Akashabhashita, Ākāśabhāṣita, Akasha-bhashita: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ākāśabhāṣita can be transliterated into English as Akasabhasita or Akashabhashita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryĀkāśabhāṣita (आकाशभाषित).—
1) speaking off the stage, a supposed speech to which a reply is made as if it had been actually spoken and heard; किं ब्रवीषीति यन्नाटये विना पात्रं प्रयुज्यते । श्रुत्वेवानुक्तमप्यर्थं तत्स्यादाकाशभाषितम् (kiṃ bravīṣīti yannāṭaye vinā pātraṃ prayujyate | śrutvevānuktamapyarthaṃ tatsyādākāśabhāṣitam) S. D.425.
2) a sound or voice in the air.
Derivable forms: ākāśabhāṣitam (आकाशभाषितम्).
Ākāśabhāṣita is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ākāśa and bhāṣita (भाषित).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀkāśabhāṣita (आकाशभाषित).—n.
(-taṃ) 1. Speaking outside or of the stage, or a suppositious speech, which is replied to as if it had been spoken, (in dramatic language.) 2. A voice or sound in the air. E. ākāśa and bhāṣita spoken.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀkāśabhāṣita (आकाशभाषित):—[=ā-kāśa-bhāṣita] [from ā-kāśa > ā-kāś] n. (in theatrical language) speaking off the stage (to one out of sight) [commentator or commentary] on [Mṛcchakaṭikā]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀkāśabhāṣita (आकाशभाषित):—[ākāśa-bhāṣita] (taṃ) n. Speech behind the curtain; voice in the air.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusĀkāśabhāṣita (ಆಕಾಶಭಾಷಿತ):—[noun] (dance) an enacting and replying to a question, as if asked by somebody, though not in reality.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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