Benares, வாரணாசி. காசிக்கல், load-stone, காகச்சிலை. காசிக்குப்பி, a phial of the holy water of the Ganges taken at Benares or other places. காசிவாசி, an inhabitant of Benares.
[kāci] ''s.'' Casi, a celebrated city and place of pilgrimage, the modern Banares, being the most meritorious place for bathing in sacred water, as Ramisseram is for the south of India, ஓர்நகரம். Wils. p. 219. KASHI. 2. The cumin seed, சீரகம்.