KaSir in Kashmiri
KasHmir in Persian
KASmir in Hindi
Kasmira in Sanskrit of Panini and Patanjali
Kashmiras of Mahabharata and Puranas
Kasmira or Kasmiraja.
from may be Saffron or root of kustha.
In whimsical etymologies of early Persian Tarikhs –
Kashap (Kasyapa) + mar (matha)
Or
Kasvira in Prakrit
Kasvira in Prakrit
Kasmir of Kalhana
Maybe Ki-pin of Chinese
Shie-mi of To Yeng and Sung Yun
Shie-mi of To Yeng and Sung Yun
Hiuen Tsiang’s Kia-shi-mi-lo
Ptolemy’s Kaspeiria
Maybe Kaspatyros of Herodotos
Kaspeiroi in Dionysiaca of Nonnos
Maybe Wilson’s Kasyapapura
This Cashmir
of early Angrez and their Casyapapur
Their Cassimere, Chismeer, Ouexmir
Our KasHmir, KASmir, KaSir
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