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    See also avakāśaḥ.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 75.
    avakāśa m. (-śaḥ)

    1 Leisure, opportunity.

    2 Interval, space.

    3 An open or wide space.

    4 A receptacle, a repository, a place in which any thing is kept.

    5 A place, a spot, a situation.

    E. ava between, &c. kāśa to shine, ac aff.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 59, col. 1.
    ava-kāśa (śaḥ) 1. m. Leisure.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 55, col. 1.
    avakāśa ava-kāś + a, m. 1. Space,

    room, Man. 3, 207. 2. Interval. 3.

    Opportunity, Rām. 5, 9, 28; Pañc. iii.

    d. 263 (264), cf. viṣaya. — Comp. Nis-,

    adj. having no room for moving free-

    ly, Bhāg. P. 5, 26, 28. Sulabha-, adj. f.

    śā, getting easily the opportunity (of

    appearing), Śāk. d. 191.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 87, col. 3.
    Ava-kāśa, as, m. a glance cast on anything; N.

    of certain verses, during the recitation of which the

    eyes must be fixed on certain objects; place, space,

    open or wide space, room, occasion, opportunity;

    interval, aperture; intermediate time; avakāśaṃ

    kṛ or dā, to make room, to give way, to admit;

    avakāśaṃ labh, to get a footing; to obtain a favour-

    able opportunity; to find scope, happen, take place;

    avakāśaṃ rudh, not to give way; to hinder, im-

    pede. —Avakāśa-vat, ān, atī, at, spacious.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    ☞ p. 121, col. 2.
    avakāśá, m.

    —1. open place;

    —2. (place, and so) opportunity. [√kāś + ava.]

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 44.
    avakāśá m. open place, space, room, free course or scope, interval, while, time. opportunity of (gen.).

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 29, col. 2.
    avakāśa ava-kāśa, m. space, room; opportunity;
    interval; access: -ṃ dā, make room;
    grant admittance (to d., g.); -da, a. harbouring;
    m. receiver of stolen goods; -vat, a.
    roomy, spacious.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 96, col. 2.
    ava-kāśá m. (ifc. f(ā). ) place, space
    ☞ p. 96, col. 2.
    room, occasion, opportunity, (avakāsāṃ √ 1. kṛ or dā to make room, give way, admit, ŚBr. &c.; avakāśaṃ √ labh or āp, to get a footing, obtain a favourable opportunity, Śak. &c.; to find scope, happen take place; avakāśaṃ √ rudh, not to give way, hinder, Megh.).
    ☞ p. 96, col. 2.
    aperture, Suśr. (°śena instr. ind. between, PBr.)
    ☞ p. 96, col. 2.
    intermediate time, ŚBr.
    ☞ p. 96, col. 2.
    ‘a glance cast on anything’, N. of certain verses, during the recitation of which the eyes must be fixed on particular objects (which therefore are called avakāśya, q.v.), ŚBr.; KātyŚr.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 62, col. 2.
    avakāśa

    m. (-śaḥ)

    1. Leisure, opportunity.

    2. Interval, space.

    3. An open
    or wide space.

    4. A receptacle, a repository, a place in which any
    thing is kept.

    5. A place, a spot, a situation.

    E. ava between, &c.
    kāśa to shine, ac aff.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 51, col. 2.
    avakāśa avakāśa m. (kāś) éclaircie; clairière; lieu découvert.

    Espace, intervalle, place.

    Lieu, opportunité; occasion.

    Loisir.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 84, col. 2.
    ava-kāśa- m. place, espace, accès, occasion ; loisirs; -aṃ kṛ- et dā- faire place, admettre ; āp- et labh- obtenir une place, une occasion , avoir lieu; rudh- faire obstacle.

    °da- a. qui donne occasion à; qui héberge.

    Renou Terminologie grammaticale du Sanskrit

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 64.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 467.
    avakāśá (von kāś mit ava) m.

    1) ein auf Etwas gerichteter Blick, techn. Bezeichnung einiger Sprüche, bei deren Recitation auf gewisse Gegenstände geblickt wird. ŚAT. BR. 4, 5, 6, 1. 14, 1, 4, 1. 2, 2, 51. KĀTY. ŚR. 9, 7, 9. die hierzu Zuzulassenden heissen avakāśya KĀTY. ŚR. 9, 8, 16. 12, 5, 11. 26, 7, 52; die nicht Zugelassenen anavakāśita HARISV. zu ŚAT. BR. 4, 5, 6, 5.

