काषायी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• কাষায়ী (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬵᬱᬵᬬᬷ (Balinese script)
• কাষায়ী (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰯𑰬𑰯𑰧𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀱𑀸𑀬𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ကာၑာယီ (Burmese script)
• કાષાયી (Gujarati script)
• ਕਾਸ਼ਾਯੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌾𑌷𑌾𑌯𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦴꦰꦴꦪꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂰𑂭𑂰𑂨𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಾಷಾಯೀ (Kannada script)
• កាឞាយី (Khmer script)
• ກາຩາຍີ (Lao script)
• കാഷായീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢢᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘰𑘬𑘰𑘧𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢗᢔᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧑𑧌𑧑𑧇𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐵𑐲𑐵𑐫𑐷 (Newa script)
• କାଷାଯୀ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢵꢰꢵꢫꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆳𑆰𑆳𑆪𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖯𑖬𑖯𑖧𑖱 (Siddham script)
• කාෂායී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩛𑪀𑩛𑩻𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚭𑚭𑚣𑚯 (Takri script)
• காஷாயீ (Tamil script)
• కాషాయీ (Telugu script)
• กาษายี (Thai script)
• ཀཱ་ཥཱ་ཡཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒰𑒭𑒰𑒨𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨊𑨯𑨊𑨪𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑː.ʂɑː.jiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɑːˈʂɑː.jiː/

Adjective

काषायी • (kāṣāyī)

1. feminine nominative singular of काषाय (kāṣāya, “brownish red”)

Noun

काषायी • (kāṣāyī) stem, f

1. a kind of bee or wasp

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of काषायी (kāṣāyī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	काषायी kāṣāyī	काषाय्यौ / काषायी¹ kāṣāyyau / kāṣāyī¹	काषाय्यः / काषायीः¹ kāṣāyyaḥ / kāṣāyīḥ¹
Vocative	काषायि kāṣāyi	काषाय्यौ / काषायी¹ kāṣāyyau / kāṣāyī¹	काषाय्यः / काषायीः¹ kāṣāyyaḥ / kāṣāyīḥ¹
Accusative	काषायीम् kāṣāyīm	काषाय्यौ / काषायी¹ kāṣāyyau / kāṣāyī¹	काषायीः kāṣāyīḥ
Instrumental	काषाय्या kāṣāyyā	काषायीभ्याम् kāṣāyībhyām	काषायीभिः kāṣāyībhiḥ
Dative	काषाय्यै kāṣāyyai	काषायीभ्याम् kāṣāyībhyām	काषायीभ्यः kāṣāyībhyaḥ
Ablative	काषाय्याः / काषाय्यै² kāṣāyyāḥ / kāṣāyyai²	काषायीभ्याम् kāṣāyībhyām	काषायीभ्यः kāṣāyībhyaḥ
Genitive	काषाय्याः / काषाय्यै² kāṣāyyāḥ / kāṣāyyai²	काषाय्योः kāṣāyyoḥ	काषायीणाम् kāṣāyīṇām
Locative	काषाय्याम् kāṣāyyām	काषाय्योः kāṣāyyoḥ	काषायीषु kāṣāyīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “काषाय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 281.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “काषाय”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “काषायी”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page काषाय