masculine, neuter · kasāya 1 · kasāya 2
Kasāya and Kasāva [derivation uncertain. The word first appears in the late Vedic form kaṣāya, a decoction, distillation, essence; used figuratively of evil. The old Pāli form is kasāva] 1. a kind of paste or gum used in colouring walls Vin II 151. 2. an astringent decoction extracted from plants Vin I 201, 277; Ja V 198. 3. (of taste), astringent Dhp 629; Miln 65; Dhp-a II 31. 4. (of colour) reddish-yellow, orange coloured Vin I 277. 5. (ethical) the fundamental faults (rāga, dosa, moha) A I 112; Dhp 10; Vibh 368. -a ° faultless, flawless, in akasāvattaṃ being without defect A I 112 (of a wheel, with °sa° ibid); -sa ° faulty Dhp-a I 82; -mahā ° wicked Ja IV 387. In compounds both forms, viz. (kasāya)-yoga an astringent remedy Ja V 198(kasāva° ibid); -rasa reddish-yellow dye Ja II 198; (kasāva)-odaka an astringent decoction Vin I 205; -gandha having a pungent smell Vin I 277; -rasa having an astringent taste ibid.; -vaṇṇa of reddish-yellow colour ibid.
an astringent substance; an astringent decoction (from plants); an exudation or gum
【中】 煮出的汁，蒸餾。
(nt, nt) organic brown colour
(nt, nt) decoction; extract decoration, distillation