Shiva
Śiva, L. [ID=580]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
अक्षरakṣara
अक्षर (akṣara) is a Sanskrit word meaning imperishable, unalterable, a sword, Shiva, Vishnu, see akshara below. Its 64 recorded definitions are grouped into 13 contexts, among them Deity or Supreme Being, Imperishable, Unalterable, Firm, Eternal (Adjectival Quality), Linguistic Unit or Written Record.
- Etymology
- E. अशू to pervade, and सर Uṇādi affix
- Definitions
- 64
Meanings by context
Deity or Supreme Being
12 definitions
Vishnu
Viṣṇu, L. [ID=581]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
an epithet of Brahma
[Printed book page 3,2]
N. of Brahma [ID=589]
N. of Brahma [ID=589]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Shiva
— रः (raḥ)
1 Śiva.
1 Śiva.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Vishnu
— रः (raḥ)
2 Viṣṇu.
2 Viṣṇu.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
The highest deity or Godhead, the indestructible spirit, Brahma
— रं (raṃ) [अश्-सरः (aś-saraḥ) Uṇādisūtras 3. 70 , अशेः सरः; अश्नुते (aśeḥ saraḥ; aśnute) व्याप्नोति वेदादिशास्त्राणि (vyāpnoti vedādiśāstrāṇi).]
3 The highest deity or Godhead, the indestructible spirit, Brahma ( परमब्रह्मन्, मूलकारणं (paramabrahman, mūlakāraṇaṃ)); अक्षरं (raṃ) परमं ब्रह्म (akṣaraṃ paramaṃ brahma) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 8. 3 ; कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवं (karma brahmodbhavaṃ viddhi brahmākṣarasamudbhavaṃ) 3. 15 ; यथा सतः पुरुषात्केशलोमानि (yathā sataḥ puruṣātkeśalomāni) तथाक्षरात्संभवतीह विश्वं (tathākṣarātsaṃbhavatīha viśvaṃ) Chān. Up.
3 The highest deity or Godhead, the indestructible spirit, Brahma ( परमब्रह्मन्, मूलकारणं (paramabrahman, mūlakāraṇaṃ)); अक्षरं (raṃ) परमं ब्रह्म (akṣaraṃ paramaṃ brahma) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 8. 3 ; कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवं (karma brahmodbhavaṃ viddhi brahmākṣarasamudbhavaṃ) 3. 15 ; यथा सतः पुरुषात्केशलोमानि (yathā sataḥ puruṣātkeśalomāni) तथाक्षरात्संभवतीह विश्वं (tathākṣarātsaṃbhavatīha viśvaṃ) Chān. Up.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A name of Shiva.
2. A name of Vishnu.
3. Brahma or the supreme being.
4. Eternal beatitude or liberation from rebirth.
5. Religious austerity.
6. Moral merit.
7. The sky or atmosphere.
8. A letter of the alphabet.
9. A plant.
10. Water.
11. Unalterable, imperishable, or undecayable.
अक्षर (akṣara) [Printed book page 004]
अक्षर (akṣara) m. (-रः (-raḥ))
अक्षर (akṣara) m. (-रः (-raḥ))
1 A name of ŚIVA.
2 A name of VIṢṆU. n. (-रं (-raṃ)) BRAHM, the supreme being, (in this sense it is sometimes mas.)
2 Eternal beatitude, or exemption from further transmigration.
3 Religious austerity.
4 Moral merit.
5 The sky or atmosphere.
6 A letter of the alphabet.
7 A plant. (Achyranthes aspera.)
8 Water (in the dialect of the Vedas.) mfn. (-रः (-raḥ)-रा-रं (-raṃ) (-raḥ-rā-raṃ))
1 Unalterable.
2 Unperishable, undecayable.
E. अशू (aśū) to pervade, and सर (sara) Uṇādi affix.
[ID=154]— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Shiva or Vishnu. 2. Brahm. 3. A letter. 4. Unalterable.
अक्षर (akṣara) [Printed book page 003-b]
अ-क्षर (a-kṣara) (रः) ((raḥ)) 1. m. Shiva, Vishnu; n. Brahm; a letter; a. (र-रा-रं (ra-rā-raṃ)) unalterable. [ID=120]
अ-क्षर (a-kṣara) (रः) ((raḥ)) 1. m. Shiva, Vishnu; n. Brahm; a letter; a. (र-रा-रं (ra-rā-raṃ)) unalterable. [ID=120]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Shiva. 2. Vishnu.
अक्षर (akṣara) (II) m. 1. Śiva; 2. Vishṇu. [ID=142]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An epithet of Shiva. 2. An epithet of Vishnu. 3. Brahma the supreme being. 4. Eternal beatitude or final liberation. 5. Religious austerity. 6. Moral merit. 7. The sky or atmosphere. 8. A letter of the alphabet. 9. A plant. 10. Water. 11. Unalterable. 12. Undecaying.
