The Sanskrit term Abhyavakāśa can be transliterated into English as Abhyavakasa or Abhyavakasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Abhyavakāśa (अभ्यवकाश) refers to an “open space” (suitable for performing rituals), according to the 2nd-century Meghasūtra (“Cloud Sutra”) in those passages which contain ritual instructions.—Accordingly, “He who desires a mighty rain must perform this rite ‘the great-cloud-circle’ in an open space (abhyavakāśa), overspread by a blue canopy, shaded by a blue banner, on a clear spot of earth; [being] a prophet of the Law, seated on a blue seat, fasting according to the aṣṭāṅga, with well-washed limbs, clad in pure raiment, anointed with fragrant odour, wearing the three white stripes, he must recite it for a day and night continuously facing the east; [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhyavakāśa (अभ्यवकाश).—An open space.

Derivable forms: abhyavakāśaḥ (अभ्यवकाशः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Abhyavakāśa (अभ्यवकाश).—(m.? or nt. = Pali abbhokāsa, m.; in Sanskrit only Kauś.46.55 °śe), the outdoors, free space, the open air: twice in a formula = Pali saṃbādho ('yaṃ) gharāvāso (rajāpatho) abbhokāso (ca) pabbajjā (see Critical Pali Dictionary), Mahāvastu ii.117.16 = iii.50.9—10 saṃbādho punar ayaṃ gṛhāvāso (ii.117.16 gṛhavāso; iii.50.9—10 adds, rajasām āvāso) abhyavakāśaṃ (in ii.117.16 mss. °śā, probably intending °śo, but Senart reads °śaṃ both times) pravrajyā, the household life is confinement ([Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] takes saṃbādho as adj., but it is probably a noun), mendicant's life is open space, free room; °kāśe, in the open air, outdoors, Divyāvadāna 278.10; Avadāna-śataka i.228.9; [Page061-a+ 71] Śikṣāsamuccaya 65.14; (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 88.26; Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 308.10; [Prātimokṣasūtra des Sarvāstivādins] 508.8; °kāśa- prakṛtitas Daśabhūmikasūtra 64.5 (Tibetan nam mkhaḥi, sky, heaven).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhyavakāśa (अभ्यवकाश):—[=abhy-avakāśa] m. (√kāś), an open space, [Kauśika-sūtra]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhyavakāśa (अभ्यवकाश):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-śaḥ) An open space. [The Gaṇaratnamah. mentions the word in a Gaṇa nikaṭādi—comp. Pāṇ. Iv. 4. 73.—as a various reading given by Sākaṭāyana instead of abhrāvakāśa. See ābhyavakāśika.] E. kāś, with ava and abhi, kṛt aff. ac.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Avakasa, Abhi.

Full-text: Abhyavakashika, Avakasa.

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