ākāśaḥ śaṃ [samaṃtādākāśaṃtesūrvādayo'tra Tv.] 1 The sky; ākāśabhavāsarasvatī Ku. 4. 39; °ga, °cārin &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;’ śabdaguṇamākāśaṃ cf.; also śrutiviṣayaguṇā yā syitā vyāpya viśvaṃ Ś. 1. 1; athātmanaḥ śabdaguṇaṃ guṇajñaḥ padaṃ (scil. ākāśaṃ) vimānena vigāhamānaḥ R. 13. 1. 4 Free space or vacuity; yaścāyamaṃtarātmannākāśaḥ Bṛ. Up. 5 Space, place in general; saparvatavanākāśāṃ pṛthivīṃ Mb.; bhavanākāśamajāyatāṃburāśiḥ Bv. 2. 165. 6 Brahma (as identical with ether); ākāśastalliṃgāt Br. Sūt.; yāvānayamākāśastāvānayamaṃtarhṛdayākāśaḥ Ch. Up. 7 Light, clearness. 8 A hole. 9 A dot, zero (in Math.). ākāśe in the air; ākāśe lakṣyaṃ baddhvā fixing the look on some object out of sight. ākāśe 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 kiṃ bravīṣi, kiṃ kathayasi &c.; dūrasthābhāṣaṇaṃyatsyādaśarīranivedanaṃ . parokṣāṃtaritaṃ vākyaṃtadākāśe nigadyate .. Bharata; cf. ākāśabhāṣitaṃ below; (ākāśe) priyaṃvade; kasyedamuśīrānulepanaṃ mṛṇālavaṃti ca nalinīpatrāṇi nīyaṃte .(śrutimabhinīya) kiṃ bravīṣi &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 bhāṇa where only one character conducts (pb) the whole play by a copious use of ākāśabhāṣita. Comp.—anaṃtyāyatanaṃ the abode of infinity or of infinite space; N. of a world with the Buddhists. —astikāyaḥ N. of a category with the Jainas. —īśaḥ 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. —kakṣā ‘the girdle of the sky,’ horizon. —kalpaḥ Brahma. —gaḥa. moving through the atmosphere. (—gaḥ) a bird. (—gā) the heavenly Ganges. —gaṃgā [ ākāśapathavāhinī gaṃgā] the celestial Ganges; nadatyākāśagaṃgāyāḥ srotasyuddāmadiggaje R. 1. 78. —camasaḥ the moon. —jaa. produced in the sky. —jananinm. a casement, loophole, an embrasure (left in castle-walls). —dīpaḥ, pradīpaḥ 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. —bhāṣitaṃ 1 speaking off the stage, a supposed speech to which a reply is made as if it had been actually spoken and heard; kiṃbravīṣīti yannāṭye vinā pātraṃ prayujyate .śrutvevānuktamapyarthaṃ tatsyādākāśabhāṣitaṃ; S. D. 425. 2 a sound or voice in the air. —maṃḍalaṃ the celestial sphere. —māṃsī [ākāśabhavā māṃsī] N. of a plant ( kṣudrajaṭāmāṃsī). —mūlī the aquatic plant (kuṃbhikā) Pistia Stratiotes. —yānaṃ 1 a heavenly car, a balloon. 2 moving or travelling through the sky; ākāśayānena praviśati enter passing through the sky (frequently occurring in dramas). 3 one who moves through the air. —rakṣinm. a watchman on the outer battlements of a castle (ākāśa ivaatyuccaprācīropari sthitvā rakṣati). —vacanaṃ = °bhāṣitaṃ q. v. —vartmann. 1 the firmament. 2 the atmosphere, air. —vallī a sort of creeper, a parasitical plant (amaravela). —vāṇī a voice from heaven, an incorporeal speech ( aśarīriṇī vāṇī). —salilaṃ rain; dew. —sthaa. abiding in the sky, aerial. —sphaṭikaḥ a kind of crystal supposed to be formed in the atmosphere, hail (karakā).
