आकाशākāśaशम् [śam], शम् [समन्तादाकाशन्ते सूर्यादयोऽत्र Tv.]
- शम् śam, शम् समन्तादाकाशन्ते सूर्यादयोऽत्र Tv.
- The sky आकाशभवा सरस्वती Ku.4.39; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedग, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedचारिन् etc.
- Ether (considered as the fifth element).
- The subtle and ethereal fluid pervading the whole universe; one of the 9 dravyas or substances recognized by the Vaiśe- ṣikas. It is the substratum of the quality 'sound'; शब्दगुणमाकाशम्; Compare also श्रुतिविषयगुणा या स्थिता व्याप्य विश्वम् Ś.1.1; अथात्मनः शब्दगुणं गुणज्ञः पदं (scil. आकाशम्) विमानेन विगाहमानः R.13.1.
- Free space or vacuity; यश्चायमन्त- रात्मन्नाकाशः Bṛi. Up.
- Space, place in general; सपर्वत- वनाकाशां पृथिवीम् Mb.; भवनाकाशमजायताम्बुराशिः Bv.2.165. open space (not covered or surrounded by anything); मुनयः सलिलाहारा वायुभक्षास्तथापरे । आकाशनिलयाश्चैव तथा स्थण्डि- लशायिनः ॥ Rām.3.6.4.
- Brahman (as identical with ether); आकाशस्तल्लिङ्गात् Br. Sūt.1.1.22; यावानयमाकाश- स्तावानयमन्तर्हृदयाकाशः Ch. Up.8.1.3.
- Light, clearness.
- A hole.
- A dot, zero (in Mathematics). आकाशे in the air; आकाशे लक्ष्यं बद्ध्वा fixing the look on some object out of sight. आकाशे 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 किं ब्रवीषि, किं कथयसि etc.; दूरस्थाभाषणं यत्स्यादशरीरनिवेदनम् । परोक्षान्तरितं वाक्यं तदाकाशे निगद्यते ॥ Bharata; Compare आकाशभाषितम् below; (आकाशे) प्रियंवदे, कस्येदमुशीरानुलेपनं मृणालवन्ति च नलिनीपत्राणि नीयन्ते । (श्रुतिमभिनीय) किं ब्रवीषि etc. 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 भाण where only one character conducts the whole play by a copious use of आकाशभाषित.
Derived forms and compounds
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-अनन्त्यायतनम् the abode of infinity or of infinite space; Name of a world with the Buddhists.
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-अस्तिकायः Name of a category with the Jainas; धर्माधर्माकाशास्तिकायास्ते Sarva. S.3.
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-ईशः
- an epithet of Indra.
- (in law) any helpless person (such as a child, a woman, a pauper) who has no other possession than the air. आकाशेशास्तु विज्ञेया बालवृद्धकृशातुराः Ms.4.184.
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-कक्षा 'the girdle of the sky', horizon.
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-कल्पः Brahman.
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-गः Adjective moving through the atmosphere. (-गः) a bird. (-गा) the heavenly Ganges.
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-गङ्गा आकाशपथवाहिनी गङ्गा the celestial Ganges; नदत्याकाशगङ्गायाः स्रोतस्युद्दामदिग्गजे R.1.78; Compare also उभौ यदि व्योम्नि पृथक् प्रवाहावाकाशगङ्गापयसः पतेताम् Si.3.8.
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-गर्भी Masculine Name of a Bodhisattva.
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-चमसः the moon.
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-ज Adjective produced in the sky.
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-जननिन्
- Masculine a casement, loophole, an embrasure (left in castle walls); प्रगण्डीः कारयेत्सम्यगाकाशजननीस्तदा Mb.12.69.43. दीपः, प्रदीपः 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.
- a beacon-light, a lantern on a pole.
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-पथिकः The sun; Ks.
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-प्रतिष्ठितः Name of a Buddha.
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-बद्धलक्ष (in Nāṭaka) fixing the gaze on some object out of sight; ततः प्रविशति आकाशबद्धलक्षः उन्मत्तवेषो राजा V.4.
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-भाषितम्
- speaking off the stage, a supposed speech to which a reply is made as if it had been actually spoken and heard; किं ब्रवीषीति यन्नाटये विना पात्रं प्रयुज्यते । श्रुत्वेवानुक्तमप्यर्थं तत्स्यादाकाशभाषितम् S. D.425.
- a sound or voice in the air.
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-मण्डलम् the celestial sphere.
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-मांसी आकाशभवा मांसी Name of a plant क्षुद्रजटामांसी).
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-मुखिन् Plural Name of Śaiva sect, the adherents of which keep their faces turned towards the sky.
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-मुष्टिहननाय Ā. To be foolish like one who beats the air with his fist; Sarva. S.
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-मूली the equatic plant (कुम्भिका) Pistia Stratiotes (Marâthî शेवाळ).
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-यानम्
- a heavenly car, a balloon. Compare वायुबन्धकवस्त्रेण सुबद्धो यानमस्तके । उदानस्य लघुत्वेन बिभर्त्याकाशयानकम् ॥ गरुत्मद्धंसैः कङ्कालैरन्यैः पक्षिगणैरपि । आकाशे वाहयेद् यानं विमानमिति संज्ञितम् ॥ -अगस्त्यसंहिता.
- moving or travelling through the sky; आकाशयानेन प्रविशति enter passing through the sky (frequently occurring in dramas).
- one who moves through the air.
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-रक्षिन् Masculine a watchman on the outer battlements of a castle (आकाश इव अत्युच्चप्राचीरोपरि स्थित्वा रक्षति).
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-वचनम् Equivalent to denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedभाषितम् quod vide, which see
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-वर्त्मन्
- Neuter
- the firmament.
- the atmosphere, air.
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-वल्ली a sort of creeper, a parasitical plant (अमरवेल; Mar बांडगूळ).
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-वाणी a voice from heaven, an incorporeal speech (अशरीरिणी वाणी).
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-शयनम् Sleeping in the open air; निवृत्ताकाशशयनाः Rām.3.16.12.
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-सलिलम् rain; dew.
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-स्थ Adjective abiding in the sky. aerial.
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-स्फटिकः a kind of crystal supposed to be formed in the atmosphere (two kinds सूर्यकान्त and चन्द्रकान्त); hail (करका).
In the Gita·13·32
अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्मायमव्ययः ।
- आकाशम्ākāśamaccusative singular of the neuter noun ākāśa (ether). This word is used in the Masculine gender also but here it is distinctly used in the Neuter gender.