अक्षर (akṣara) [Printed book page 003-b]
अक्षर (akṣara)
अक्षर (akṣara)
m. (-रः (-raḥ))
1. A name of SIVA.
2. A name of VISHNU.
n. (-रं (-raṃ)) BRAHMA the supreme being, (in this sense it is sometimes mas.) 2. Eternal beatitude, or exemption from further transmigration.
3. Religious austerity.
4. Moral merit.
5. The sky or atmosphere. 6. A letter of the alphabet.
7. A plant. (Achyranthes aspera.)
8. Water (in the dialect of the Vedas.)
mfn. (-रः (-raḥ)-रा-रं (-raṃ) (-raḥ-rā-raṃ))
1. Unalterable.
2. Unperishable, undecayable.
E. अशू (aśū) to pervade, and सर (sara) Unadi affix.
[ID=153]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
imperishable
अक्षर (akṣara) [Printed book page 029-1]
*Akṣara (“imperishable”): (= Kṛṣṇa) XII, 1626, 1635;
*Akṣara (“imperishable”): (= Kṛṣṇa) XII, 1626, 1635;
XII, 2328 (°sātmatām), 2323 (id.), 2351 (°saṃmitāḥ lokāḥ);
(= Hiraṇyagarbha) XII, 11232 (eko); (= Viṣṇu?) XII,
13115; (= Kṛṣṇa?) XII, 13285(?); (= Śiva) XIII, 1193
(paramaṃ Brahma?); (= Viṣṇu) XIII, 6951 (1000 names),
7000 (1000 names).
[ID=375]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
1. an epithet of Hari
2. Brahma
Akṣara (II) — an epithet of Hari — (ety.)1 is Brahma.2
[Footnote: 1) M. 248. 39.]
[Footnote: 2) Vā. 32. 1.]
[ID=31]
[Footnote: 1) M. 248. 39.]
[Footnote: 2) Vā. 32. 1.]
[ID=31]
— The Purana Index
Imperishable, Unalterable, Firm, Eternal (Adjectival Quality)
12 definitions
imperishable
(H1) [Printed book page 3,2]
अ-क्षर (a-kṣara) mfn. imperishable [ID=577]
अ-क्षर (a-kṣara) mfn. imperishable [ID=577]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
unalterable
unalterable [ID=578]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. Imperishable or indestructible. 2. An epithet of the Supreme and individual soul. 3. The unconcerned spirit.
अक्षर (akṣara) [Printed book page 0007-b]
अक्षर (akṣara) a. [न क्षरत (ta)ीत (ta)ि; क्षर् चलने (na kṣaratīti; kṣar calane) अच्-न (ac-na). त (ta).]
1 Imperishable, indestructible, undecaying, epithet of the Supreme as well as the Individual soul; यमक्षरं क्षेत (ta)्रविदो (yamakṣaraṃ kṣetravido) विदुस्त (ta)मात (ta)्मानमात (ta)्मन्यवलोकयंत (ta)ं (vidustamātmānamātmanyavalokayaṃtaṃ) Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 3. 50 ; द्वाविमौ (dvāvimau) पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च ॥ क्षरः सर्वाणि (puruṣau loke kṣaraścākṣara eva ca .. kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi) भूत (ta)ानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यत (ta)े ॥ (bhūtāni kūṭastho'kṣara ucyate ..) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 15. 16 ; यस्मात (ta)्क्षरमत (ta)ीत (ta)ोहमक्षरादपि चोत (ta)्त (ta)मः । (yasmātkṣaramatītohamakṣarādapi cottamaḥ .) अत (ta)ोस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथित (ta)ः पुरुषोत (ta)्त (ta)मः (atosmi loke vede ca prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ); the unconcerned (Spirit); अक्षर (akṣara)ं परमं ब्रह्म (akṣaraṃ paramaṃ brahma).
अक्षर (akṣara) a. [न क्षरत (ta)ीत (ta)ि; क्षर् चलने (na kṣaratīti; kṣar calane) अच्-न (ac-na). त (ta).]
