काशि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬓᬵᬰᬶ (Balinese script)
  • কাশি (Assamese script)
  • কাশি (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰯𑰫𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑀸𑀰𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌿 (Grantha script)
  • કાશિ (Gujarati script)
  • ਕਾਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦏꦴꦯꦶ (Javanese script)
  • កាឝិ (Khmer script)
  • ಕಾಶಿ (Kannada script)
  • ກາຨິ (Lao script)
  • കാശി (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘎𑘰𑘫𑘱 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠠᢗᠱᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᡳ (Manchu script)
  • ကာၐိ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦮𑧑𑧋𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑐵𑐱𑐶 (Newa script)
  • କାଶି (Odia script)
  • ꢒꢵꢯꢶ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆳𑆯𑆴 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖯𑖫𑖰 (Siddham script)
  • කාශි (Sinhalese script)
  • కాశి (Telugu script)
  • กาศิ (Thai script)
  • ཀཱ་ཤི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒰𑒬𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From काश् (kāś).

Pronunciation

Noun

काशि • (kāśi) m

  1. (literary) ‘shining’, the sun
  2. the clenched hand, fist, handful

Noun

काशि • (kāśi) f

  1. (literary) 'the splendid’
  2. fine cotton or silk (from काशि)

Proper noun

काशि • (kāśi) f

  1. name of a celebrated city and place of pilgrimage (the modern Benares, usually written काशी)
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