kashaya

See also: Kashaya and kaṣāya

English

Etymology

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

Noun

kashaya (uncountable)

1. (Buddhism) Robes of fully ordained monks and nuns
2. (Jainism) Passion; strong feelings produced by a person's soul out of worldly attachments.

References

• Partridge, Christopher Hugh (2005). Introduction to World Religions (Fortress Press), p. 173 →ISBN, 9780800637149[1]
• Monier Williams (1899) “kashaya”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0265, column 3.