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कक्ष m. m. (√ कष्, [Uṇ. iii, 62] ; cf. √ कच्), lurking-place, hiding-place, [RV. x, 28, 4] ; [VS. xi, 79] a wood, large wood (?), [RV. vi, 45, 31] a forest of dead trees, a dry wood, underwood (often the lair of wild beasts), [VS.] ; [TS.] ; [TāṇḍyaBr.] ; [Mn.] &c. an inner recess, the interior of a forest grass, dry grass a spreading creeper, climbing plant, [L.] side or flank, [L.] sin, [L.] a gate, [W.] a buffalo, [L.] Terminalia Bellerica, [W.] कक्ष mf. mf. the armpit (as the most concealed part of the human body), region of the girth, [AV. vi, 127, 2] ; [Suśr.] ; [Mṛcch.] &c.; कक्ष [cf. Lat. coxa, ‘hip’; O.H.G. hahsa; Zd. kasha; cf. Sk. kaccha] a girdle, zone, belt, girth, [MBh.] ; [BhP.] &c. the end of the lower garment (which, after the cloth is carried round the body, is brought up behind and tucked into the waistband) hem, border, lace, [BhP. ix, 10, 37] the scale of a balance, [Kāvyâd.] ; [Vcar.] कक्ष m. m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh.] ; [VP.]
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