ākāśaḥ, ākāśam [samantādākāśante sūryādayo'tra Tv.] 1 The sky ākāśabhavā sarasvatī Ku.4.39; ˚ga, ˚cārin &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'; śabdaguṇamākāśam; cf. also śrutiviṣayaguṇā yā sthitā vyāpya viśvam Ś.1.1; athātmanaḥ śabdaguṇaṃ guṇajñaḥ padaṃ (scil. ākāśam) vimānena vigāhamānaḥ R.13.1. -4 Free space or vacuity; yaścāyamanta- rātmannākāśaḥ Bṛi. Up. -5 Space, place in general; saparvata- vanākāśāṃ pṛthivīm Mb.; bhavanākāśamajāyatāmburāśiḥ Bv.2.165. open space (not covered or surrounded by anything); munayaḥ salilāhārā vāyubhakṣāstathāpare | ākāśanilayāścaiva tathā sthaṇḍilaśāyinaḥ || Rām.3.6.4. -6 Brahman (as identical with ether); ākāśastalliṅgāt Br. Sūt.1.1.22; yāvānayamākāśa- stāvānayamantarhṛdayākāśaḥ Ch. Up.8.1.3. -7 Light, clearness. -8 A hole. -9 A dot, zero (in Math.). ākāśe in the air; ākāśe lakṣyaṃ baddhvā fixing the look on some object out of sight. ākāśe 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 kiṃ bravīṣi, kiṃ kathayasi &c.; dūrasthābhāṣaṇaṃ yatsyādaśarīranivedanam | parokṣāntaritaṃ vākyaṃ tadākāśe nigadyate || Bharata; cf. ākāśabhāṣitam below; (ākāśe) priyaṃvade, kasyedamuśīrānulepanaṃ mṛṇālavanti ca nalinīpatrāṇi nīyante | (śrutimabhinīya) kiṃ bravīṣi &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 bhāṇa where only one character conducts the whole play by a copious use of ākāśabhāṣita. -Comp. -anantyāyatanam the abode of infinity or of infinite space; N. of a world with the Buddhists. -astikāyaḥ N. of a category with the Jainas; dharmādharmākāśāstikāyāste Sarva. S.3. -īśaḥ 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. ākāśeśāstu vijñeyā bālavṛddhakṛśāturāḥ Ms.4.184. -kakṣā 'the girdle of the sky', horizon. -kalpaḥ Brahman. -gaḥa. moving through the atmosphere. (-gaḥ) a bird. (-gā) the heavenly Ganges. -gaṅgā [ākāśapathavāhinī gaṅgā] the celestial Ganges; nadatyākāśagaṅgāyāḥ srotasyuddāmadiggaje R.1.78; cf. also ubhau yadi vyomni pṛthak pravāhāvākāśagaṅgāpayasaḥ patetām Si.3.8. -garbhīm. N. of a Bodhisattva. -camasaḥ the moon. -jaa. produced in the sky. -jananinm. a casement, loophole, an embrasure (left in castle walls); pragaṇḍīḥ kārayetsamyagākāśajananīstadā Mb.12.69.43. -dīpaḥ, -pradīpaḥ 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. -pathikaḥ The sun; Ks. -pratiṣṭhitaḥ N. of a Buddha. -baddhalakṣa (in Nāṭaka) fixing the gaze on some object out of sight; tataḥ praviśati ākāśabaddhalakṣaḥ unmattaveṣo rājā V.4. -bhāṣitam 1 speaking off the stage, a supposed speech to which a reply is made as if it had been actually spoken and heard; kiṃ bravīṣīti yannāṭaye vinā pātraṃ prayujyate | śrutvevānuktamapyarthaṃ tatsyādākāśabhāṣitam S. D.425. -2 a sound or voice in the air. -maṇḍalam the celestial sphere. -māṃsī [ākāśabhavā māṃsī] N. of a plant kṣudrajaṭāmāṃsī). -mukhin pl. N. of Śaiva sect, the adherents of which keep their faces turned towards the sky. -muṣṭihananāya Ā. To be foolish like one who beats the air with his fist; Sarva. S. -mūlī the equatic plant (kumbhikā) Pistia Stratiotes (Mar. śevāḻa). -yānam 1 a heavenly car, a balloon. cf. vāyubandhakavastreṇa subaddho yānamastake | udānasya laghutvena bibhartyākāśayānakam || garutmaddhaṃsaiḥ kaṅkālairanyaiḥ pakṣigaṇairapi | ākāśe vāhayed yānaṃ vimānamiti saṃjñitam || -agastyasaṃhitā. -2 moving or travelling through the sky; ākāśayānena praviśati enter passing through the sky (frequently occurring in dramas). -3 one who moves through the air. -rakṣinm. a watchman on the outer battlements of a castle (ākāśa iva atyuccaprācīropari sthitvā rakṣati). -vacanam = ˚bhāṣitam q. v. -vartmann.1 the firmament. -2 the atmosphere, air. -vallī a sort of creeper, a parasitical plant (amaravela; Mar bāṃḍagūḻa). -vāṇī a voice from heaven, an incorporeal speech (aśarīriṇī vāṇī). -śayanam Sleeping in the open air; nivṛttākāśaśayanāḥ Rām.3.16.12. -salilam rain; dew. -sthaa. abiding in the sky. aerial. -sphaṭikaḥ a kind of crystal supposed to be formed in the atmosphere (two kinds sūryakānta and candrakānta); hail (karakā).