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kaccha

कच्छ · /kətʃtʃʰə/ · Sanskrit (Monier-Williams 1872)

the hem or end of a lower garment tucked into the girdle or waistband

(in the first sense a Prākṛt form for kakṣa; cf. kacchaṭikā), the hem or end of a lower garment tucked into the girdle or waistband; (according to some m. f. n. in the next senses, according to others only m.) a bank or any ground bordering on water, as the margin of a river, lake, tank, etc.; a mound or causeway, watery soil, marshy ground, a marsh, a morass, low or flat land skirting mountains; name of several places … (Monier-Williams 1872, p. 194c).

Compounds and derivatives listed by MW (8): kaccha-deśa, kaccha-pa, kaccha-pa-deśa, kaccha-bhū, kaccharuhā, kaccha-vihāra, kacchānta, kaccheśvara.

Full entry with compounds, spelling notes and pronunciation

Grammar: masculine/neuter noun

Source: Monier Williams, Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Cologne MW72, CC BY-SA 4.0 · MW p. 194c

Etymology

not given in MW (1872)

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