Akkha: 5 definitions
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Akkha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.
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Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryakkha : (nt.) sense organ. (m.), axle; dice; beleric myrobalan; a measurement equal to 20 grains. (akkha in the cpds. such as visālakkha, sahasakkha is from the stem akkhi = eye).
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary1) Akkha, 3 (adj.) (-°) (to akkhi) having eyes, with eyes PvA.39 (BB. rattakkha with eyes red from weeping, gloss on assumukha). Prob. ṇa is connected with akkha. (Page 2)
2) Akkha, 2 (Vedic akṣa, prob. to akṣi & Lat. oculus, “that which has eyes� i. e. a die; cp. also Lat. ālea game at dice (fr.* asclea?)) a die D.I, 6 (but explained at DA.I, 86 as ball-game: ḷaīḷa); S.I, 149 = A.V, 171 = Sn.659 (appamatto aya� kali yo akkhesu dhanaparājayo); J.I, 379 (ūṭ� a false player, sharper, cheat) anakkha one who is not a gambler J.V, 116 (C.: ūٲ첹). Cp. also accha3.
3) Akkha, 1 (Vedic akṣa; Av. aša; Gr. a)/cwn a(/maca ohariot with one axle); Lat. axis; Ohg. etc. ahsa, E. axle, to root of Lat. ago, Sk. aj) the axle of a wheel D.II, 96; S.V, 6; A.I, 112; J.I, 109, 192; V, 155 (akkhassa phalaka� yathā; C.: suvaṇṇaphalaka� viya, i. e. shiny, like the polished surface of an axle); Miln.27 (+ īsā + cakka), 277 (atibhārena sakaṭassa akkho bhijjati: the axle of the cart breaks when the load is too heavy); PvA.277. —akkha� abbhañjati to lubricate the axle S.IV, 177; Miln.367.
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)1) akkha�
(Burmese text): ဝင်ရိုး။ လှည်းဝင်ရိုး။ ရထားဝင်ရိုး။
(Auto-Translation): Entrance. Stair entrance. Train entrance.
2) akkha�
(Burmese text): [(�) အက+ခ။ (�) အက္�+ဏ။ (အက�-သ�)]
(�) ကြွေ၊ အန်စာ။ (�) ကြွ�-အန်စ�-ဖြင့� ကစားခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): (1) A combination of syllables. (2) A set of sounds. (1) A smooth surface; a slippery substance. (2) Playing with a smooth surface or slippery substance.
3) akkha�
(Burmese text): (�)စက္ခုစသောဣန္ဒြေ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) The first question is about India.
4) akkha�
(Burmese text): (�) တရားဆုံးဖြတ်ရာဌာန၊ တရားရုံး။ (�)တရားအမှု၊ တရားတပေါင်၊ စွဲဆိုသောအမှု။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Judicial authority, court. (2) Legal case, legal matter, alleged case.
5) akkha�
(Burmese text): (�) သစ်ဆိမ့်ပင်။ (�) သစ်ဆိမ့်သီးခန့်လေးသောအချိန်အတွယ်၊ �-ပဲခွ� (�-ချင်ရွေ�)ရှိသေ� အလေးချိန်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Acacia tree. (2) At the time when the acacia fruit is slightly heavy, there is a weight of 2-quarters (5-choices).
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Akkha (अक्ख) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: ṣa.
2) Akkhā (अक्ख�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Ā.
3) Akkhā (अक्ख�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Ā.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ukha, Kha, A, Ara, Akkha, Asha.
Starts with (+15): Akkhabhagga, Akkhabhanjana, Akkhachinna, Akkhada, Akkhadaga, Akkhadassa, Akkhadaya, Akkhadhutta, Akkhaga, Akkhai, Akkhaiya, Akkhaka, Akkhakhanda, Akkhakkhayika, Akkhaliya, Akkhama, Akkhama Sutta, Akkhamda, Akkhamdala, Akkhamta.
Full-text (+53): Ukha, Lacchi, Lakkhiyati, Sahassakkha, Lakkhana, Paccakkha, Lakkhita, Akkhadhutta, Akkhaka, Akkhabhanjana, Akkhadassa, Akkhabhagga, Lakkhiya, Lohitakkha, Akkhapada, Akkhabija, Lakkhaniya, Lakkheti, Lakkhakotiphalasamapatti, Akkhabandhana.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 135 < [Volume 9 (1888)]
Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)
Page 185 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]
Part 17 - Four kinds of Pramana (measure) < [Introduction]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 67 < [Volume 1, Part 2 (1904)]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.162.11 < [Sukta 162]
Vasudevahindi (cultural history) (by A. P. Jamkhedkar)
35. Festivals and Entertainment in ancient India (Introduction) < [Chapter 3 - Social Conditions]
Abhijnana Sakuntalam (with translation and notes) (by Bidhubhusan Goswami)
Chapter 5 - Pancama-anka (pancamo'nkah) < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and notes]