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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 5, col. 3.
    akṣaḥ [aś-saḥ]

    1 An axis, axle, pivot; °bhaṃge Ms. 8. 291; dṛḍhadhūḥ akṣaḥ P. V. 4. 74; Śi. 12. 2, 18. 7; jyotiścakrākṣadaṃḍaḥ Dk. 1 axle-pole.

    2 The pole of a cart.

    3 A cart, car; also a wheel.

    4 The beam of a balance.

    5 Terrestrial latitude.

    6 A die for playing with; cube.

    7 The seed of which rosaries are made.

    8 A weight equal to 16 māshas and called karṣa.

    9 N. of the plant (pb) Terminalia Belerica (bibhītaka) the seed of which is used as a die; also the nut of this plant; yathā vai dve vāmalake dve vā kole dvau vākṣau muṣṭiranubhavati Chān. Up.; so dhārābhirakṣamātrābhiḥ.

    10 A shrub producing the rosary seed, Eleocarpus Ganitrus; the seed of this plant, as also of another plant (iṃdrākṣa).

    11 A serpent; hence a curve.

    12 Garuḍa.

    13 N. of a son of Rāvaṇa.

    14 The soul.

    15 Knowledge (usually, sacred).

    16 Law; a lawsuit; legal procedure.

    17 A person born blind.

    18 The lower part of the temples (karṇanetrayormadhye śaṃkhādadhobhāgaḥ).

    — kṣaṃ (aśnute vyāpnoti viṣayān svavṛttyā saṃyogena vā)

    1 An organ of sense; nirodhāccetaso'kṣāṇi niruddhānyakhilānyapi Pt. 2. 154; an object of sense; m. also niyacchedviṣayebhyokṣān Bhāg.

    2 The eye, only at the end of Comp.; jalajākṣa, kamalākṣa, &c.

    3 Sochal salt, sea-salt.

    4 Blue vitriol (from it crystallized shape). [cf. L. axis; Gr. akshon or axon, old Germ. ahsa; Germ. achse].

    Comp.

    — agraṃ the axle or its end; the anterior end of the pole of a car.

    — agrakīlaḥ

    — lakaḥ a linch-pin, a pin which fastens the yoke to the pole.

    — āvapanaṃ [akṣān pāśān āvapati kṣipatyasmin; ā-vap-ādhāre lyuṭ] a dice-board (akṣā upyaṃtesminniti akṣāvapanaṃ akṣasthānāvapanapātraṃsāyaṇa).

    — āvāpaḥ [akṣān āvapati kṣipati; āvap-aṇ] a gambler, keeper of the dice or gambling table; also °ativāpaḥ (akṣāvāpo nāma akṣāṇāṃ kṣeptā akṣagoptā vā dyūtakāraḥ).

    — karṇaḥ hypotenuse, particularly of the triangle formed with the gnomon of a dial and its shadow; (astr.) argument of the latitude.

    — kuśala, śauṃḍa a. [sa. ta.] skilful in gambling.

    — kūṭaḥ [akṣasya kūṭa iva] the pupil of the eye.

    — kovida,

    — jña a. skilled in dice; so °vid, °vettṛ &c.

    — kṣetraṃ [akṣanimittaṃ kṣetraṃ] an astronomical figure (akṣasādhanārthaṃ kṣetratayā kalpitānāṃ akṣabhavānāmaṣṭānāṃ kṣetrāṇāmekaṃ).

    — glahaḥ [tṛ. ta.] gambling, playing at dice.

    — cakraṃ the circle of sensual passions; dṛḍhaniyamita °kraḥ K. 37 (also axis and wheels).

    — jaṃ [akṣāt jāyate; jan-ḍa]

    1 direct knowledge or cognition.

    2 a thunderbolt (vajraṃ asthirūpāvayavajātatvāttasya tannāmatvaṃ).

    3 a diamond.

    4 akṣakṣetraṃ q. v. (m. in some of these senses).

    — jaḥ N. of Viṣṇu.

