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kashaya

kashaya noun: robes of fully ordained monks and nuns.

Noun (1)

kashaya (uncountable)

  1. Robes of fully ordained monks and nuns
  2. (Jainism) Passion; strong feelings produced by a person's soul out of worldly attachments.
  3. (Ayurvedic medicine) An herbal decoction.

Noun (2) capitalized: Kashaya

Kashaya pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A native Californian people who traditionally live on the Sonoma County coastline, who are a subgroup of the Pomo people.

Proper noun capitalized: Kashaya

Kashaya

  1. The language these people speak.

Forms of kashaya

alternative formKashia

Origin of kashaya

Borrowed from Sanskrit कषाय (kaṣāya, “astringent; dull; yellowish red; dirt; passion”), from Proto-Indo-European *kars-. Cognates include Sanskrit कष्ट (kaṣṭa) and English harsh.

Borrowed from Kashaya kʼahša·ya (“skillful; expert gambler”).

Questions about kashaya

What does kashaya mean?
Kashaya means robes of fully ordained monks and nuns.
What part of speech is kashaya?
Kashaya can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near kashaya in the dictionary

  1. Kashan
  2. Kashani
  3. Kashanis
  4. Kashans
  5. kashas
  6. kashaya
  7. Kashchei
  8. Kashchenko
  9. Kashchey
  10. kasher
  11. kashered

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