    — 2) Platz, Raum, Gelegenheit AK. 3, 4, 120. avakāśeṣu cokṣeṣu nadītīreṣu caiva hi . vivikteṣu ca tuṣyanti dattena pitaraḥ sadā .. M. 3, 207. avakāśo vivikto 'yaṃ mahānadyoḥ samāgame R. 2, 54, 21. 5, 15, 12. SUŚR. 1, 33, 17. 326, 11. VIKR. 62, 15. mahāvakāśa geräumig, weit KAUŚ. 24. yathāvakāśam adv. nach Verhältniss des Raumes ṚV. PRĀT. 15, 2. yathāvakāśaṃ nī an seinen Platz bringen RAGH. 6, 14. asmākamasti na kathaṃcidihāvakāśaḥ PAÑCAT. IV, 9 (vgl. SĀH. D. 43, 19. fgg.). avakāśo na śāntvasya rākṣaseṣviha dṛśyate .. na dānasya na bhedasya naiva yuddhasya dṛśyate . gatiratra caturṇāṃ hi vānarāṇāṃ mahātmanām .. R. 5, 9, 28. 29. supi cetyasyāvakāśaḥ . vṛkṣābhyām die Regel supi ca findet Anwendung in dem Beispiele vṛ° (vgl. anavakāśa und P. 1, 4, 1, Sch.) P. 1, 4, 2, Sch. tato na nyūnatvaśaṅkāvakāśaḥ MADHUS. in Ind. St. 1, 14, 3. avakāśaṃ kar oder dā Platz machen, Raum geben, Einlass geben: udyamāya ha tamavakāśaṃ karoti ŚAT. BR. 8, 5, 1, 13. tathāparasmā avakāśaṃ na karoti 13, 8, 1, 19. 20. 3, 12. 10, 2, 2, 7. bhāṇḍāvakāśada (Räubern) M. 9, 271. 278. YĀJÑ. 2, 276. śayane datto 'vakāśaḥ AMAR. 18. RAGH. 4, 58. tasmāddeyo vipulamatibhirnāvakāśo 'dhamānām PAÑCAT. I, 410. dadau ca nijacitte 'pi so 'vakāśaṃ manobhuvaḥ KATHĀS. 20, 71. asau hi dattvā timirāvakāśam (der Finsterniss Einlass gebend) astaṃ vrajatyunnatakoṭirinduḥ MṚCCH. 44, 22. avakāśapradāna GARBHOP. in Ind. St. 2, 66. avakāśaṃ labh Platz finden, festen Fuss gewinnen, eine günstige Aussicht, Gelegenheit erlangen: chāyā na mūrchati malopahataprasāde śuddhe tu darpaṇatale sulabhāvakāśā ŚĀK. 191. labdhāvakāśo me manorathaḥ 15, 10. labdhāvakāśā me prārthanā 17, 14. śokāvegadūṣite me manasi viveka eva nāvakāśaṃ labhate PRAB. 91, 17. labdhāvakāśastasya (ihm beizukommen) abhūt KATHĀS. 5, 108. labdhāvakāśo 'vidhyanmāṃ (so ist zu lesen) tatra dagdho manobhavaḥ 1, 41. auch avakāśamāp 24, 227. avakāśaṃ rudh keinen Raum geben, hindern, hemmen: nidrām - nayanasalilotpīḍaruddhāvakāśām MEGH. 88.

    — 3) Zwischenraum, Oeffnung AK. 3, 4, 189. SUŚR. 1, 359, 13. 2, 80, 12. īṣadavakāśaṃ gatvā zur Erkl. von stokamantarā gatvā Sch. zu ŚĀK. 8, 9.

    — 4) Zwischenzeit: atha yānyūrdhvāni krayādahāni tasminnavakāśe 'dhvaryuragniṃ cenoti ŚAT. BR. 6, 2, 2, 29.

    — Vgl. abhyavakāśa, abhrāvakāśika, abhrāvakāśin .

    ☞ vol. 7, p. 1703.
    avakāśa

    2) saṃprāpya mūḍhabuddhīnāmavakāśam Gelegenheit ihnen beizukommen Spr. (II) 6886.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 120, col. 1.
    avakāśá m. (adj. Comp. f. ā)

    — 1) freier Platz , Raum , Stelle.

    — 2) Zwischenraum. avakāśena dazwischen TĀṆḌYA-BR. 18,9,6.

    — 3) Zwischenzeit.

    — 4) Platz für , Gelegenheit zu (Gen.). °kāśaṃ kar oder dā Platz machen , Raum — , Gelegenheit geben , Einlass gewähren (mit Dat. und Gen.). °kāśaṃ labh oder āp (mit und ohne Präp.) Platz — , Gelegenheit finden , sich Eingang zu verschaffen wissen. °kāśaṃ rudh hemmen , hindern.

    — 5) freie Zeit , Musse Spr. 6240.

    — 6) Bez. gewisser Sprüche , bei deren Recitation auf gewisse Gegenstände geblickt wird.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 30, col. 2.
    avakāśá m. Platz, Stätte, Gelegenheit.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 71, col. 1.
    avakāśa Lok. um das Morgenrot, Mgs. II, 1, 5.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 20, col. 2.
    avakāśa m. (r. kāś lucere s. a) locus, spatium, inter-

    vallum. SAK. 56. 2. 20. 13. 23. infr. UR. 41. 8. infr. 66.

    15. 74. 4.

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    ☞ p. 100.
    avakāśa;
    vastre madhye tathā chidre vyavadhāne'ntarātmani .
    avakāśe bahiryoge viśeṣe'vasare'ntaram .. 871 ..
    5.1.1.871

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 416, col. 2.
    avakāśa pu0 ava + kāśa—ghañ . avasthitiyogyatāsampādake
    kāle, deśe ca . tatra kāliko'vakāśaḥ kriyāntarasthitiyo
    gyatāsampādakaḥ sacāvasara ityapyucyate, “kṛtvāvakāśe ruci
    saṃkḷptam” iti bhaṭṭiḥ . dravyāntarasthitipraveśayogyatā-
    sampādako daiśikaḥ sa cāvakāśa ityeva “avakāśaṃ kilo-
    danvāniti” raghuḥ .

    Caland & Henry Termes techniques de l’Agniṣṭoma

    ☞ p. XXV.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 69, col. 2.
    avakāśa, (1) in Skt. mg., room, space, but nt. instead

    of m., LV 367.20 (vs) nābhūd °śam asmin; RP 31.4 teṣv

    °śam asti (or assume m as ‘Hiatus-bridger’?); see also

    an-avakāśa; (2) appearance, in akṣudrāvakāśa, q.v.;

    (3) see an-avakāśa, an-okāśa.

    Renou Vocabulaire du rituel védique

    ☞ p. 20.

    Indian Epigraphical Glossary

    ☞ p. 38.
    avakāśa (Ep. Ind., Vol. IV, p. 347, note 5), ‘opportunity

    for a grammatical rule taking effect’.