    — tattvaṃ, vidyā the science of gambling; °vida skilled in the principles of gambling.

    — darśakaḥ, dṛś [akṣāṇāṃ (pb) ṛṇādānādivyavahārāṇāṃ darśakaḥ dṛś-ṇvul, akṣān paśyatīti dṛś kvip kutvaṃ]

    1 a judge (one who tries law-suits).

    2 a superintendent of gambling.

    — devin m. [akṣairdīvyati, div-ṇini] a gambler, gamester; so akṣadyūḥ, div-kvip ūṭh P. VI. 4. 19.

    — ṭhyūtaḥ [akṣairṭhyūtaṃ yasya] a gambler, dicer.

    — taṃ dice play, gambling; °tādigaṇaḥ a class of words mentioned in P. IV. 4. 19.

    — dyūtikaṃ [akṣaṭhyūta-ṭhak] dispute at play.

    — drugdha a. [akṣaiḥ drugdhaḥ] unlucky at dice (opposed to akṣapriya fond of dice, or lucky in gambling).

    — dharaḥ [akṣaṃ cakraṃ rathāvayavaṃ tatkīlakamiva kaṃṭakaṃ vā dharatīti; dhṛac- ṣa. ta.]

    1 N. of Viṣṇu.

    2 N. of the plant (śākhoṭa) Trophis Aspera.

    3 a wheel.

    4 any one who bears a wheel, or who holds dice.

    — dhūḥ (dhur) the yoke attached to the fore-part of the pole of a car.

    — dhūrtaḥ [akṣe taddevane dhūrtaḥ] ‘dice-rogue,’ a gamester, a gambler.

    — dhūrtilaḥ [ akṣasya śakaṭasya dhūrtiṃ bhāraṃ lāti, lā-ka; or akṣa-dhur tilapratyayaḥ] a bull or ox yoked to the pole of a cart.

    — paṭala [ṣa. ta.]

    1 a court of law.

    2 depository of legal documents.

    3 = akṣipaṭalaṃ, q. v.

    — laḥ [akṣāṇāṃ vyavahārāṇāṃ paṭalamastyasya ac] a judge.

    — pari ind. [akṣeṇa viparītaṃ vṛttaṃ P. II. 1. 10 ṭhyūtavyavahāre parājaye evāyaṃ samāsaḥ si. kau.] so as to be a loser (by an unlucky throw of dice) (pāśakakrīḍāyāṃ yathā guṭikāpāte jayo bhavati tadviparītapātaḥ Tv.)

    — pāṭaḥ = °vāṭaḥ, q. v.

    — pāṭakaḥ [akṣe vyavahāre pāṭayati; paṭ dīptau-ṇvul] one who is well-versed in law, a judge.

    — pātaḥ [ṣa. ta.] cast of dice.

    — pādaḥ N. of the sage Gautama, founder of the Nyāya system of philosophy, or a follower of that system (akṣaṃ netraṃ darśanasādhanatayā jātaḥ pādo 'sya; akṣapādo hi svamatadūṣakasya vyāsasya mukhadarśanaṃ cakṣuṣā na kartavyaṃ iti pratijñāya paścāt vyāsena prasāditaḥ pāde netraṃ prakāśya taṃ dṛṣṭavān iti prasiddhiḥ Tv.)

    — pīḍā [ṣa. ta.]

    1 injury to the organs.

    2 [akṣaṃ iṃdriyarasanārūpaṃ pīḍayati āsvādanāt; pīḍac] N. of the plant yavatiktā.

    — bhāgaḥ (°aṃśaḥ) a degree of latitude.

    — bhāraḥ [ṣa. ta.] a cart-load.

    — madaḥ [ca. ta.] mad passion for gambling.

    — mātraṃ [akṣo mātrā yasya]

    1 any thing as large as dice; dice.

    2 a moment of time (nimiṣaḥ), twinkling of an eye.

