Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 3) 1. akṣa, as, m. an axle, axis (in this sense also am, n., L.); a wheel, car, cart; the beam of a balance or string which holds the pivot of the beam; a snake, L.; terrestrial latitude (cf. -karṇa, -bhā, -bhāga); the collar-bone, ŚBr.; the temporal bone, Yājñ.; N. of a measure (= 104 aṅgula); [cf. Lat. axis; Gk. ---; Old Germ. ahsa; Mod. Germ. Achse; Lith. assis.] 2. akṣa, as, m. (√ 1. aś Uṇ.) a die for gambling; a cube; a seed of which rosaries are made (cf. indrākṣa, rudrākṣa); the Eleocarpus Ganitrus, producing that seed; a weight called karṣa, equal to 16 māshas; Beleric Myrobalan (Terminalia Belerica), the seed of which is used as a die; a N. of the number 5; (am) n. sochal salt; blue vitriol (from its cube-like crystals), L. 3. akṣa, am, n. an organ of sense; sensual perception L.; (as) m. the soul, L.; knowledge, religious knowledge, L.; a lawsuit, L.; a person born blind, L.; N. of Garuḍa, L.; of a son of Rāvaṇa; of a son of Nara, &c.
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