AkASa
ākāśa ( m. ), ( 1 ) region, place : Mv ii.49.3—4 kahiṃ … ākāśe pravṛttajīvo ti mṛto ti, in what region ( lit. under what sky?) is his life taking place, or is he dead? ; ( 2 ) in SP 124.11 acc. to Kern voidness : (dharmam) ākāśagatikam, placed in voidness (as if synonym of śūnyatā; but Burnouf qui a pour étendue lʼespace ); cf. under dhātu 1 b, where it is made clear that ākāśa, as the fifth of six elements (dhātu), means absolutely empty space ; ( 3 ) short for ākāśānantya, in cpd. ākāśa-vijñānā° ( etc. ), Bbh 49.17—18 , see s.v. naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatana ; ( 4 ) emptiness , implying vanity (? cf. 2 above): KP 111.1 dvāv imau … pravrajitasyākāśapaligodhau (see paligodha , and godha ); katamau dvau? lokāyatamantraparyeṣṭitā ca, utsadapātracīvaradhāraṇatayā (read °tā?) ca. In vs , l. 6: ākāśabodhe (see 2 bodha ) imi dve pratiṣṭhite.