    — mālā, sūtraṃ [akṣāṇāṃ mālā-sūtraṃ] a rosary, string of beads (akārādikṣakārāṃtaḥ akṣaḥ tatkṛtā tatpratinidhibhūtāvā mālā); kṛtokṣasūtrapraṇayī tayā karaḥ Ku. 5. 11, 6. 6; °mālāmupayācitumāgatosmi K. 151. It is made of (pb) rudrākṣa seeds, corals, crystals, rubies, gems &c.

    2 N. of aruṃdhatī; akṣamālā vaśiṣṭhena saṃyuktādhamayonijā jagāmābhyarhaṇīyatāṃ Ms. 9. 23 (akṣasya nakṣatracakrasya māleva bhūṣaṇatvāt; sā hi uttarasyāṃdiśi gagane saptarṣimaṃḍale mālārūpeṇa vasiṣṭhasamīpe vartate sarvebhyaśca ujjvalatvāttasyā mālārūpeṇa sthitatvācca nakṣatracakrabhūṣaṇatvaṃ Tv).

    — rājaḥ [akṣāṇāṃ rājeva] one addicted to gambling.

    — vāmaḥ [sa. ta.] an unfair gambler.

    — vāṭaḥ [akṣāṇāṃ pāśakakrīḍānāṃ vāṭaḥ vāsasthānaṃ]

    1 a gambling house; the gambling table.

    2 [akṣasya rathacakrasya kṣuṇṇasthānasya iva vāṭaḥ] a place of contest, arena, wrestling ground (tatra hi rathacakrakṣuṇṇapāṃśusadṛśapāṃśumattvāt tatsadṛśatvaṃ Tv.)

    — vṛtta a. [akṣe vṛttaḥ vyāpṛtaḥ sa. ta.] engaged in, addicted to, gambling; what has occurred in gambling.

    — ttaṃ rāśicakrarūpaṃ vṛttakṣetraṃ the zodiacal circle.

    — stuṣaḥ Beleric Myrobalan.

