काष्ठम् [kāṣṭham] [काश्-क्थन्
[Uṇ2.2] ]
A piece of wood, especially one used as fuel;
[Ms.4.49,241;5.69.] Wood or timber, a piece or log of wood in general; यथा काष्ठं च काष्ठं च समेयातां महोदधौ
[H.4.69;] [Ms.4.4.] A stick; शोणितेन विना दुःखं कुर्वन् काष्ठादिभिर्नरः
[Y.2.218.] An instrument for measuring length. -Comp. -आगारः,
-रम् a wooden house or enclosure.
-अधिरोहणम् ascending the funeral pile.
-अम्बुवाहिनी a wooden bucket.
-कदली the wild plantain (Mar. चवई).
-कीटः a small insect found in decayed wood.
-कुटः, -कूटः -भङ्गिन् 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.
-चिता a. a. funeral pile. -तक्ष्m.,
-तक्षकः a carpenter.
-तन्तुः a small worm found in timber.
-दारुः the Indian pine tree; also called देवदारु.
-द्रुः the Palāśa tree.
-पुत्तलिका a wooden statue or image.
-पूलकः (कम्) a bundle of sticks or faggots; न हि अबद्धे काष्ठपूलके एकस्मिन्नाकृष्यमाणे काष्ठान्तराणि कृष्यन्ते । ŚB. on
[MS.9.1.26.] -प्रदानम् piling up wood; forming a funeral pile.
-भारः a particular weight of wood;
[Rām. 1.4.24.] -भारिकः wood-carrier; काष्ठभारिकसंघाय सप्रश्रयम- दामहम्
[Ks.6.42.] -मठी a funeral pile.
-मल्लः a bier, a wooden frame on which dead bodies are carried,-लेखकः a small worm found in wood (= काष्ठकूट).-लोहिंन् m. a cudgel armed with iron.
-वाटः, l-टम् a wall made of wood.