kfświ | क्फ़्श्wइ | kfzwi

kfświ/ | क्फ़्श्wइ/ | ayas | अयस् |, f. pl. (once only sg. RV. iv, 42, 1) men, races of men (sometimes with the epithet mā/nuśīs | मा/नुशीस् | [i, 59, 5 and vi, 18, 2] or nā/huśīs | ना/हुशीस् | [vi, 46, 7] or mānavī/s | मानवी/स् | [AV. iii, 24, 3]; cf. carśaṛi/ | चर्शऋइ/ |; originally the word may have meant cultivated ground, then an inhabited land, next its inhabitants, and lastly any race of men; Indra and Agni have the N. rā/jā | रा/जा | or pa/tiḥ kfśwīnā/m | प/तिः क्फ़्श्wईना/म् |; the term pa/ẏca kfśwa/yas | प/य़्च क्फ़्श्wअ/यस् |, perhaps originally designating the five Āryan tribes of the Yadus, Turvaśas, Druhyus, Anus, and Pūrus, comprehends the whole human race, not only the Āryan tribes), RV.; AV.
kfświ/ | क्फ़्श्wइ/ | (is | इस् |), f. ploughing, cultivating the soil, L.
attracting, drawing, L.
‘harvest’, the consequences (karma-k˚ | कर्म-क्˚ |), Naiṣ. vi, 100
kfświ/ | क्फ़्श्wइ/ | (is | इस् |), m. a teacher, learned man or Paṇḍit, Hariv. 3588; SkandaP.

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