    — hṛdayaṃ perfect skill in, or conversancy with, gambling (lit. the heart or innermost nature of dice or gambling); vaśīkṛtākṣahṛdayāṃ K. 131.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 7.
    akṣaḥ [aś-saḥ] 1 An axis, axle, pivot; akṣabhaṅge ca yānasya....na daṇḍaṃ manurabravīt Ms.8.291,292; dṛḍhadhūḥ akṣaḥ Kāś. V.4.74; Śi.12.2, 18.7; jyotiścakrākṣadaṇḍaḥ Dk. 1 Axle-pole. -2 The pole of a cart. -3 A cart, car; also a wheel. -4 The beam of a balance. -5 Terrestrial latitude. -6 A die for playing with; cube; yānākṣamadhikṛtya brūta iti gamyate na tu videvanākṣamiti | ŚB. on MS.6.8.35. -7 The seed of which rosaries are made. -8 A weight equal to 16 māṣas and called karṣa. -9 N. of the plant Terminalia Belerica (bibhītaka- Mar. behaḍā) the seed of which is used as a die; also the nut of this plant; yathā vai dve vāmalake dve vā kole dvau vākṣau muṣṭiranubhavati Chān. Up; so dhārābhirakṣamātrābhiḥ. -10 A shrub producing the rosary seed, Eleocarpus Ganitrus (rudrākṣa); the seed of this plant, as also of another plant (indrākṣa). -11 A serpent; hence a curve. -12 Garuḍa. -13 N. of a son of Rāvaṇa. -14 The soul. -15 Knowledge (usually, sacred). -16 Law; a law-suit; legal procedure. -17 A person born blind. -18 the lower part of the temples (karṇa- netrayormadhye śaṅkhādadhobhāgaḥ). -19 The base of a column; athavākṣaṃ navāṃśoccaṃ janma caikena kārayet | Māna.14.17. -20 The window-like part of a swing, a hammock, a palanquin, an axle of a chariot; pārśvayorvāraṇaṃ kuryāt tasyādho'kṣaṃ susaṃyutam | Māna.50.165,166. -21 Gambling (in general). cf. akṣo dyūte varūthāṅge nayavādau bibhītake | karṣe vyāptau kṛṣe (?) cakre ādhāravyava- hārayoḥ | ātmaje pāśake daityabhede cendriyavālayoḥ | Nm. -kṣam (aśnute vyāpnoti viṣayān svavṛttyā saṃyogena vā) 1 An organ of sense; nirodhāccetaso'kṣāṇi niruddhānyakhilānyapi Pt.2.154; saṃyatākṣo vinītaḥ Mātaṅga L.12.1. (The word saṃyatākṣa here means 'having control over his senses', but 'having eyes closed' M. W.); m. also (niyacchedviṣayebhyo'kṣān Bhāg.; an object of sense. -2 The eye, (only at the end of comp.; jalajākṣa, kamalākṣa, &c.) -3 Sachal salt, sea-salt. -4 Blue vitriol (from its crystallized shape) (Mar. moracūda) [cf. L. axis; Gr. akshon or axon, old Germ. ahsa; Germ. achse.] -Comp. -aṃśaḥ the degree of latitude. -agram the axle or its end; the anterior end of the axle or its end; the anterior end of the pole of a car. -agrakīlaḥ -lakaḥ a linch-pin, a pin which fastens the yoke to the pole. -āvapanam [akṣān pāśān āvapati kṣipatyasmin; ā-vap-ādhāre lyuṭ] a dice-board (akṣā upyante'sminniti akṣāvapanam akṣasthānāvapanapātram, sāyaṇa). -āvaliḥ f. a rosary. -āvāpaḥ [akṣān āvapati kṣipati; āvap-aṇ] a gambler, keeper of the dice or gambling table; he is one of the ratnins mentioned in Taitt. Saṁ. I.8.9.1.2 and Śat. Br.5.3.2; also ˚ativāpaḥ (akṣāvāpo nāma akṣāṇāṃ kṣeptā akṣagoptā vā dyūtakāraḥ). -upakaraṇam a piece at chess. -karṇaḥ hypotenuse, particularly of the triangle formed with the gnomon of a dial and its shadow; (astr.) argument of the latitude. -kuśala, -śauṇḍa