karkaśa mf(ā)n. (perhaps connected with karka and karkara) hard, firm, rough, harsh (lit. and metaph.) Suśr. Mṛicch. Bhartṛ. &c
• m. a sword, scymitar L
• Cassia or Sennia Esculenta
• a species of sugar-cane
• = guṇḍorocanī L
• (ā), f. Tragia Involucrata L
• N. of an Apsaras MārkP
• (ī), f. the wild jujube L