kfttiH f. [ kfta-ktin ] 1 Skin, hide (in general); Mu. 3. 20. 2 Especially, the hide of an antelope on which a religious student sits. 3 The bark of the birch-tree used for writing upon &c. 4 The birch-tree. 5 One of the lunar mansions, Pleiades. 6 A house. Comp. — vAsaH, -vAsasa m. an epithet of Śiva; sa kfttivAsAstapase yatAtmA Ku. 1. 54 ; M. 1. 1.