Akshapada, Akṣapāda, Ākṣapāda, Aksha-pada: 15 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Akṣapāda and Ākṣapāda can be transliterated into English as Aksapada or Akshapada, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Akṣapāda is said to be the name of Gautama, the reputed author of the Nyāya Sūtras. and trhe word is believed to mean “having his eye fixed in abstraction on his feet” [MWD. p, 3]. But it is really composed of “Akṣa” and “pāda”, and the former means “an organ of sense, sensual perception” [MWD. p. 3], and “pāda” means “a foot” [MWD. p. 611]. “Akṣapāda” means, therefore, “rooted in the senses of knowledge or perception.” Hence the system of Nyāya is called Akṣapāda system.
Akṣapāda (अक्षपाद).—A son of Somaśarman, the avatār of the Lord at Prabhāsa, contemporary with the 27th Vyāsa.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 23. 216.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Akṣapāda (अक्षपाद) refers to the “author of the Nyāyasūtras”, as discussed in chapter 5 of the Ādikāṇḍa of the Hayaśīrṣasaṃhitā: a large Pāñcarātra Āgama consisting of roughly 6500 verses dealing primarily with architecture, temple-building and consecration rituals and iconography.—Description of the chapter [bhūtalakṣaṇa]: This Hayaśīrṣa-Saṃhitā is not to be given to certain folks like the followers of Jaimini (Pūrva Mīmāṃsakas), of Sugata (= Buddhists), to Nāstikas (= atheists), to Nagnas (= Digambara Jains), to followers of Kapila (= Sāṅkhyas), or to Akṣapādas (= followers of Akṣapāda, the author of the Nyāyasūtras) (1-3). [...]
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Akṣapāda Gautama (Gotama; c. 2nd century CE); Author of the Nyāya Sūtras (major source of the Vaiśeṣika epistemological and metaphysical system).
Aksapāda (अक्सपाद) or Aksapādadarśana refers to the eleventh chapter of the Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha (lit., “ompendium of all the darśanas”) by Mādhavācārya (fourteenth century CE) refers to the most famous text of the Saṃgraha literary genre dealing in 16 chapters with different darśanas or schools of Indian philosophy.—The eleventh darśana is named aksapāda-darśana, and it treats of the school of Indian logic, the nyāyadarśana, whose founder is Gautama, nicknamed Akṣapāda (probably ‘having his eyes fixed [in intellectual rapture] on his feet’). The chapter contains a synopsis and a résumé of the root text of the school, the Nyāyasūtra by Gautama, commented for the first time by Pakṣilasvāmin Vātsyāyana (Nyāyasūtrabhāṣya). [...]
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Ākṣapāda (आक्षपाद).—a. (-dī f.) [अक्षपाद-अण् (akṣapāda-aṇ)] Taught by Akṣapāda or Gautama.
-daḥ A follower of the Nyāya system of philosophy, a logician.
-dam The Nyāya system of philosophy.
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Akṣapāda (अक्षपाद).—Name of the sage Gautama, founder of the Nyāya system of philosophy, or a follower of that system (akṣaṃ netraṃ darśanasādhanatayā jātaḥ pādo'sya; akṣapādo hi svamatadūṣakasya vyāsasya mukhadarśanaṃ cakṣuṣā na kartavyam iti pratijñāya paścād vyāsena prasāditaḥ pāde netraṃ prakāśya taṃ dṛṣṭavān iti prasiddhiḥ Tv.)
Derivable forms: akṣapādaḥ (अक्षपादः).
Akṣapāda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms akṣa and pāda (पाद).
Akṣapāda (अक्षपाद).—m.
(-daḥ) A follower of the Nyaya system of philosophy. E. akṣa contest, and pāda who goes; the Nyaya is the logical school; also ākṣapāda.
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Ākṣapāda (आक्षपाद).—m.
(-daḥ) A logician. E. akṣa dispute, pāda a division, aṇ affix; also akṣapāda.
Akṣapāda (अक्षपाद) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a name of Gautama, the philosopher, Hall. p. 20.
Akṣapāda has the following synonyms: Akṣacaraṇa, .
1) Akṣapāda (अक्षपाद):—[=akṣa-pāda] [from akṣa > akṣi] m. (probably) ‘having his eyes fixed in abstraction on his feet’, Name of the philosopher Gautama
2) [v.s. ...] cf. ākṣapāda.
3) Ākṣapāda (आक्षपाद):—[from ākṣa] m. ([from] akṣ sub voce 4. akṣa) a follower of Akṣapāda’s (id est. Gautama's) Nyāya doctrine, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Akṣapāda (अक्षपाद):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-daḥ) A follower of the Nyāya system of philosophy. E. akṣa and pāda; the Nyāya is the logical school; also ākṣapāda.
1) Akṣapāda (अक्षपाद):—[akṣa-pāda] (daḥ) 1. m. A follower of the Nyāya or logic system.
2) Ākṣapāda (आक्षपाद):—[ākṣa-pāda] (daḥ) 1. m. A logician.
Ākṣapāda (आक्षपाद):—m. ein Anhänger der Nyāya - Lehre [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 862.] [Bhūriprayoga im Śabdakalpadruma] — Von dem [Prabodhacandrodaja 21, 1] erwähnten Nomen proprium akṣapāda; [Scholiast 1] : akṣapādamataṃ kaṇādaśāstram, [Scholiast 2] : akṣapādaḥ śaivapāśupatamūlagranthakṛt .
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Akṣapāda (अक्षपाद):—m. Beiname Gotama's [HALL 20. 163.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 21,1.] [Oxforder Handschriften 53,a,23. 246,b,29. 33.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 664.] — Vgl. ākṣapāda .
Akṣapāda (अक्षपाद):—m. Beiname des Philosophen Gautama.
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Ākṣapāda (आक्षपाद):—m. ein Anhänger des Philosophen Gautama.
Akṣapāda (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 目足仙 [mù zú xiān]: “Akṣapāda” [Sanskrit personal name].
2) 足目 [zú mù]: “Akṣapāda” [Sanskrit personal name].
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
Akṣapāda (ಅಕ್ಷಪಾದ):—
1) [noun] the sage Gautama, the propounder of Nyāya system in India philosophy.
2) [noun] a follower of the system of philosophy.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Aksha, Pada, Pata.
Full-text (+26): Svakshapada, Mu zu xian, Akshapad, Atcapatan, Zu mu, Akshacarana, Akshapatamatam, Sugata, Nagna, Caranaksha, Nastika, Aksapadadarshana, Yin ming, Akkapatan, Nyaya, Bhutalakshana, Pashyat, Tuc muc, Muc tuc tien, Zu mu xian.
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