कष्

{ kaṣ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कष्    cl. 1. Ā. P. कषति, °ते, to rub, scratch, scrape, [Pāṇ. 3-4, 34]; [Naiṣ.] : Ā. to rub or scratch one's self, [ChUp.] ( pr. p. Ā. कषमाण), [Vait.];

to itch ( Ā.), [BhP.];

to rub with a touchstone, test, try, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. 7-2, 22];

to injure, hurt, destroy, kill, [Dhātup. xvii, 34];

to leap, ib. xvii, 77 ( v.l.) :

Caus. P. काषयति, to hurt, ib. xxxii, 121 ( v.l.); ([ cf. Gk. κεωρέω, κάσσα.])

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कष् [kaṣ]   I. 1 U. (कषति-ते, कषित)
   To rub, scratch, scrape; समूलकाषं कषति Sk; [Bk..3.49.]
   To test, try, rub on a touch-stone (as gold); छदहेम कषन्निवालसत्कष- पाषाणनिभे नभस्तले [N.2.69.]
   To injure, destroy.
   To itch.
   To leap. -II. 1 P. (काषयति) To hurt.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : कण्डूय, घृष्