kASikA
kāśikā (see prec. ), ( 1 ) a piece or garment of Benares cloth : Divy 576.29—30 putra vātāyanena kāśikāṃ niṣkāsayeti.tena vātāyanena kāśikā niṣkāsitā; 579.7 kāśikā dattā; ( 2 ) n. of a courtesan in Benares: Mv iii.375.16 ff. ; the story told here (see 375.18 ) is that she got her name not from the city, but because she was worth a fee of a thousand (see kāśi 2, bhūmi 2, and kṣamati ); her sister was called Uparddhakāśikā , q.v.