[kaṣ-ghaña] 1 Rubbing, scratch- ing; pathiṣu viṭapināṃ skaṃdhakāṣaiḥ sadhūmaḥ Ve. 2. 18.

2 That against which anything is rubbed (as the stock of a tree); līnāliḥ surakariṇāṃ kapolakāṣaḥ Ki. 5. 26; see kapolakāṣa also.