1 Imperishable, indestructible, undecaying, epithet of the Supreme as well as the Individual soul; यमक्षरं क्षेत (ta)्रविदो (yamakṣaraṃ kṣetravido) विदुस्त (ta)मात (ta)्मानमात (ta)्मन्यवलोकयंत (ta)ं (vidustamātmānamātmanyavalokayaṃtaṃ) Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 3. 50 ; द्वाविमौ (dvāvimau) पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च ॥ क्षरः सर्वाणि (puruṣau loke kṣaraścākṣara eva ca .. kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi) भूत (ta)ानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यत (ta)े ॥ (bhūtāni kūṭastho'kṣara ucyate ..) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 15. 16 ; यस्मात (ta)्क्षरमत (ta)ीत (ta)ोहमक्षरादपि चोत (ta)्त (ta)मः । (yasmātkṣaramatītohamakṣarādapi cottamaḥ .) अत (ta)ोस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथित (ta)ः पुरुषोत (ta)्त (ta)मः (atosmi loke vede ca prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ); the unconcerned (Spirit); अक्षर (akṣara)ं परमं ब्रह्म (akṣaraṃ paramaṃ brahma).
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Fixed, firm, unalterable
अक्षर (akṣara) [Printed book page 0007-b]
अक्षर (akṣara) a. [न क्षरत (ta)ीत (ta)ि; क्षर् चलने (na kṣaratīti; kṣar calane) अच्-न (ac-na). त (ta).]
2 Fixed, firm, unalterable.
अक्षर (akṣara) a. [न क्षरत (ta)ीत (ta)ि; क्षर् चलने (na kṣaratīti; kṣar calane) अच्-न (ac-na). त (ta).]
2 Fixed, firm, unalterable.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Continuance, permanence.
— रं (raṃ) [अश्-सरः (aś-saraḥ) Uṇādisūtras 3. 70 , अशेः सरः; अश्नुते (aśeḥ saraḥ; aśnute) व्याप्नोति वेदादिशास्त्राणि (vyāpnoti vedādiśāstrāṇi).]
9 Continuance, permanence.
9 Continuance, permanence.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Imperishable. 2. A word, syllable, sacred syllable om, sound, or letter. 3. A document or epistle. 4. The supreme deity.
अक्षर (akṣara) [Printed book page 002-2]
अक्षर (akṣara) a-kṣára, a. imperishable; n. word,
syllable, the sacred syllable (om); sound,
letter; document, epistle; the supreme deity;
-cyutaka, n. supplying an omitted syllable
(a game); -cchandas, n. syllabic metre;
-mālā, f. wreath of letters (written by fate on
the forhead), i-kā, f. id.; -varjita, pp.
illiterate; -vinyāsa, m. writing; -śikṣā, f.
alphabet. [ID=187]
अक्षर (akṣara) a-kṣára, a. imperishable; n. word,
syllable, the sacred syllable (om); sound,
letter; document, epistle; the supreme deity;
-cyutaka, n. supplying an omitted syllable
(a game); -cchandas, n. syllabic metre;
-mālā, f. wreath of letters (written by fate on
the forhead), i-kā, f. id.; -varjita, pp.
illiterate; -vinyāsa, m. writing; -śikṣā, f.
alphabet. [ID=187]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Imperishable
अक्षर (akṣara) [Printed book page 003-06]
अक्षर (akṣara) (I) a. (f. रा (rā)) Imperishable. [ID=141]
अक्षर (akṣara) (I) a. (f. रा (rā)) Imperishable. [ID=141]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Imperishable. 2. A word. 3. A syllable. 4. The holy syllable om. 5. A letter. 6. A vowel.
अक्षर (akṣara) [Printed book page 0002-b]
अक्षर (akṣara) a-kṣara. I. adj., f. rā. Im-
अक्षर (akṣara) a-kṣara. I. adj., f. rā. Im-
perishable. II. n. 1. A word. 2.
A syllable. 3. The holy syllable om.
4. A letter. 5. A vowel. — Comp.
An-, adj. one who utters what ought
not to be said. Eka-, adj. monosyllabic,
Man. 2, 83. Ghuṇa-, n. a figure
bored by a woodworm, and by accident
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resembling a letter, Rājat. 4, 167
(Pañc. 42, 12, read ghuṇākṣara).
Catur-, n. four syllables. Tryakṣara,
i. e. tri-, adj. triliteral, Man. 11, 265.
Ṣaḍakṣara, i. e. ṣaṣ-, adj. contain-
ing six syllables, Pañc. i. d. 184.
[ID=30]— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The same.
2. Sound, word, syllable, or the sacred Om.
3. Record or writing.
अक्षर (akṣara) [Printed book page 003]
अक्षर (akṣara) a. the same; n. sound, word, syllable, esp. the sacred Om; record, writing. [ID=135]
अक्षर (akṣara) a. the same; n. sound, word, syllable, esp. the sacred Om; record, writing. [ID=135]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Imperishable or inalterable. 2. An epithet of Shiva or Vishnu. 3. A sword. 4. Brahma or the supreme being. 5. Eternal beatitude or liberation from rebirth. 6. Penance or religious austerity. 7. Moral merit or law. 8. Sacrifice. 9. A letter of the alphabet or syllable. 10. The sacred syllable om. 11. A vowel. 12. The plant Achyranthes aspera. 13. The sky or atmosphere. 14. Water.
