kashaya
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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)
- (Buddhism) Robes of fully ordained monks and nuns
- (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
- Monier Williams (1899) “kashaya”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0265, column 3.