chavi : [f.] the outer skin; tegument.
Chavi (f.) [*(s)qeu to cover. Vedic chavi, skuṇāti; cp. Gr. sku_lon; Lat. ob -- scurus; Ohg. skūra (Nhg. scheuer); Ags scēo>E. sky also Goth. skōhs>E. shoe] the (outer, thin) skin, tegument S ii.256; A iv.129; Sn 194; J ii.92. Distinguished from camma, the hide (under -- skin, corium) S ii.238 (see camma); also in combn ch -- cammamaŋsa Vism 235; DhA iv.56.
-- kalyāṇa beauty of complexion, one of the 5 beauties (see kalyāṇa 2d) DhA i.387; -- dos' -- ābādha a skin disease, cutaneous irritation Vin i.206; -- roga skin disease DhA iii.295; -- vaṇṇa the colour of the skin, the complexion, esp. beautiful compl., beauty Vin i.8; J iii.126; DhA iv.72; PvA 14 (vaṇṇadhātu), 70, 71 (=vaṇṇa).
chavi: f. 表皮
chavi f. skin, cuticle, PārGr, iii, 12 Hariv. 15709 Suśr. VarBṛS. lxix, 28 ff
• colour of the skin, colour MBh. iii, 12387 Mṛicch. Megh. &c
• beauty, splendour Ragh. ix, 34 Śiś. ix, 3 Naish. xxii, 55
• a ray of light L.
• cf. kṛṣṇa-cch○
chavi f. skin, hide TBr.i f. TāṇḍyaBr. xvi, 6, 2 ŚāṅkhBr. xxv, 15 KātyŚr. xxii Lāṭy. viii, 2, 1