अ (a)क्षर (kṣara) (akṣara) [Printed book page 006-b]
अ (a)क्षर (kṣara) (akṣara) Tatpur. I. m. f. n. (-रः (-raḥ)-रा-रम् (-ram) (-raḥ-rā-ram)) 1 Imperishable, in-
अ (a)क्षर (kṣara) (akṣara) Tatpur. I. m. f. n. (-रः (-raḥ)-रा-रम् (-ram) (-raḥ-rā-ram)) 1 Imperishable, in-
decayable. 2 Inalterable.
II. m. (-रः (-raḥ)) 1 A name of Śiva. 2 A name of Viṣṇu.
3 A sword.
III. n. (-रम् (-ram)) 1 Brahma, the supreme being (in this sense
it is said to be also mascul.). 2 Eternal beatitude or ex-
emption from further transmigration. 3 Penance, religious
austerity. 4 Moral merit, law. 5 Sacrifice. 6 A letter of the
alphabet. 7 A syllable. 8 The syllable om. 9 A vowel. 10 A
plant (Achyranthes aspera). 11 The sky or atmosphere.
12 Water (see अ (a)क्षित (akṣita)). E. अ (a) neg. and क्षर (kṣara). (The gramm.
author. derive this word from अ (a)श् (अ (a)शू), (aś (aśū),) uṇ. aff. सर (sara) or
क्सर (sara)न् (ksaran)).
[ID=212]— Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Imperishable. 2. A word, syllable, sound, or letter.
अक्षर (akṣara) [Printed book page 111-b]
a-kṣára, a. imperishable; as n. word; syllable; the sacred syllable, om, 6014; sound, letter, 614. [ID=28]
a-kṣára, a. imperishable; as n. word; syllable; the sacred syllable, om, 6014; sound, letter, 614. [ID=28]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
1. Imperishable or unalterable
2. A sword, Shiva, or Vishnu
3. A syllable, the syllable om, a letter, vowel, sound, word, or speech
4. Brahma, final beatitude, abiding merit, religious austerity, sacrifice, right, justice, the sky, water, or the plant Achyranthes Aspera
अक्षर (akṣara) [Printed book page 0003-b]
अक्षर (akṣara) a-kṣara, as, ā, am, imperishable; unalterable; (as), m. a sword; Śiva; Viṣṇu; (am), n. a syllable; the syllable om; a letter; a vowel, a sound; a word; speech; Brahma; final beatitude; abiding merit, religious austerity; sacrifice; right, justice; the sky; water; a plant (Achyranthes Aspera). —Akṣara-cañcu or akṣara-cuñcu, us, or akṣa- ra-caṇa or akṣara-cana, as, m. a writer, scribe. —Akṣara-cchandas, as, n. metre regulated by the number and quantity of syllables. —Akṣara-jananī, f. a reed or pen. —Akṣara-jīvaka or akṣara- jīvika, as, or akṣara-jīvin, ī, m. a scribe. —Akṣa- ra-jur, ūr, m. a sage, one who knows and enjoys Brahma. —Akṣara-tūlikā, f. a reed or pen. —Akṣara-nyāsa or akṣara-vinyāsa, as, m. array of syllables or letters, writing; scripture; the alphabet. —Akṣara-paṅkti, is, is, i, containing five syllables; (is), f., N. of a metre of four lines, each containing one dactyl and one spondee; also called paṅkti or haṃsa. —Akṣara-bhāj, k, k, k, Ved. entitled to a share in the syllables (of a prayer). —Akṣara-mukha, as, m. having the mouth full of syllables, a student, scholar. —Akṣara-vinyāsa, see akṣara-nyāsa. —Akṣara-śas, ind. syllable by syllable. —Akṣa- ra-śūnya, as, ā, am, inarticulate. —Akṣara- saṃsthāna, am, n. scripture, writing. —Akṣarāṅga (°ra-aṅga), am, n. part of a syllable. [ID=168]
