Avakash, Avakāś: 5 definitions

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Avakash 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 term Avakāś can be transliterated into English as Avakas or Avakash, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avakāś (अवकाश्).—1,4. A. To be visible, to be manifest. -Caus. To cause to look at.

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

Avakas (अवकस्).—(°-) (*) (?) see okasta.

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

Avakāś (अवकाश्).—be visible, lie open.

Avakāś is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and kāś (काश्).

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

Avakāś (अवकाश्):—[=ava-√kāś] -kāśate, to be visible, be manifest, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] :—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] -kāśayati ([future] p. -kāśayiṣyat) to cause to look at, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]:—[Intensive] p. -cākaśat shining, [Atharva-veda xiii, 4, 1];—seeing, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda xiii, 2, 12; and vi, 80, 1].

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Avakāś (अवकाश्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avayāsa, Avavāsa, Ovāsa.

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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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