kazAya mfn. astringent, MBh. xiv, 1280 and 1411 ; R. ; Suśr. ; Pañcat. ; BhP.
kazAya a. 1 Astringent; Ś. 2. 2 Fragrant; sPuwitakamalAmodamEtrIkazAyaH Me. 31 ; U. 2. 21 ; Mv. 5. 41. 3 Red, dark-red; cUtAMkurAsvAdakazAyakaMWaH Ku. 3. 32. 4 (Hence) Sweet-sounding; Māl. 7. 5 Brown. 6 Improper, dirty. — yaH, -yaM 1 Astringent flavour or taste (one of the six rasas ): see kawu; yo vaktraM pariSozayati jihvAM staMBayati kaMWaM baDnAti hfdayaM kazati pIqayati ca sa kazAyaH Suśr. 2 The red colour. 3 A decoction with one part of a drug mixed with four, eight, or sixteen parts of water (the whole being boiled down until one quarter is left); Ms. 11. 154. 4 Plastering, smearing; Ku. 7. 17 ; anointing. 5 Perfuming the body with unguents; Rs. 1. 4. 6 Gum, resin, extract or exudation from a tree. 7 Dirt, uncleanness. 8 Dulness, stupidity. 9 Attachment to worldly objects. 10 Decay, ruin. — yaH 1 Passion, emotion. 2 Kali yuga.