The Sanskrit term Kārkaśya can be transliterated into English as Karkasya or Karkashya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Kārkaśya (कार्कश्य):—(von karkaśa) n. Rauhheit, Härte (auch in übertr. Bed.) [Suśruta.1, 270, 12.] stanayoḥ [Pañcatantra I, 205.] kārkaśyaṃ gamite pi cetasi [Amaruśataka 24.] bhayakārkaśyakopānāṃ gṛhaṃ hi cchāndasā dvijāḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 18, 108.] rauhe Arbeit: kārkaśyena samārjitam (samarjitam?) . annaṃ dattvā dvijātibhyaḥ śūdraḥ pāpātpramucyate .. [Mahābhārata 13, 5551.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Kārkaśya (कार्कश्य):—n. —

1) Rauhheit , Härte (auch in übertr. Bed.). —

2) rohe — , harte Arbeit.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Ends with: Kanthakarkashya.

Full-text: Taralata, Taralatva.

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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)

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