: Holy Sites in Buddhist Saṃvara Cycle

Khasī (खसी) refers to one of the sixty-four inner channels running through the nirmāṇacakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Nirmāṇacakra is an inner circle of the shape of a lotus with sixty-four petals. This inner circle is visualized in one’s abdomen. The inner channels [viz., Khasī] run through the petals of these inner circles.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Khasi [खसी] in the Nepali language is the name of a plant identified with Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle from the Hydrocharitaceae (Tape Grass) family having the following synonyms: Hydrilla ovalifolia, Hydrilla polysperma, Serpicula verticillata, Vallisneria verticillata. For the possible medicinal usage of khasi, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

khaśī (खशी).—a & f See khasī. Both forms are approved.

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khasī (खसी).—a ( A) Castrated or gelt. 2 Lopped or pruned.

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khasī (खसी).—f Castration. 2 Lopping or pruning.

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khāśī (खाशी).—int ( A) Bravo! fine! noble!

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

khasī (खसी).—a Castrated; lopped. f Castration; lopping.

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khāśī (खाशी).—interj Bravo! fine! noble!

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Khāśi (खाशि).—m.

(-śiḥ) Name of a country to the east of Bengal: the Cossya hills; also khāśika m. (-kaḥ.)

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

Khāśi (खाशि):—m. Name of a country to the east of Bengal (the Cossia hills), [Horace H. Wilson] (cf. khasa.)

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

Khāśi (खाशि):—(śiḥ) 1. m. The Cossya hills.

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Khashi in German

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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

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Khasī (खसी):—([khassī]) (a) castrated, rendered impotent; (nm) a (castrated) he-goat; —[karanā] to castrate.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Khāsi (खासि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Kāsin.

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Khasi (ಖಸಿ):—[verb] to strike repeatedly with a pointed object; to peck with or as with the beak (as a bird).

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Khasi (ಖಸಿ):—

1) [noun] the act of cutting, severing or seperating (from the whole); a cutting.

2) [noun] the act or process of removing the testicles of a bull, ram, etc.; emasculation; castration.

3) [noun] a graft a) a shoot or bud of one plant inserted or to be inserted into the stem or trunk of another, where it continues to grow, becoming a permanent part; scion b) the act or process of inserting such a bud or shoot; grafting.

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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.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Khasī (खसी):—n. castrated he-goat;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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