avakASaH 1 Occasion, opportunity; tAte cApadvitIye vahati raRaDurAM ko BayasyAvakASaH Ve. 3. 5 ; uttarAvakASamapAharaMtyA K. 204 , 265 ; sAhAyyadAnAvakASaH Dk. 96 ; M. 3. 13 ; M. 2 ; oft. used with laB in the sense of ‘to get an opportunity or scope for action’; labDAvakASo' viDyanmAM tatra dagDo manoBavaH Ks. 1. 41. 2 ( a ) Place, space, room; avakASaM kilodanvAnrAmAyAByarTito dadO R. 4. 58 ; anyamavakASamavagAhe V. 4 ; Ms. 3. 207 ; yaTAvakASaM nI to take to its proper place, R. 6. 14 ; asmAkamasti na kaTaMcidihAvakASaH Pt. 4. 8 ; avakASo viviktoyaM mahAnadyoH samAgame Rām. ; sadozAvakASa iva te vAkyaSezaH V. 3 your unfinished sentence shows that there is room to find fault. ( b ) Footing, admission, scope, access, entrance; (CAyA) SudDe tu darpaRatale sulaBAvakASA Ś. 7. 32 ; oft. used in these senses with laB ; labDAvakASA me prArTanA, labDAvakASo me manoraTaH Ś. 1 ; SokAvegadUzite me manasi viveka eva nAvakASaM laBate Prab. ; also with kf or dA ‘to make room for’, ‘admit’, ‘give way to’; asO hi datvA timirAvakASaM Mk. 3. 6 ; tasmAddeyo vipulamatiBirnAvakASo'DamAnAM Pt. 1. 366 ; Sayane datto' vakASaH Amaru. 18 ; adattAvakASo matsarasya K. 45 not swayed by malice; Ms. 9. 271 ; Y. 2. 276 ; dadO ca nijacittepi sovakASaM manoBuvaH Ks. 20. 71 ; K. 132 , 141 , 207 ; Ratn. 2. 14 ; avakASaM ( pb ) ruD to obstruct, hinder or impede; nayanasalilotpIqarudDAvakASAM (nidrAM) Me. 91. 3 Interval, intermediate space or time. 4 An aperture, opening. 5 A glance cast on anything. 6 N. of certain verses during the recitation of which the eyes must be fixed upon certain objects.