See also abhyavakāśaḥ.
ratnamah. mentions the word in a Gaṇa nikaṭādi--comp.
Pāṇ. IV. 4. 73.--as a various reading given by Sākaṭāyana
instead of abhrāvakāśa. See ābhyavakāśika.] E. kāś, with
ava and abhi, kṛt aff. ac.
in Skt. only Kauś.46.55 °śe), the outdoors, free space, the
open air: twice in a formula = Pali saṃbādho ('yaṃ)
gharāvāso (rajāpatho) abbhokāso (ca) pabbajjā (see CPD),
Mv ii.117.16 = iii.50.9--10 saṃbādho punar ayaṃ gṛhāvāso
(ii.117.16 gṛhavāso; iii.50.9--10 adds, rajasām āvāso)
abhyavakāśaṃ (in ii.117.16 mss. °śā, prob. intending °śo,
but Senart reads °śaṃ both times) pravrajyā, the household
life is confinement (PTSD takes saṃbādho as adj., but it
is prob. a noun), mendicant's life is open space, free room;
°kāśe, in the open air, outdoors, Divy 278.10; Av i.228.9;
Śikṣ 65.14; Mmk 88.26; Laṅk 308.10; Prāt 508.8; °kāśa-
prakṛtitas Dbh 64.5 (Tib. nam mkhaḥi, sky, heaven).