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काष्ठं (kASThaM)

 
Apte 1890
English
काष्ठं [काश्-क्थन् Uṇ. 2. 2] 1 A piece of wood, especially one used as fuel
Ms. 4. 49, 241
5. 69.
2 Wood or timber, a piece or log of wood in general
यथा काष्ठं काष्ठं समेयातां महोदधौ H. 4. 69
Ms. 4. 49.
3 A stick
Y. 2. 218.
4 An instrument for measuring length.
Comp.
अगारः,
रं a wooden house or enclosure.
अंबुवाहिनी a wooden bucket.
दली the wild plantain.
कीटः a small insect found in decayed wood.
कुटः,
कूटः a wood-pecker
Pt. 1. 332 (a worm generally found in wood).
कुद्दालः a kind of wooden shovel used for baling water out of a boat or for scraping and cleaning its bottom.
तक्ष् m.,
तक्षकः a carpenter.
तंतुः a small worm found in timber.
दारुः the Indian pine tree
also called देवदारु.
द्रुः the Palāśa tree.
पुत्तलिका a wooden statue or image.
प्रदानं piling up wood, forming a funeral pile.
भारिकः a wood-carrier.
मठी a funeral pile.
मल्लः a bier, a wooden frame on which dead bodies are carried.
लेखकः a small worm found in wood (= काष्ठकूट).
लोहिन् m. a cudgel armed with iron.
वाटः,
टं a wall made of wood.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
काष्ठं,
क्ली,
(काशते दीप्यते काशत्यनेन वा काश+ “हनिकुषीत्यादिना” उणां क्थन् ।व्रश्चेति षत्वम् तितुत्रेति नेट् ।) दारु इत्यमरः ।२ १३
काठ् इति भाषा (उक्तञ्च ।“संसारमतिशुष्कं यत् मुष्टिमध्ये समेष्यति ।तत्काष्ठं काष्ठमित्याहुः खदिरादिससुद्भवम्”
)