AkASaH · AkASaM
AkASaH -SaM [ samaMtAdAkASaMte sUrvAdayo'tra Tv. ] 1 The sky; AkASaBavAsarasvatI Ku. 4. 39 ; °ga, °cArin &c. 2 Ether (considered as the fifth element). 3 The subtle and ethereal fluid pervading the whole universe; one of the 9 dravyas or substances recognized by the Vaiśeṣikas. It is the substratum of the quality ‘sound;’ SabdaguRamAkASaM cf. ; also SrutivizayaguRA yA syitA vyApya viSvaM Ś. 1. 1 ; aTAtmanaH SabdaguRaM guRajYaH padaM (scil. AkASaM ) vimAnena vigAhamAnaH R. 13. 1. 4 Free space or vacuity; yaScAyamaMtarAtmannAkASaH Bṛ. Up. 5 Space, place in general; saparvatavanAkASAM pfTivIM Mb. ; BavanAkASamajAyatAMburASiH Bv. 2. 165. 6 Brahma (as identical with ether); AkASastalliMgAt Br. Sūt. ; yAvAnayamAkASastAvAnayamaMtarhfdayAkASaH Ch. Up. 7 Light, clearness. 8 A hole. 9 A dot, zero (in Math. ). AkASe in the air; AkASe lakzyaM badDvA fixing the look on some object out of sight. AkASe in the sense of ‘in the air’ is used in dramas as a stage-direction when a character on the stage asks questions to some one not on the stage, and listens to an imaginary speech supposed to be a reply, which is usually introduced by the words kiM bravIzi, kiM kaTayasi &c.; dUrasTABAzaRaM yatsyAdaSarIranivedanaM . parokzAMtaritaM vAkyaM tadAkASe nigadyate .. Bharata ; cf. AkASaBAzitaM below; ( AkASe ) priyaMvade ; kasyedamuSIrAnulepanaM mfRAlavaMti ca nalinIpatrARi nIyaMte . (SrutimaBinIya) kiM bravIzi &c. Ś. 3. This is a contrivance used by poets to avoid the introduction of a fresh character, and it is largely used in the species of dramatic composition called BARa where only one character conducts ( pb ) the whole play by a copious use of A kASaBAzita . Comp. — anaMtyAyatanaM the abode of infinity or of infinite space; N. of a world with the Buddhists. — astikAyaH N. of a category with the Jainas. — ISaH 1 an epithet of Indra. 2 (in law.) any helpless person (such as a child, a woman, a pauper) who has no other possession than the air. — kakzA ‘the girdle of the sky,’ horizon. — kalpaH Brahma. — gaH a. moving through the atmosphere. — (gaH) a bird. — (gA) the heavenly Ganges. — gaMgA [ AkASapaTavAhinI gaMgA ] the celestial Ganges; nadatyAkASagaMgAyAH srotasyuddAmadiggaje R. 1. 78. — camasaH the moon. — ja a. produced in the sky. — jananin m. a casement, loophole, an embrasure (left in castle-walls). — dIpaH, -pradIpaH 1 a lamp lighted in honour of Lakṣmī or Viṣṇu and raised on a pole in the air at the Divāli festival in the month of Kārtika. 2 a beacon-light, a lantern on a pole. — BAzitaM 1 speaking off the stage, a supposed speech to which a reply is made as if it had been actually spoken and heard; kiMbravIzIti yannAwye vinA pAtraM prayujyate . SrutvevAnuktamapyarTaM tatsyAdAkASaBAzitaM ; S. D. 425. 2 a sound or voice in the air. — maMqalaM the celestial sphere. — mAMsI [ AkASaBavA mAMsI ] N. of a plant ( kzudrajawAmAMsI ). — mUlI the aquatic plant ( kuMBikA ) Pistia Stratiotes. — yAnaM 1 a heavenly car, a balloon. 2 moving or travelling through the sky; AkASayAnena praviSati enter passing through the sky (frequently occurring in dramas). 3 one who moves through the air. — rakzin m. a watchman on the outer battlements of a castle ( AkASa iva atyuccaprAcIropari sTitvA rakzati ). — vacanaM = °BAzitaM q. v. — vartman n. 1 the firmament. 2 the atmosphere, air. — vallI a sort of creeper, a parasitical plant ( amaravela ). — vARI a voice from heaven, an incorporeal speech ( aSarIriRI vARI ). — salilaM rain; dew. — sTa a. abiding in the sky, aerial. — sPawikaH a kind of crystal supposed to be formed in the atmosphere, hail ( karakA ).
