akzara a. [ na kzaratIti; kzar calane ac-na . ta .] 1 Imperishable, indestructible, undecaying, epithet of the Supreme as well as the Individual soul; yamakzaraM kzetravido vidustamAtmAnamAtmanyavalokayaMtaM Ku. 3. 50 ; dvAvimO puruzO loke kzaraScAkzara eva ca .. kzaraH sarvARi BUtAni kUwasTo'kzara ucyate .. Bg. 15. 16 ; yasmAtkzaramatItohamakzarAdapi cottamaH . atosmi loke vede ca praTitaH puruzottamaH ; the unconcerned (Spirit); akzaraM paramaM brahma . 2 Fixed, firm, unalterable. — raH 1 Śiva. 2 Viṣṇu. 3 A sword. — rA Sound, word, speech ( Ved. ). — raM [ aS-saraH Uṇ. 3. 70 , aSeH saraH; aSnute vyApnoti vedAdiSAstrARi .] 1 ( a ) A letter of the alphabet; akzarARAmakArosmi Bg. 10. 33 ; mudrAkzarARi, maDura°, tryakzara &c. ( b ) a syllable; ekAkzaraM paraM brahma Ms. 2. 83 the monosyllable; ekamakzaraM Bg. 10. 25 , Ms. 2. 78 , 84 , 125 (sacred syllable). Hence ( c ) a word or words, speech collectively; pratizeDa° viklavABirAmaM Ś. 3. 25 ; aho saMdIpanAnyakzarARi U. 4 ; BarturetAni praRayamayAnyakzarARi M. 3 words; brAhmaRasaMkramitAkzareRa pitAmahena V. 3 ; akzaraM varRanirmARaM varRamapyakzaraM viduH . akzaraM na kzaraM vidyAdaSnotervA sare 'kzaraM .. 2 A document (letter &c.), sacred writing; writing in general (in pl. ); tatra BuktiH pramARaM syAnna sAkzI nAkzarARi ca Pt. 3. 94 ; tatraBavatyA akzarARi visfzwAni syuH V. 2. 3 The highest deity or Godhead, the indestructible spirit, Brahma ( paramabrahman, mUlakAraRaM ); akzaraM paramaM brahma Bg. 8. 3 ; karma brahmodBavaM vidDi brahmAkzarasamudBavaM 3. 15 ; yaTA sataH puruzAtkeSalomAni taTAkzarAtsaMBavatIha viSvaM Chān. Up. 4 Religious austerity, penance. 5 Sacrifice. 6 Water. 7 The sky. 8 Final ( pb ) beatitude, emancipation from further transmigration. 9 Continuance, permanence. 10 Right, justice ( Ved. in these two senses). 11 N. of a plant, Achyranthes Aspera. 12 A measure of time, equal to one-fifth of a Kāṣṭhā. Comp. — aMgaM 1 a part of a syllable. 2 alphabet. — arTaH [ za . ta .] meaning (of words); kiM tAvat gItyAavagato'kzarArTaH Ś. 5 — caM(cuM)cuH — caRaH, -naH [ akzareRa varRavinyAsalipyA vittaH akzara-caRap or caM(cuM)cup P. V. 2. 26. ] a scribe, writer, copyist; so °jIvakaH , jIvI, akzareRa jIvati; jIva Rini or Rvul ; also °jIvikaH . — cyutakaM [ akzaraM cyutaM luptaM yatra ; ba . kap ] getting out a different meaning by the omission of a letter ( e. g. kurvan divAkaraSlezaM daDaccaraRaqaMbaraM . deva yOzmAkasenayoH kareRuH prasaratyasO where another meaning may be got by omitting ka in kareRuH i. e. by taking reRuH ). — CaMdas n. — vfttaM 1 a metre regulated by the number of syllables it contains; CaMdastu dviviDaM proktaM vfttaM jAtiriti dviDA . vfttamakzarasaMKyAtaM jAtirmAtrAkftA Bavet .. 2 of unshaken resolve, resolute ( akzaraM niScalaM CaMdo'BiprAyo yasya ); an epithet of paramAtman . — jananI, -tUlikA [ akzarARAM jananIva; tallipileKAnAM tUlikeva vA sADanatvAt ] a reed or pen. — (vi) nyAsaH [ za . ta . BAve GaY ] writing, arrangement of letters; BUrjapatragato °saH V. 2. 2. the alphabet. 3 scripture. 4 hfdayAdyADArasparSapUrvakaM tadakzarARAM smaraRoccAraRarUpastaMtraprasidDo varRanyAsaH . — paMkti a. 1 having 5 syllables ( paMkti = Gr. pentas five) su mat pad vaga de ityeza vE yajYo'kzarapaMktiH Ait. Br. ( tAnyetAnyakzarARi hotfjapAdO prayoktavyAni ). 2 N. of a metre of four lines ( dvipadA virAj ) each having five syllables (one dactyl and one spondee). — BAj a. having a share in the syllables (of a prayer?). — BUmikA tablet R. 18. 46 — muKaH [ akzarARi tanmayAni SAstrARi vA muKe yasya ] a scholar, student. — KaM [ za . ta .] the beginning of the alphabet; the letter a . — muzwikA ‘finger-speech’, speaking by means of finger-signs. — varjita a. unlettered, illiterate, not knowing how to read or write. — vyaktiH f. [ za . ta ]. distinct articulation of syllables. — SikzA [ za . ta .] the science of (mystic) syllables; theory of brahma (brahmatatva) ; mahyaM °kzAM viDAya Dk. 11. — saMsTAnaM [ akzarARAM saMsTAnaM yatra ] arrangement of letters, writing, alphabet.