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Aksha. Akshauhini. Afgja A-Kshita, As, D, Am, Undecayed, Un- At, Ved. Not A aksha. akshauhini. : m. a i. e. one who sees lawsuits also yitum, atikshat, to cause to pervade Desid. a(i- judge, ; aksha- a-kshdnti, is, f. impatience, or afikxhati. drii!, k. n. court of law; de- lahishati Aksha-pa/ala, am, jealousy, intolerance. pository of legal document. Aksha-pdta, as, m. an i. m. rt. i. as or free from facti- \ aksha, as, (fr. aj ?), a-kshdra, as, d, am, arena, a wrestling ground, place of contest. Aksha- an this sense also ; a or axle, axis, pivot, (in am, n.) tious salt ; m. natural salt. Akshara-lavana pdtaka or aksha-jidlika, as, m. a judge, i. e. ar- (as), cart ; of a car ; the beam of a balance salt food that be wheel, car, pole akshdrdlaratia, am, n. natural ; may ranger of a lawsuit. Aksha-pdda, as, m. a follower or which holds the of the beam a snake duties. string pivot ; ; of the or of eaten at a season unfit for performing religious NySya logical system philosophy ; N. of the lower of the terrestrial latitude; part temples the Rishi Gotama. see Aks/ia-vdta, aksha-pdla. akshi, n. (fr. rt. I. as or anj f Instr. Lat. Gr. &tav ; Old Germ, iihsa ; Mod. [cf. axis; 2. versed in law. aksha-vid, t, t, t, akshnd, Dat. akshne &c., fr. akshan, substituted for Germ. Achse; Lith. assis^. Aksha-karna, as, m. n. the akshi in the weakest cases. At the end of comp. the especially of the triangle formed with 4. aksha, am, eye, hypotenuse, especially the aksha is substituted, see ; the of a dial and its shadow for akshi at the end of 4. aksha), eye the gnomon ; (in astronomy) substituted adjective com- number two Ved. the sun and moon of the latitude. m. a dia- fern, ; (i), du., [cf. Aksha~ja, as, pounds, the being akshi [cf. Gr. unao, OKKO, argument n. Lith. aki-s\. Akshi-kuta or akshi-kiitaka, am, a thunderbolt ; a N. of Vishnu. for Lat. oculus Germ. Russ. mond ; Aksha-dhur, uo ; ; Auge; i)ko]. the eyeball, the pupil of the eye. Akshi-gata, as, ur, (. the yoke attached to the fore part of the pole of a-kshana, as, d, am, seen hated. inopportune. d, am, present, ; Akshi-gola, a car. Alisha-dtturtila, as, m. a bull, an ox, i. e. visibly n. the root of as, m. the eyeball. Akshi-jdha, am, yoked to the pole a cart. Aksha-pidd, (,, a-kshata, as, a, am, not crushed; of the f. the of the N. of a m. a of whole Siva eye. Akshi-tdrd, pupil eye. plant. Aksha-bhdga, ax, degree uninjured, unbroken, ; (as), m. ; thrashed a, n. the Akfhi- latitude. m. rice in Akshi-pakshman, eyelash. Aksha-bhdra, as, cart-load, carriage- and winnowed which has been dried the sun ; - am, n. a coat of the eye. Akshi-pat, t, t, load. Akxhan&a as, m. a of m. n. an eunuch f. a patala, (sha-an), degree barley ; (as, am), ; (d), virgin ; Ved. into the hurtful; ind. as latitude. n. the end of a or t, (falling eyes), (t), Akshdijra (iha-ag), am, N. of plant, Karkatasrin-gT Kankadasrin-gi ; (am), much as could fall into the a little. Akshi- an axle the anterior end of the of a car an eyes, ; pole ; n. and (as), m. pi. whole grain, fried grain. Akshata- manifest, axle. or m. a linch- l>hu, us, us, u, visible, perceptible, present. Akshdgra-klla -kllaka, as, yoni, is, f. a virgin, an unblemished maiden. Akshi-bheshaja, am, n. a medicament for the pin; the pin which fastens the yoke to the pole. ^HJJcT as, a, am, destitute of the m. a tree, Red Lodh. a cart its a-kshatra, eyes, collyrium, &c.; (as), Akshd-nah, t, t, t, Ved. tied to or pole. to- Kshatriya caste, apart from the Kshatriya caste. Akshi-bhruva, am, n. the eyes and eyebrows ^H!f 2. aksha, as, m. (said to be from rt. I. with substituted gether. Akshi-mat, dn, all, at, provided eyes. die for with a cube a seed of which ^^*[akshan, foraisAi,the eye, of), a playing ; ; Akshi-laman, a, n. the eyelash. Akshi-mkunita, in the weakest see Gram. 1 2 2 . rosaries are made like litdra- cases, [cf. Goth, the closed. (in compound words, awj/on] am, n. a glance, a look with eyelids partially ksha, Rudraksha); ashrubproducingthatseed(EIeo- Akshan-vat, an, all, at, having eyes. Akehika or akshilea, as, m. the tree Dalbergia a called to 16 Ganitrus) ; weight karstia, equal See akshaka. carpus WEp? a-kshama, as, d, am, unable to en- Oujeinensis. mashas; Beleric Myrobalan (Terminalia Belerica), the 1 dure, impatient; incompetent. A-kshamd or aksha- f. (fr. 3. aksha f), one of is flftsmfi akshini, seed of which used as a die ; n. sochal salt ; (am), f. ; to landed ma-td, impatience, envy incompetence. the