अक्षर (akṣara) a-kṣara, as, ā, am, imperishable; unalterable; (as), m. a sword; Śiva; Viṣṇu; (am), n. a syllable; the syllable om; a letter; a vowel, a sound; a word; speech; Brahma; final beatitude; abiding merit, religious austerity; sacrifice; right, justice; the sky; water; a plant (Achyranthes Aspera). —Akṣara-cañcu or akṣara-cuñcu, us, or akṣa- ra-caṇa or akṣara-cana, as, m. a writer, scribe. —Akṣara-cchandas, as, n. metre regulated by the number and quantity of syllables. —Akṣara-jananī, f. a reed or pen. —Akṣara-jīvaka or akṣara- jīvika, as, or akṣara-jīvin, ī, m. a scribe. —Akṣa- ra-jur, ūr, m. a sage, one who knows and enjoys Brahma. —Akṣara-tūlikā, f. a reed or pen. —Akṣara-nyāsa or akṣara-vinyāsa, as, m. array of syllables or letters, writing; scripture; the alphabet. —Akṣara-paṅkti, is, is, i, containing five syllables; (is), f., N. of a metre of four lines, each containing one dactyl and one spondee; also called paṅkti or haṃsa. —Akṣara-bhāj, k, k, k, Ved. entitled to a share in the syllables (of a prayer). —Akṣara-mukha, as, m. having the mouth full of syllables, a student, scholar. —Akṣara-vinyāsa, see akṣara-nyāsa. —Akṣara-śas, ind. syllable by syllable. —Akṣa- ra-śūnya, as, ā, am, inarticulate. —Akṣara- saṃsthāna, am, n. scripture, writing. —Akṣarāṅga (°ra-aṅga), am, n. part of a syllable. [ID=168]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
Linguistic Unit or Written Record
12 definitions
a syllable
अ-क्षर (a-kṣara) n. a syllable [ID=583]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the sacred syllable om
the syllable ओम् (om), Mn. [ID=584]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a letter
अ-क्षर (a-kṣara) n. a letter [m., RāmatUp.] [ID=585]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a vowel
अ-क्षर (a-kṣara) n. a vowel [ID=586]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a sound
a sound [ID=587]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a word
a word [ID=588]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
an indelible mark incised on metal or stone
[Printed book page 1308,2]
an indelible mark incised on metal or stone [ID=588.1 sup]
an indelible mark incised on metal or stone [ID=588.1 sup]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Sound, word, or speech
— रा (rā) Sound, word, speech (Ved.).
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A letter of the alphabet. 2. A syllable. 3. A word or speech.
— रं (raṃ) [अश्-सरः (aś-saraḥ) Uṇādisūtras 3. 70 , अशेः सरः; अश्नुते (aśeḥ saraḥ; aśnute) व्याप्नोति वेदादिशास्त्राणि (vyāpnoti vedādiśāstrāṇi).]
1 (a) A letter of the alphabet; अक्षराणामकारोस्मि (akṣarāṇāmakārosmi) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 10. 33 ; मुद्राक्षराणि, मधुर (mudrākṣarāṇi, madhura)° (°), त्र्यक्षर (° (°), tryakṣara) &c. (b) a syllable; एकाक्षरं (raṃ) परं (raṃ) ब्रह्म (ekākṣaraṃ paraṃ brahma) Manusmṛti 2. 83 the monosyllable; एकमक्षरं (raṃ) (ekamakṣaraṃ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 10. 25 , Manusmṛti 2. 78 , 84 , 125 (sacred syllable). Hence (c) a word or words, speech collectively; प्रतिषेध (pratiṣedha)° (°) विक्लवाभिरामं (viklavābhirāmaṃ) Śakuntalā (Bombay) 3. 25 ; अहो (aho) संदीपनान्यक्षराणि (saṃdīpanānyakṣarāṇi) Uttararāmacarita 4 ; भर्तुरेतानि प्रणयमयान्यक्षराणि (bharturetāni praṇayamayānyakṣarāṇi) Mālavikāgnimitra (Bombay) 3 words; ब्राह्मणसंक्रमिताक्षरेण पितामहेन (brāhmaṇasaṃkramitākṣareṇa pitāmahena) Vikramorvaśīyam (Bombay) 3 ; अक्षरं (raṃ) वर्णनिर्माणं वर्णमप्यक्षरं (raṃ) विदुः । (akṣaraṃ varṇanirmāṇaṃ varṇamapyakṣaraṃ viduḥ .) अक्षरं (raṃ) न क्षरं (raṃ) विद्यादश्नोतेर्वा सरे 'क्षरं (raṃ) ॥ (akṣaraṃ na kṣaraṃ vidyādaśnotervā sare 'kṣaraṃ ..)
