Akashavat, Ākāśavat, Ākāśavān: 3 definitions
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Akashavat means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Ākāśavat and Ākāśavān can be transliterated into English as Akasavat or Akashavat or Akasavan or Akashavan, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Source: Wikisource: Ashtavakra GitaĀkāśavat (आकाशवत्) refers to “resembling the infinite space” (which is used to describe one’s own self—Ātma), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “I am infinite like space (ākāśavat), and the natural world is like a jar [ākāśavadananto'haṃ ghaṭavatprākṛtaṃ jagat]. To know this is knowledge, and then there is neither renunciation, acceptance or cessation of it. I am like the ocean, and the multiplicity of objects is comparable to a wave. To know this is knowledge, and then there is neither renunciation, acceptance or cessation of it. [...]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryĀkāśavat (आकाशवत्).—a.
1) Filling a certain vacuum or space.
2) Going through the air.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ākāśavat (आकाशवत्):—[=ā-kāśa-vat] [from ā-kāśa > ā-kāś] mfn. spacious, extensive, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad]
2) [v.s. ...] (said of the fingers) extended, [Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra]
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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