AkASaH -SaM [ samaMtAdAkASaMte sUrvAdayo'tra Tv. ] 1 The sky; AkASaBavAsarasvatI Ku. 4. 39 ; °ga, °cArin &c. 2 Ether (considered as the fifth element). 3 The subtle and ethereal fluid pervading the whole universe; one of the 9 dravyas or substances recognized by the Vaiśeṣikas. It is the substratum of the quality ‘sound;’ SabdaguRamAkASaM cf. ; also SrutivizayaguRA yA syitA vyApya viSvaM Ś. 1. 1 ; aTAtmanaH SabdaguRaM guRajYaH padaM (scil. AkASaM ) vimAnena vigAhamAnaH R. 13. 1. 4 Free space or vacuity; yaScAyamaMtarAtmannAkASaH Bṛ. Up. 5 Space, place in general; saparvatavanAkASAM pfTivIM Mb. ; BavanAkASamajAyatAMburASiH Bv. 2. 165. 6 Brahma (as identical with ether); AkASastalliMgAt Br. Sūt. ; yAvAnayamAkASastAvAnayamaMtarhfdayAkASaH Ch. Up. 7 Light, clearness. 8 A hole. 9 A dot, zero (in Math. ). AkASe in the air; AkASe lakzyaM badDvA fixing the look on some object out of sight. AkASe in the sense of ‘in the air’ is used in dramas as a stage-direction when a character on the stage asks questions to some one not on the stage, and listens to an imaginary speech supposed to be a reply, which is usually introduced by the words kiM bravIzi, kiM kaTayasi &c.; dUrasTABAzaRaM yatsyAdaSarIranivedanaM . parokzAMtaritaM vAkyaM tadAkASe nigadyate .. Bharata ; cf. AkASaBAzitaM below; ( AkASe ) priyaMvade ; kasyedamuSIrAnulepanaM mfRAlavaMti ca nalinIpatrARi nIyaMte . (SrutimaBinIya) kiM bravIzi &c. Ś. 3. This is a contrivance used by poets to avoid the introduction of a fresh character, and it is largely used in the species of dramatic composition called BARa where only one character conducts ( pb ) the whole play by a copious use of A kASaBAzita . Comp. — anaMtyAyatanaM the abode of infinity or of infinite space; N. of a world with the Buddhists. — astikAyaH N. of a category with the Jainas. — ISaH 1 an epithet of Indra. 2 (in law.) any helpless person (such as a child, a woman, a pauper) who has no other possession than the air. — kakzA ‘the girdle of the sky,’ horizon. — kalpaH Brahma. — gaH a. moving through the atmosphere. — (gaH) a bird. — (gA) the heavenly Ganges. — gaMgA [ AkASapaTavAhinI gaMgA ] the celestial Ganges; nadatyAkASagaMgAyAH srotasyuddAmadiggaje R. 1. 78. — camasaH the moon. — ja a. produced in the sky. — jananin m. a casement, loophole, an embrasure (left in castle-walls). — dIpaH, -pradIpaH 1 a lamp lighted in honour of Lakṣmī or Viṣṇu and raised on a pole in the air at the Divāli festival in the month of Kārtika. 2 a beacon-light, a lantern on a pole. — BAzitaM 1 speaking off the stage, a supposed speech to which a reply is made as if it had been actually spoken and heard; kiMbravIzIti yannAwye vinA pAtraM prayujyate . SrutvevAnuktamapyarTaM tatsyAdAkASaBAzitaM ; S. D. 425. 2 a sound or voice in the air. — maMqalaM the celestial sphere. — mAMsI [ AkASaBavA mAMsI ] N. of a plant ( kzudrajawAmAMsI ). — mUlI the aquatic plant ( kuMBikA ) Pistia Stratiotes. — yAnaM 1 a heavenly car, a balloon. 2 moving or travelling through the sky; AkASayAnena praviSati enter passing through the sky (frequently occurring in dramas). 3 one who moves through the air. — rakzin m. a watchman on the outer battlements of a castle ( AkASa iva atyuccaprAcIropari sTitvA rakzati ). — vacanaM = °BAzitaM q. v. — vartman n. 1 the firmament. 2 the atmosphere, air. — vallI a sort of creeper, a parasitical plant ( amaravela ). — vARI a voice from heaven, an incorporeal speech ( aSarIriRI vARI ). — salilaM rain; dew. — sTa a. abiding in the sky, aerial. — sPawikaH a kind of crystal supposed to be formed in the atmosphere, hail ( karakA ).