Kāsāya
Kāsāya,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 anagāriyaṁ pabbajitvā,describing the taking up of the “homeless state” D.I,60,61,63,115; M.II,67; A.I,107; II,208; IV,118,274,280; Pug.57; Nd2 172.°vattha (adj.) with yellow robes Sn.64; cp.‘nivattha J.III,179 (dressed in yellow,of the executioner:see Fick,Soziale Gliederung p.104 & cp.kāsāya-nivāsana J.III,41; kāsāviya J.IV,447); PvA.20; °vāsin dressed in yellow Sn.487.-- 2.Kāsāva (vattha) the yellow robe (never in above formula) Vin.I,287; S.IV,190=V.53=301; Dh.9,10=Th.1,969,970=J.II,198 =V.50; Miln.11.°kaṇṭhā (pl.) the “yellow necks” those whose necks are dressed in yellow Dh.307 (= DhA.III,480)=It.43; °pajjota glittering with yellow robes Vbh.247; Miln.19.(Page 212)