Word Meaning
कासा
kasa
hinoun, masculine
Meaning
A bowl, cup, or a mendicant's begging bowl.
Detailed Meaning
'Kasa' refers to a bowl, goblet, or the begging bowl carried by a dervish. In classical Urdu poetry, it frequently serves as a motif of intense yearning, extreme poverty, and spiritual mendicancy in love. In this couplet, it combines with 'sar' to form 'kasa-e-sar' (the bowl of the skull), symbolizing the desperate lover who wanders using his severed head or skull to beg for a sight of the beloved.
Etymology
From Persian 'kāsa' (کاسه), meaning a cup, bowl, or goblet.
Usage
Commonly used in ghazals in figurative compounds like 'kasa-e-sar' (skull) or 'kasa-e-chashm' (eye socket) to depict utter abasement in longing.
Examples
wandering the lanes with a beggar's bowl
filling the bowl of the heart with longing
Synonyms
प्यालाकटोराजामकश्कोल
Related Words
कासा-ए-सरकश्कोलगदाख़ैरात