a. [sa. ta.] skilful in gambling. -kūṭaḥ [ akṣasya kūṭa iva] the pupil of the eye. -kovida, -jña a. skilled in dice; so ˚vid, ˚vettṛ &c. -kṣetram [akṣanimittaṃ kṣetram] an astronomical figure (akṣasādhanārthaṃ kṣetratayā kalpitānāṃ akṣabhavānāmaṣṭānāṃ kṣetrāṇāmekaṃ). -glahaḥ [tṛ. ta.] gambling, playing at dice. -cakram the circle of sensual passions. dṛḍhaniyamita ˚kraḥ K.37 (also axis and wheels). -jam [akṣāt jāyate; jan-ḍa] 1 direct knowledge or cognition. -2 a thunderbolt (vajram asthirūpāvayavajātatvāttasya tannāmatbam). -3 a diamond. -4 akṣakṣetram q.v. (m. in some of these senses). -jaḥ N. of Viṣṇu. -tattvam, -vidyā the science of gambling; ˚vid skilled in the principles of gambling. -daṇḍaḥ axle-pole. -darśakaḥ, -dṛś [akṣāṇām ṛṇādānādivyavahārāṇāṃ darśakaḥ dṛś-ṇvul, akṣān paśyatīti dṛś -kvip kutvam] 1 a judge (one who tries law-suits). -2 a superintendent of gambling. -dṛkkarman n. operation or calculation for latitude. -devin m.. [akṣairdīvyati, div-ṇini], akṣadyūḥ, [div-kvipū ūṭh P.VI.4.19.] -dyūtaḥ [akṣairdyūtaṃ yasya] a gambler, dicer. -dyūtam dice play, gambling; ˚tādigaṇaḥ a class of words mentioned in P.IV.4.19. -dyūtikam [akṣadyūta- ṭhak] dispute at play. -drugdha a. [akṣaiḥ drugdhaḥ] unlucky at dice (opposed to akṣapriya fond of dice, or lucky in gambling). -dharaḥ [akṣaṃ cakraṃ rathāvayavaṃ tatkīlakamiva kaṇṭakaṃ vā dharatīti dharaḥ dhṛ-ac ṣa. ta.] 1 N. of Viṣṇu. -2 N. of the plant (also called śākhoṭa); Trophis Aspera. (Mar. hedi, kharota). -3 a wheel. -4 any one who bears a wheel, or who holds dice. -dhūḥ (dhur) the yoke attached to the forepart of the pole of a car. -dhūrtaḥ [akṣe taddevane dhūrtaḥ] 'dice-rogue,' a gamester, a gambler. -dhūrtilaḥ [akṣasya śakaṭasya dhūrtiṃ bhāraṃ lāti, lā-ka; or akṣa-dhur-tilapratyayaḥ] a bull or ox yoked to the pole of a cart. -paṭalaḥ[ṣa. ta.] 1 a court of law. -2 depository of legal documents. -3 = akṣi- paṭalam, q. v. -laḥ [akṣāṇāṃ vyavahārāṇāṃ paṭalamastyasya ac] a judge. -4 record-office (GI). -5 account-office (RT). -paṭalādhikṛtaḥ superintendent of records and accounts. -pari ind [akṣeṇa viparatim vṛttaṃ P.II.1.10 dyūtavyavahāre parājaye evāyaṃ samāsaḥ Sk.] so as to be a loser (by an unlucky throw of dice) pāśakakrīḍāyāṃ yathā guṭikāpāte jayo bhavati tadvi- parītapātaḥ Tv.) -pāṭaḥ = ˚vāṭaḥ, q. v. -pāṭakaḥ [akṣe vyavahāre pāṭayati; paṭ dīptau-ṇvul] one who is well-versed in law, a judge. -pātaḥ [ṣa. ta.] cast of dice. -pādaḥ N. of the sage Gautama, founder of the Nyāya system of philosophy, or a follower of that system (akṣaṃ netraṃ darśanasādhanatayā jātaḥ pādo'sya; akṣapādo hi svamatadūṣakasya vyāsasya mukhadarśanaṃ cakṣuṣā na kartavyam iti pratijñāya paścād vyāsena prasāditaḥ pāde netraṃ prakāśya taṃ dṛṣṭavān iti prasiddhiḥ Tv.) -pīḍā [ṣa. ta.] 1 an injury to the organs. -2 [akṣam indriyaṃ rasanārūpaṃ pīḍayati āsvādanāt; pīḍ-ac] N. of the plant yavatiktā. (Mar. śaṃkhinī). -bhāgaḥ (˚aṃśaḥ) a degree of latitude. -bhāraḥ [ṣa. ta.] 1 a cart-load. -2 the lower part of a chariot. (cf. tattaddeśe tu chidraṃ syādakṣabhāre rathāntakam | chidre praveśayet