1 (a) A letter of the alphabet; अक्षराणामकारोस्मि (akṣarāṇāmakārosmi) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 10. 33 ; मुद्राक्षराणि, मधुर (mudrākṣarāṇi, madhura)° (°), त्र्यक्षर (° (°), tryakṣara) &c. (b) a syllable; एकाक्षरं (raṃ) परं (raṃ) ब्रह्म (ekākṣaraṃ paraṃ brahma) Manusmṛti 2. 83 the monosyllable; एकमक्षरं (raṃ) (ekamakṣaraṃ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 10. 25 , Manusmṛti 2. 78 , 84 , 125 (sacred syllable). Hence (c) a word or words, speech collectively; प्रतिषेध (pratiṣedha)° (°) विक्लवाभिरामं (viklavābhirāmaṃ) Śakuntalā (Bombay) 3. 25 ; अहो (aho) संदीपनान्यक्षराणि (saṃdīpanānyakṣarāṇi) Uttararāmacarita 4 ; भर्तुरेतानि प्रणयमयान्यक्षराणि (bharturetāni praṇayamayānyakṣarāṇi) Mālavikāgnimitra (Bombay) 3 words; ब्राह्मणसंक्रमिताक्षरेण पितामहेन (brāhmaṇasaṃkramitākṣareṇa pitāmahena) Vikramorvaśīyam (Bombay) 3 ; अक्षरं (raṃ) वर्णनिर्माणं वर्णमप्यक्षरं (raṃ) विदुः । (akṣaraṃ varṇanirmāṇaṃ varṇamapyakṣaraṃ viduḥ .) अक्षरं (raṃ) न क्षरं (raṃ) विद्यादश्नोतेर्वा सरे 'क्षरं (raṃ) ॥ (akṣaraṃ na kṣaraṃ vidyādaśnotervā sare 'kṣaraṃ ..)
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A document or sacred writing. 2. Writing in general.
— रं (raṃ) [अश्-सरः (aś-saraḥ) Uṇādisūtras 3. 70 , अशेः सरः; अश्नुते (aśeḥ saraḥ; aśnute) व्याप्नोति वेदादिशास्त्राणि (vyāpnoti vedādiśāstrāṇi).]
2 A document (letter &c.), sacred writing; writing in general (in pl.); तत्र (tatra) भुक्तिः प्रमाणं स्यान्न साक्षी नाक्षराणि च (bhuktiḥ pramāṇaṃ syānna sākṣī nākṣarāṇi ca) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3. 94 ; तत्र (tatra)भवत्या अक्षराणि विसृष्टानि स्युः (tatrabhavatyā akṣarāṇi visṛṣṭāni syuḥ) Vikramorvaśīyam (Bombay) 2.
2 A document (letter &c.), sacred writing; writing in general (in pl.); तत्र (tatra) भुक्तिः प्रमाणं स्यान्न साक्षी नाक्षराणि च (bhuktiḥ pramāṇaṃ syānna sākṣī nākṣarāṇi ca) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3. 94 ; तत्र (tatra)भवत्या अक्षराणि विसृष्टानि स्युः (tatrabhavatyā akṣarāṇi visṛṣṭāni syuḥ) Vikramorvaśīyam (Bombay) 2.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A syllable. 2. A vowel. 3. Final beatitude. 4. Brahman. 5. The sky.
अक्षर (akṣara) (III) n. 1. A syllable, अक्षर (akṣara)ाणामकारोऽस्मि (akṣarāṇāmakāro'smi) Bg. x.33; 2. a vowel; 3. final beatitude; 4. Brahman (n.); 5. the sky. [ID=143]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. That which rises out of the neck of Brahma during the contemplation of creation. 2. A system of letters formed by Brahma.
Akṣara (III) — rises out of the neck of Brahmā in the con- templation of creation.1 A system of letters formed by Brahmā.2
[Footnote: 1) Vā. 26. 14.]
[Footnote: 2) Bhā. XII. 6. 43-44.]
[ID=32]
[Footnote: 1) Vā. 26. 14.]
[Footnote: 2) Bhā. XII. 6. 43-44.]
[ID=32]
— The Purana Index
Akṣara Compounds & Derived Concepts
10 definitions
meaning of words
— अर्थः (arthaḥ) [ष (ṣa). त (ta).] meaning (of words); किं (kiṃ) त (ta)ावत (ta)् गीत (ta)्याअवगत (ta)ोऽक्ष (ṣa)रार्थः (tāvat gītyāavagato'kṣarārthaḥ) Śakuntalā (Bombay) 5
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Not found.
— चं(चुं)चुः (caṃ(cuṃ)cuḥ)
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meter, sacred text, or desire
— छंदस् (chaṃdas) n.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A metre regulated by the number of syllables. 2. Resolute and of unshaken resolve, an epithet of the Supreme Spirit.
— वृत्तं (vṛttaṃ)
1 a metre regulated by the number of syllables it contains; छंदस्तु द्विविधं प्रोक्तं वृत्तं (vṛttaṃ) (chaṃdastu dvividhaṃ proktaṃ vṛttaṃ) जातिरिति द्विधा । वृत्तमक्षरसंख्यातं जातिर्मात्राकृता (jātiriti dvidhā . vṛttamakṣarasaṃkhyātaṃ jātirmātrākṛtā) भवेत् ॥ (bhavet ..)
