Akshamatra, Akṣamātra, Aksha-matra: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Akṣamātra can be transliterated into English as Aksamatra or Akshamatra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Akṣamātra (अक्षमात्र) refers to “(that which as) the depth of a chariot’s axle”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “[...] Immediately after that, by the magical presence of the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja, the rain of all kinds of delicious hard foods, soft foods, and soups poured down; the rain of all kinds of tasty beverages poured down to the depth of a chariot’s axle (akṣamātra); the rain of many hundred thousand colors of clothes, which are pleasant to touch like the thin and soft cloth, poured down. Then, in this world system of three thousandfold worlds, all the wretched and poor, and all hungry ghosts were satisfied”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Akṣamātra (अक्षमात्र).—[akṣo mātrā yasya]
1) anything as large as dice; dice.
2) a moment of time (nimiṣaḥ) twinkling of an eye.
Derivable forms: akṣamātram (अक्षमात्रम्).
Akṣamātra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms akṣa and mātra (मात्र).
Akṣamātra (अक्षमात्र).—reaching up to the axle (of a chariot); with dhārā, as deep as a chariot's axle (from the ground): Mahāvastu ii.349.17 °mātrāhi dhārāhi buddhakṣetraṃ phalī, (the gods) filled this Buddha-field with streams (of flowers rained down) to the depth of a chariot's axle; Mahāvyutpatti 7151 °mātrābhir dhārābhiḥ (same phrase, Sktized); °mātrābhir vāridhārā- bhir Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.40.4.
Akṣamātra (अक्षमात्र).—n. a moment, [Arjunasamāgama] 8, 4.
Akṣamātra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms akṣa and mātra (मात्र).
1) Akṣamātra (अक्षमात्र):—[=akṣa-mātra] [from akṣa > akṣ] n. anything as big as dice
2) [v.s. ...] the twinkling of an eye, a moment (cf. 4. akṣa), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Akṣamātra (अक्षमात्र):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-tram) A twinkling of the eye, a moment. E. akṣa and mātra.
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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