adjective · kāsāya 1 · kāsāya 2
Kāsāya and Kāsāva (adjective) [Sanskrit kāṣāya from the Pāli; kāsāya probably from Sanskrit śyāma or śyāva brown = Pāli sāma, with kā = kad, a kind of, thus meaning a kind of brown, i.e. yellow. See further under sāma and cf. kāla] 1. Kāsāya as attribute of vatthāni, the yellow robes of the Buddhist mendicant, in phrase kāsāyāni v° acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajitvā, describing the taking up of the "homeless state" D I 60, 61, 63, 115; M II 67; A I 107; II 208; IV 118, 274, 280; Pp 57; Nidd II §172. °vattha (adjective) with yellow robes Snp 64; cf. °nivattha Ja III 179 (dressed in yellow, of the executioner: see Fick, Soziale Gliederung page 104 and cf. kāsāya-nivāsana Ja III 41; kāsāviya Ja IV 447); Pv-a 20; °vāsin dressed in yellow Snp 487. 2. Kāsāva (vattha) the yellow robe (never in above formula) Vin I 287; S IV 190 = V 53 = 301; Dhp 9, 10 = Thag 969, 970 = Ja II 198 = V 50; Miln 11. °kaṇṭhā (plural) the "yellow necks" those whose necks are dressed in yellow Dhp 307 (= Dhp-a III 480) = It 43; °pajjota glittering with yellow robes Vibh 247; Miln 19.
of a yellowish-red color; dyed a reddish color
(adj, adj, from kasāya) organic brown; colour of Buddhist monks' robes Construction: kasāya > kāsāya + *a
(nt, nt, from kasāya) organic brown colour robes; monks' robes Construction: kasāya > kāsāya + *a