eight conditions or privileges attached blue vitriol (from its crystallized shape). Aksha- kufala, as, a, am, skilled in dice. Aksha-ijlaha, W55fl a-kshaya, as, d, am, exempt from property. m. at dice. N. of the twentieth un- as, gambling, playing Aksha-jila, as, a, decay, undecaying ; (as), m., year afgja a-kshita, as, d, am, undecayed, skilled in n. in the of f. the seventh of am, gambling. Aksha-tattva, am, cycle Jupiter; (a), day injured; undecaying; (am), n. water. Akuhita-vanu, science of dice. skilled in a lunar if it fall on or the Akshatattva-i'id, t, t, t, month, Sunday Monday ; us, m., Ved. epithet of Indra (possessed of undecaying the of fourth, if it fall on as, of principles gambling. Aksha-d,emna, am, Wednesday. Ak&haya-guna, wealth). - Akshitoti (ta-uti), is, m., Ved. epithet n. m. a Siva. gambling, dice-playing. Aksha-devin, i, d,am, possessing imperishable qualities ; (as),m. Indra (granting permanent help). m. a a dice- f. or am, n. im- gamester. Aksha-dyu, us, gambler, Aksftaya-td, akshaya-tva, imperish- A-kshiti, is, f. imperishableness ; (is, is, i), as, m. a a dice- ableness. f. a festival, the third player. Aksha-dyuta, gambler, Akstiaya-tritiyd, perishable. n. of the half of which is the first player; (am), gambling. Aksha-dyiitika, am, day bright Vaisikha, not a-kshiyat, an, atl, at, Ved. n. dispute at play. Akxha-drugdha, as, a, am, day of the Satya-yuga, and secures permanency to ac- ^Hfujtlr^ destitute of a unsettled ; (S5y.) hated by, i. e. unlucky at dice. Aksha-dhara, as, & tions then performed. Akshaya-^puruhuta, as, m. inhabiting, dwelling, has dice a Siva. of a Bodhi-sattva. not decreasing (in riches). or I, am, one who ; (as), m. plant, Trophis Akshaya-muti, is, m., N. see sakhota. m. as, m. the hea- 1 Aspera ; Aksha-dhurta,as, agame- Akshaya-lnka, undecaying world, ^ifSJ ^ akshiva or akshiva, as, m. a plant, a i.e. or ven. f. festival observed women ster, gambler, adice-rogue. Aksha-naipuna Akshayd-lalitd, by GuilandinaorHyperantheraMoringa; (nm),n.sea salt. naip unya, am, n. skill in gambling. Aksha-pard- on the seventh day of the second half of BhSdra. m. See akshika. as, m. loss in as, m. of akshika, as, jaya, gambling. Aksha-pdta, A-kshayin, t, inl, i, undecaying ; (inl), f., N. castofdice. n. act of Jice. Aksha-pdtana, am, casting Siva's wife. a-kshiva, as, d, am, not intoxicated, fond of dice, or Aksha-priya, as, a, am, (perhaps) A-kshayya, as, d, am, undecaying. sober. See also akshiva. favoured by the dice, lucky. Aksha-mada, as, m. ^TBJt a-kshara, as, d, am, ; Ved. a kind of net. intoxicating passion for dice. Aksha-mdtra, am, n. imperishable akshu, us, m., unalterable m. a sword Siva Vishnu as as dice the ofan a ; (as), ; ; ; dice, anything big ; twinkling eye, (am), am, unbroken, un- n. a the a a a a-kshunna, as, d, of time. - f. a a syllable; syllable om; letter; vowel, moment Aksha-mdld, rosary, string ^4- sound a word Brahma final beatitude curtailed, unconquered ; inexperienced, inexpert. or necklace of beads, especially of the seeds of the ; ; speech ; ; ; f. uncurtailed condition ; inexperience. sacrifice Icshunna-td, a of of merit, ; ; Eleocarpus ; N. Arundhati, wife Vasishtha, abiding religious austerity right, the a her a or justice ; sky; water; plant Aspera). as, d, am, not small. from wearing rosary ; (as, a, am), aksha- (Achyranthes a-kshudra, Akshara-ilaiii'ti or aksJiara-<!u,n<!ii, its, or aksha- mdlin, i, int, i, wearing a rosary of seeds. Aksha- ra-tfana or m. a scribe. a-kshudh, t, f.,Ved. satiety. rdja, as, m. the king of dice, the die called Kali. akskara-^ana, as, writer, ! not liable to Akshara-d<. tuindas,as, n. metre the A-kshiulliya, as, a, am, hunger. AksliM-vat, an, art, at, having dice, relating to regulated by number and of {. a dice. quantity syllables. destitute of dice, gambling ; (it), game of Akshn- Akshara-janam, .HVSJef a-kshetra, as, a, am, f. a reed or or m. an unfair I. pen. Akshara-jivaJia akshara- n. not a a bad vdma, as, gambler. aksha-vid, fields, uncultivated ; (am), proper field, skilful in jlvika,ae, or akshara-jirin, i, m. a scribe. Aksha- t,t,t, gambling. Aksha-vritta, us, a, am, field; not a proper geometrical figure. Aksketra- what has occurred in ra-jnr, ur, m. a sage, one who knows and enjoys destitute of gambling. Aksha-iaunda, as, jila, as, d, am, or akshetra-md, t, t, t, fond of n. a Brahma. Akshara-tulikd, f. a reed or pen. d, am, gambling. Aksha-sutra, am, spiritual knowledge.
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