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 dvevāmalake 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 (karṇanetrayormadhyeśaṃkhādadhobhāgaḥ). —kṣaṃ (aśnute vyāpnoti viṣayān svavṛttyāsaṃyogena 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 (akṣāupyaṃtesminniti akṣāvapanaṃakṣasthānāvapanapātraṃsāyaṇa). —āvāpaḥ [akṣān āvapati kṣipati; āvap-aṇ] a gambler, keeper of the dice or gambling table; also °ativāpaḥ (akṣāvāpo nāma akṣāṇāṃ kṣeptā akṣagoptāvā dyūtakāraḥ). —karṇaḥ hypotenuse, particularly of the triangle formed with the gnomon of a dial and its shadow; (astr.) argument of the latitude. —kuśala, śauṃḍaa. [sa. ta.] skilful in gambling. —kūṭaḥ [akṣasya kūṭa iva] the pupil of the eye. —kovida, —jñaa. skilled in dice; so °vid, °vettṛ &c. —kṣetraṃ [akṣanimittaṃ kṣetraṃ] an astronomical figure (akṣasādhanārthaṃ kṣetratayākalpitānāṃ 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 (vajraṃasthirūpāvayavajātatvāttasya 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, akṣānpaśyatīti dṛś kvip kutvaṃ] 1 a judge (one who tries law-suits). 2 a superintendent of gambling. —devinm. [akṣairdīvyati, div-ṇini] a gambler, gamester; so akṣadyūḥ, div-kvipūṭh 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. —drugdhaa. [akṣaiḥ drugdhaḥ] unlucky at dice (opposed to akṣapriya fond of dice, or lucky in gambling). —dharaḥ [akṣaṃ cakraṃrathāvayavaṃ 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 paṭalamastyasyaac] a judge. —pariind. [akṣeṇaviparītaṃ vṛttaṃ P. II. 1. 10 ṭhyūtavyavahāre parājayeevāyaṃ samāsaḥ si. kau.] so as to be a loser (by an unlucky throw of dice) (pāśakakrīḍāyāṃ yathā guṭikāpāte jayo bhavatitadviparītapātaḥ Tv.) —pāṭaḥ = °vāṭaḥ, q. v. —pāṭakaḥ [akṣe vyavahāre pāṭayati; paṭdīptau-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 jātaḥpādo 'sya; akṣapādo hi svamatadūṣakasyavyāsasya mukhadarśanaṃ cakṣuṣā na kartavyaṃ iti pratijñāyapaścāt vyāsena prasāditaḥ pāde netraṃ prakāśya taṃdṛṣṭavān iti prasiddhiḥ Tv.) —pīḍā [ṣa. ta.] 1 injury to the organs. 2 [akṣaṃiṃdriyarasanārūpaṃ 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 tatkṛtātatpratinidhibhūtāvā mālā); kṛtokṣasūtrapraṇayī tayākaraḥ Ku. 5. 11, 6. 6; °mālāmupayācitumāgatosmi K. 151. It is made of (pb) rudrākṣa seeds, corals, crystals, rubies, gems &c. 2 N. of aruṃdhatī; akṣamālāvaśiṣṭhena saṃyuktādhamayonijājagāmābhyarhaṇīyatāṃ Ms. 9. 23 (akṣasyanakṣatracakrasya māleva bhūṣaṇatvāt; sā hiuttarasyāṃdiśi gagane saptarṣimaṃḍale mālārūpeṇavasiṣṭhasamīpe vartate sarvebhyaśca ujjvalatvāttasyāmālārūpeṇa sthitatvācca nakṣatracakrabhūṣaṇatvaṃ Tv). —rājaḥ [akṣāṇāṃ rājeva] one addicted to gambling. —vāmaḥ [sa. ta.] an unfair gambler. —vāṭaḥ [akṣāṇāṃ pāśakakrīḍānāṃvāṭaḥ vāsasthānaṃ] 1 a gambling house; the gambling table. 2 [akṣasyarathacakrasya kṣuṇṇasthānasya iva vāṭaḥ] a place of contest, arena, wrestling ground (tatra hi rathacakrakṣuṇṇapāṃśusadṛśapāṃśumattvāttatsadṛśatvaṃ Tv.) —vṛttaa. [akṣe vṛttaḥ vyāpṛtaḥsa. ta.] engaged in, addicted to, gambling; what has occurred in gambling. —ttaṃrāśicakrarūpaṃ 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.
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). -āvaliḥf. 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, -śauṇḍaa. [sa. ta.] skilful in gambling. -kūṭaḥ [ akṣasya kūṭa iva] the pupil of the eye. -kovida, -jñaa. 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. -4akṣakṣetram 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. -devinm.. [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. -drugdhaa. [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. -pariind [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.) -vidaa. skilled in gambling. -vṛttaa. [akṣe vṛttaḥ vyāpṛtaḥ sa. ta.] engaged in, addicted to, gambling; what has occurred in gambling. -vṛttamrāśicakrarūpaṃ 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.