kīlaṃ yuktyā ca paṭṭayojitam || Māna.42.51-53.) -madaḥ [ca. ta.] a mad passion for gambling. -mātram [akṣo mātrā yasya] 1 anything as large as dice; dice. -2 a moment of time (nimiṣaḥ) twinkling of an eye. -mālā, -sūtram [akṣāṇāṃ mālā -sūtram] 1 a rosary, string of beads (akārādikṣakārāntaḥ akṣaḥ tatkṛtā tatpratinidhibhūtā vā mālā); kṛto- 'kṣasūtrapraṇayī tayā karaḥ Ku.5.11,66; ˚mālāmupayācitumāgato'smi K.151. (It is made of rudrākṣa seeds, corals, crystals, rubies, gems &c.) -2 N. of arundhatī (akṣamālā tvarundhatī - Hm.); akṣamālā vasiṣṭhena saṃyuktādhamayonijā...jagāmābhyarhaṇīyatām Ms.9.23. mātaṅgayāmakṣamālāyāṃ garhitāyāṃ riraṃsayā | Bu. ch.4.77. (akṣasya nakṣatracakrasya māleva bhūṣaṇatvāt; sā hyuttarasyāṃ diśi gagane saptarṣimaṇḍale mālārūpeṇa vasiṣṭhasamīpe vartate sarvebhyaścojjvalatvāttasyā mālārūpeṇa sthitatvācca nakṣatracakrabhūṣaṇatvam Tv). -rājaḥ [akṣāṇāṃ rājeva] one addicted to gambling; also 'the die called Kali'. --vāmaḥ [sa. ta.] an unfair gambler. -vāṭaḥ [akṣāṇāṃ pāśakakrīḍānāṃ bāṭaḥ vāsasthānam] 1 a gambling house; the gambling table. -2 [akṣasya rathacakrasya kṣuṇṇasthānasya iva vāṭaḥ] a place of contest, arena, wrestling ground (tatra hi rathacakrakṣuṇṇapāṃśusadṛśapāṃśuma- ttvāt tatsadṛśatvam Tv.) -vida a. skilled in gambling. -vṛtta a. [akṣe vṛttaḥ vyāpṛtaḥ sa. ta.] engaged in, addicted to, gambling; what has occurred in gambling. -vṛttam rāśicakrarūpaṃ vṛttakṣetram the zodiacal circle. -śālin (śālikaḥ) officer in charge of the gambling house; EI 24.173. -stuṣaḥ Beleric Myrobalan (Mar. behaḍā) -hṛdayam perfect skill in, or conversancy with, gambling (lit. the heart or innermost nature of dice or gambling); vaśīkṛtākṣahṛdayāṃ K.131.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 4.
    akṣaḥ , puṃ, karṣaparimāṇaṃ . (yathā, —
    “te ṣoḍaśākṣaḥ karṣo'strī palaṃ karṣacatuṣṭayaṃ” .)
    pāśakaḥ . (akṣairakṣān vā dīvyati . iti
    siddhāntakaumudī .) (pāśakrīḍā . yathāha manuḥ) —
    ‘mṛgayākṣo divāsvapnaḥ parīvādaḥ striyo madaḥ’ .)
    kalidrumaḥ . ityamaraḥ . (vibhītakavṛkṣaḥ . yathā
    chāndogye — yathā vai dve āmalake dve kole dvau
    vākṣau muṣṭimanubhavati .) jñātārthaṃ . śakaṭaḥ . vyava-
    hāraḥ . rudrākṣaḥ . indrākṣaḥ . sarpaḥ . cakraṃ . iti
    medinī . (cakradhāraṇadārubhedaḥ . yathā, —
    “chinnanāsye bhagnayuge tiryyak pratimukhāgate .
    akṣabhaṅge ca yānasya cakrabhaṅge tathaiva ca” ..)
    ātmā . rāvaṇaputraḥ . iti hemacandraḥ . (yathā rā-
    māyaṇe — ‘niśamya rājā samare sahotsukaṃ
    kumāramakṣaṃ prasamaikṣatātha vai’ .)
    jātāndhaḥ . garuḍaḥ . iti śabdaratnāvalī . (śivaḥ .
    yathā bhārate —
    “akṣaśca rathayogī ca sarvvayogī bhahāvalaḥ” .
    iti) saṃskṛtapalabhā . yathā, —
    “candrāśvinighnā palabhārddhitā ca
    laṅkāvadhiḥ syādiha dakṣiṇokṣaḥ” .
    iti bhāsyatī ..
    “prabhā śaraghnā svaturīyayogā-
    dakṣaḥ sadā dakṣiṇadik pradiṣṭaḥ” .
    iti jātakārṇavaḥ —
    “dakṣiṇottararekhāyāṃ sā tatra viṣuvat prabhā .
    śaṅkucchāyā hate trijye viṣuvat karṇabhājite ..
    lambākṣayye tayoścāpe lambākṣau dakṣiṇau sadā” .
    iti sūryyasiddhāntaḥ ..