2 of unshaken resolve, resolute (अक्षरं निश्चलं छंदोऽभिप्रायो यस्य (akṣaraṃ niścalaṃ chaṃdo'bhiprāyo yasya)); an epithet of परमात्मन् (paramātman).
1 a metre regulated by the number of syllables it contains; छंदस्तु द्विविधं प्रोक्तं वृत्तं (vṛttaṃ) (chaṃdastu dvividhaṃ proktaṃ vṛttaṃ) जातिरिति द्विधा । वृत्तमक्षरसंख्यातं जातिर्मात्राकृता (jātiriti dvidhā . vṛttamakṣarasaṃkhyātaṃ jātirmātrākṛtā) भवेत् ॥ (bhavet ..)
2 of unshaken resolve, resolute (अक्षरं निश्चलं छंदोऽभिप्रायो यस्य (akṣaraṃ niścalaṃ chaṃdo'bhiprāyo yasya)); an epithet of परमात्मन् (paramātman).
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Writing or arrangement of letters.
2. The alphabet.
3. Scripture.
4. A tantric ritual of touching parts of the body while reciting letters.
— (वि) न्यासः ((vi) nyāsaḥ) [ष (ṣa). त (ta). भावे घञ् (bhāve ghañ)] writing, arrangement of letters; भूर्जपत (ta)्रगत (ta)ो (bhūrjapatragato )°सः (°saḥ) Vikramorvaśīyam (Bombay) 2. 2. the alphabet.
3 scripture.
4 हृदयाद्याधारस्पर्शपूर्वकं त (ta)दक्ष (ṣa)राणां (hṛdayādyādhārasparśapūrvakaṃ tadakṣarāṇāṃ) स्मरणोच्चारणरूपस्त (ta)ंत (ta)्रप्रसिद्धो वर्णन्यासः (smaraṇoccāraṇarūpastaṃtraprasiddho varṇanyāsaḥ).
3 scripture.
4 हृदयाद्याधारस्पर्शपूर्वकं त (ta)दक्ष (ṣa)राणां (hṛdayādyādhārasparśapūrvakaṃ tadakṣarāṇāṃ) स्मरणोच्चारणरूपस्त (ta)ंत (ta)्रप्रसिद्धो वर्णन्यासः (smaraṇoccāraṇarūpastaṃtraprasiddho varṇanyāsaḥ).
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Having five syllables. 2. A metre of four lines with five syllables each.
— पंक्ति (paṃkti) a.
1 having
5 syllables (पंक्ति (paṃkti) = Gr. pentas five) सु मत् पद् वग दे इत्येष वै यज्ञोऽक्षरपंक्ति (paṃkti)ः (su mat pad vaga de ityeṣa vai yajño'kṣarapaṃktiḥ) Ait. Br. (तान्येतान्यक्षराणि होतृजपादौ प्रयोक्तव्यानि (tānyetānyakṣarāṇi hotṛjapādau prayoktavyāni)).
2 N. of a metre of four lines (द्विपदा विराज् (dvipadā virāj)) each having five syllables (one dactyl and one spondee).
1 having
5 syllables (पंक्ति (paṃkti) = Gr. pentas five) सु मत् पद् वग दे इत्येष वै यज्ञोऽक्षरपंक्ति (paṃkti)ः (su mat pad vaga de ityeṣa vai yajño'kṣarapaṃktiḥ) Ait. Br. (तान्येतान्यक्षराणि होतृजपादौ प्रयोक्तव्यानि (tānyetānyakṣarāṇi hotṛjapādau prayoktavyāni)).
2 N. of a metre of four lines (द्विपदा विराज् (dvipadā virāj)) each having five syllables (one dactyl and one spondee).
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
having a share in the syllables
— भाज् (bhāj) a. having a share in the syllables (of a prayer?).
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The beginning of the alphabet. 2. The letter a.
— खं (khaṃ) [ष (ṣa). त (ta).] the beginning of the alphabet; the letter अ (a).
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illiterate
— वर्जित (varjita) a. unlettered, illiterate, not knowing how to read or write.
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distinct articulation of syllables
— व्यक्त (ta)िः (vyaktiḥ) f. [ष (ṣa). त (ta)]. distinct articulation of syllables.
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Proper Noun or Specific Technical Term
3 definitions
an epithet of a Saman
[Printed book page 1308,2]
अ-क्षर (a-kṣara) (also) m. N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr. [ID=592.1 sup]
अ-क्षर (a-kṣara) (also) m. N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr. [ID=592.1 sup]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Father of Suyajña
अक्षर (akṣara) [Printed book page 1-006]
Akṣara (I) — Father of Suyajña. Br. III. 70. 23. [ID=30]
Akṣara (I) — Father of Suyajña. Br. III. 70. 23. [ID=30]
— The Purana Index
a term for mahan
Akṣara (IV) — a term for mahān. Vā. 102. 21. [ID=33]
— The Purana Index
Religious Practice, Virtue, or Moral Law
3 definitions
Religious austerity, penance
— रं (raṃ) [अश्-सरः (aś-saraḥ) Uṇādisūtras 3. 70 , अशेः सरः; अश्नुते (aśeḥ saraḥ; aśnute) व्याप्नोति वेदादिशास्त्राणि (vyāpnoti vedādiśāstrāṇi).]
