kASika
kāśika , adj. , and subst. m. or nt. (see s.v. kāśi ; as adj. Skt. Gr. ; in Pali recorded only as adj. , chiefly with vattha, also uttama), adj. of Benares : once kāśika-candanaṃ Mv i.286.5 ; otherwise only of a kind of cloth, or garments made of it, kāśikair vastraiḥ Divy 391.26 ; °kavastra- Divy 29.4—5 ff. ; Av i.107.1 ; 109.12 ; Kv 39.5 ; 72.5 ; 78.23 ; 86.17 ; Mv iii.119.8 ; °ka-śuci-vastra- Mv iii.412.12 ; °ka-pratyāstaraṇaṃ Mv i.306.9 ; °kāṃśu- (see aṃśu) Divy 316.27 ; °kottama-dhāriṇaḥ ( mss. °vāriṇaḥ; see s.v. uttama 2) Mv i.296.4 ; as subst. , a garment of this cloth , nt. , lubdhakasya kāśikāni dattvā Mv ii.189.11 ; or m. , kāśikau (dual) gṛhṇitvā (gṛhītvā) Mv ii.195.8 and 9; hitvā … kauṭumba-kāśikān (dvandva) Divy 559.10 ( foll. by dhārayan pāṃśukūlāni; vs ); the cpd. kāśika-sūkṣma occurs as adj. , °māṇi prāvṛtāni Mv ii.159.11 , °māṇi vastrāṇi Mv iii.264.6 , but also as subst. nt. , Mvy 9176 °mam ( Tib. fine cloth of Kāśi ), and Mv ii.116.7 (vividhāni vastrāṇi … sayyathīdaṃ) kāśikasūkṣmāṇi kambalasūkṣmāṇi; cf. also kāśisūkṣma , s.v. ; as subst. f. kāśikā , see next. The word is variously interpreted, sometimes ( e.g. Divy Index ) as silk , but the preponderance of opinion favors a fine cotton or muslin .