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काय mfn. 1.mf(ई)n. (fr. 3.क, [Pāṇ. 4-2, 25] ), relating or devoted to the god क (प्रजा-पति, [RV. x, 121] ), [VS.] ; [TS.] ; [ŚBr.] &c. काय m. m. one of the eight modes of marriage (= प्राजापत्य See विवाह), [Mn. iii, 38] ; [Yājñ. i, 60] काय n. n. part of the hand sacred to प्रजा-पति, the root of the little finger, [Mn. ii, 58 and 59.] काय m. 2.m. (√ चि, [Pāṇ. 3-3, 41] ), the body, KātyŚr.; [Mn.] &c. the trunk of a tree, [R.] the body of a lute (the whole except the wires), [L.] assemblage, collection, multitude, [SaddhP.] principal, capital, [Nār.] ; [Bṛh.] a house, habitation, [L.] a butt, mark, [L.] any object to be attained, [L.] natural temperament, [L.]
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