and Kāsāva (adj.) [Sk. kāṣāya from the Pāli; kāsāya prob. fr. Sk. śyāma or śyāva brown = Pāli sāma with kā = kad, a kind of, thus meaning a kind of brown i.e. yellow. See further under sāma and cp. kāla

1. Kāsāya as attr. of vatthāni, the yellow robes of the Buddhist mendicant, in phrase kāsāyāni v˚ acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajitvā, describing the taking up of the “homeless state” DN.i.60, DN.i.61, DN.i.63, DN.i.115; MN.ii.67; AN.i.107; AN.ii.208; AN.iv.118, AN.iv.274, AN.iv.280; Pp.57; Cnd.172. -vattha (adj.) with yellow robes Snp.64; cp ’nivattha Ja.iii.179 (dressed in yellow, of the executioner see Fick, Soziale Gliederung p. 104 & cp. kāsāya-nivāsana Ja.iii.41; kāsāviya Ja.iv.447); Pv-a.20; -vāsin dressed in yellow Snp.487.
2. Kāsāva (vattha) the yellow robe (never in above formula) Vin.i.287; SN.iv.190 = SN.v.53 = SN.v.301; Dhp.9, Dhp.10 = Thag.969, Thag.970 = Ja.ii.198 = Ja.v.50; Mil.11. -kaṇṭhā (pl.) the “yellow necks those whose necks are dressed in yellow Dhp.307 (Dhp-a.iii.480) = Iti.43; -pajjota glittering with yellow robes Vb.247; Mil.19.