4 Religious austerity, penance.
4 Religious austerity, penance.
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Sacrifice
— रं (raṃ) [अश्-सरः (aś-saraḥ) Uṇādisūtras 3. 70 , अशेः सरः; अश्नुते (aśeḥ saraḥ; aśnute) व्याप्नोति वेदादिशास्त्राणि (vyāpnoti vedādiśāstrāṇi).]
5 Sacrifice.
5 Sacrifice.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Right, justice
— रं (raṃ) [अश्-सरः (aś-saraḥ) Uṇādisūtras 3. 70 , अशेः सरः; अश्नुते (aśeḥ saraḥ; aśnute) व्याप्नोति वेदादिशास्त्राणि (vyāpnoti vedādiśāstrāṇi).]
10 Right, justice (Ved. in these two senses).
10 Right, justice (Ved. in these two senses).
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A Specific Plant (Achyranthes Aspera)
2 definitions
Achyranthes Aspera
Achyranthes Aspera. [ID=592]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a plant, Achyranthes Aspera
— रं (raṃ) [अश्-सरः (aś-saraḥ) Uṇādisūtras 3. 70 , अशेः सरः; अश्नुते (aśeḥ saraḥ; aśnute) व्याप्नोति वेदादिशास्त्राणि (vyāpnoti vedādiśāstrāṇi).]
11 N. of a plant, Achyranthes Aspera.
11 N. of a plant, Achyranthes Aspera.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Final Beatitude or Emancipation
2 definitions
1. Final beatitude. 2. Religious austerity. 3. Sacrifice.
final beatitude religious austerity, sacrifice, L. [ID=590]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Final beatitude, emancipation from further transmigration.
— रं (raṃ) [अश्-सरः (aś-saraḥ) Uṇādisūtras 3. 70 , अशेः सरः; अश्नुते (aśeḥ saraḥ; aśnute) व्याप्नोति वेदादिशास्त्राणि (vyāpnoti vedādiśāstrāṇi).]
8 Final
(pb) beatitude, emancipation from further transmigration.
8 Final
(pb) beatitude, emancipation from further transmigration.
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Lexicographical Notes or References
2 definitions
See akshara below
(H1B) [Printed book page 3,2]
अ-क्षरा (a-kṣarā) a f. See अक्षरा (akṣarā) below [ID=582]
अ-क्षरा (a-kṣarā) a f. See अक्षरा (akṣarā) below [ID=582]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
(erase Achyranthes Aspera)
अ-क्षर (a-kṣara) (erase ‘Achyranthes Aspera’) [ID=592.2 sup]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Sword
2 definitions
a sword
अ-क्षर (a-kṣara) m. a sword, L. [ID=579]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
A sword
— रः (raḥ)
3 A sword.
3 A sword.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Water
2 definitions
water
[Printed book page 3,3]
water, Ṛg-veda (Title) i, 34, 4 and i, 164, 42 [ID=591]
water, Ṛg-veda (Title) i, 34, 4 and i, 164, 42 [ID=591]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Water
— रं (raṃ) [अश्-सरः (aś-saraḥ) Uṇādisūtras 3. 70 , अशेः सरः; अश्नुते (aśeḥ saraḥ; aśnute) व्याप्नोति वेदादिशास्त्राणि (vyāpnoti vedādiśāstrāṇi).]
6 Water.
6 Water.
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Measure of Time
1 definition
A measure of time equal to one-fifth of a Kastha.
— रं (raṃ) [अश्-सरः (aś-saraḥ) Uṇādisūtras 3. 70 , अशेः सरः; अश्नुते (aśeḥ saraḥ; aśnute) व्याप्नोति वेदादिशास्त्राणि (vyāpnoti vedādiśāstrāṇi).]
12 A measure of time, equal to one-fifth of a Kāṣṭhā.
12 A measure of time, equal to one-fifth of a Kāṣṭhā.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Sky or Atmosphere
1 definition
The sky
— रं (raṃ) [अश्-सरः (aś-saraḥ) Uṇādisūtras 3. 70 , अशेः सरः; अश्नुते (aśeḥ saraḥ; aśnute) व्याप्नोति वेदादिशास्त्राणि (vyāpnoti vedādiśāstrāṇi).]
7 The sky.
7 The sky.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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