Anakasha, Anākāśa: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Anākāśa can be transliterated into English as Anakasa or Anakasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAnākāśa (अनाकाश):—(3. a + ākāśa) adj.
1) finster, verdunkelt: ākāśaṃ tadanākāśaṃ cakrurbhīmā valāhakāḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 29, 7.] vgl. [5, 64, 24] : kṛtvākāśaṃ nirākāśaṃ yantrotkṣiptotpalā iva . —
2) ohne Aether [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 6, 8, 8.] [?= BHṚ. ĀR. Upakośā 3, 8, 8.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAnākāśa (अनाकाश):—1. n. kein freier Raum , erfüllter Raum [Rāmāyaṇa 3,29,7.]
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Anākāśa (अनाकाश):—2. Adj. ätherlos.
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