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akṣá 22 akṣá2 m. ʻ a die for gambling ʼ RV., ʻ the tree Elaeocarpus ganitrus ʼ Suśr., ʻ its seed (of which rosaries were made and which were used for dice) ʼ.
Pa. akkha -- m. ʻ a die, small weight ʼ, accha -- m. ʻ a die ʼ, Pk. akkha -- m.; N. ākh ʻ the tree Croton oblongifolius (?) ʼ; OSi. äkä ʻ a measure of weight ʼ (< nom. sg. *āki), mod. aka ʻ dice, the tree Terminalia belerica and its seeds (which are used for rosaries and a measure of weight) ʼ.
*akṣadāruka -- , akṣamālā -- , akṣavāṭa -- , *akṣākāra -- ; padmākṣa -- , rudrākṣa -- .

akṣa 23 akṣa3 n. ʻ eye ʼ lex. [ -- akṣá -- in cmpd. for ákṣi -- Pāṇ.]
Ku. akhulo ʻ joint of sugar -- cane ʼ; H. ã̄kh m., ãkhuā m. ʻ sprout in the joint of sugar -- cane ʼ; -- or < ákṣu -- ?
*akṣapaṭṭa -- .

akṣa 24 akṣa4 n. ʻ blue vitriol ʼ lex. [Cf. Av. axšaēna -- ʻ dark- coloured ʼ, Yid. axšin ʻ blue ʼ Horn NPE 109, Morgenstierne IIFL ii 195, W. S. Allen The Classical Quarterly xli 88 note 1]
Kho. (Lor.) oc̣h, oc̣ ʻ green, blue ʼ, oc̣ōnu ʻ blue -- grey (of eyes), dark grey (of horse) ʼ.

akṣakīla 25 *akṣakīla cf. akṣāgrakīla -- , °aka -- m. ʻ lynch -- pin ʼ lex. [ákṣa -- 1, kīla -- ]
Bi. (Patna) akhailā ʻ axle of brick -- crusher ʼ.

akṣaṇa 26 akṣaṇa ʻ inopportune ʼ lex. [kṣaṇa -- ]
Pa. akkhaṇa -- m. ʻ wrong moment, misfortune ʼ; Pk. akkhaṇiā -- f. ʻ perverse copulation ʼ; Si. akaṇa ʻ inopportune time ʼ.
*akṣaṇā -- .

akṣaṇā 27 *akṣaṇā f. ʻ lightning ʼ. [akṣaṇa -- sc. vidyút -- f.]
Pa. akkhaṇā -- f. ʻ lightning ʼ; Si. akaṇa, akuṇa ʻ lightning, thunder ʼ.

ákṣata 28 ákṣata ʻ unhurt ʼ RV., ʻ not crushed ʼ ĀśvGr̥., m. pl. ʻ uncrushed barley ʼ Kālid. [kṣatá -- 1]
Pa. akkhata -- ʻ unhurt ʼ; Pk. akkhaya -- ʻ unhurt, unbroken ʼ, m. pl. ʻ uncrushed rice ʼ; S. akho m. ʻ offering of grain thrown into water or given to mendicants ʼ; Ku. ã̄khat ʻ rice soaked in water and used for religious purposes ʼ (X lw. Sk.); A. ākhai ʻ parched paddy, husked maize ʼ; G. ākhũ ʻ whole, uncastrated ʼ, ākhlɔ m. ʻ uncastrated bull ʼ, ākhī f. ʻ ceremony of carrying rice or corn in the hand round a person to remove the effects of the evil eye ʼ; M. ā̆khā ʻ whole, undivided ʼ; Ko. ākho, āko ʻ complete ʼ.
Addenda: ákṣata -- : S.kcch. ã̄kho m. ʻ bull ʼ.

akṣatra 29 akṣatra ʻ separated from the Kṣatriya caste ʼ MBh. [kṣatrá -- ]
Pk. akhatta -- n. ʻ un -- Kṣatriya -- like conduct, tyranny ʼ; G. akhatrũ ʻ bad ʼ, akhã̄tar n. ʻ being possessed by an evil spirit ʼ.

akṣadāruka 30 *akṣadāruka ʻ a partic. tree ʼ. [akṣá -- 2, dāˊru -- 2]
Dm. aṣkürṓ ʻ pine ʼ (Morgenstierne NTS xii 128, 157 with metathesis of kṣ), Phal. ac̣hāˊru.

akṣadhur 31 akṣadhur f. ʻ pin or pole of axle ʼ. [ákṣa -- 1, dhúr -- ]
M. ākhrī, akh° f. ʻ beam over the axle on which the frame of the cart rests ʼ; Si. akura ʻ axle of a wheel ʼ.

akṣapaṭṭa 32 *akṣapaṭṭa ʻ notched board ʼ. [akṣa -- 3, paṭṭa -- 1]
N. akhaṭo ʻ notch, step cut in a tree for climbing ʼ; M. akhoṭā m. ʻ grooved or notched channel ʼ.
akṣapāṭa -- see akṣavāṭa -- .

akṣapuṭa 33 *akṣapuṭa ʻ collar -- bone ʼ. [ákṣa -- 1, puṭa -- ]
Paš. āṣūṛā ʻ collar-bone ʼ (Morgenstierne IIFL iii 3, 20 < akṣa -- puṭaka -- or -- kuṭaka -- : kuṭi -- ʻ curve ʼ).

akṣama 34 akṣama ʻ unable to bear ʼ Hit. [kṣamá -- ]
Pk. akkhama -- ʻ incapable, unfit ʼ; G. akham ʻ incompetent, delicate ʼ (a -- for ā -- after other negatives with a -- , or ← Sk.).

akṣamālā 35 akṣamālā f. ʻ string of rosary beads ʼ lex., cf. akṣamālin- m. ʻ name of Śiva ʼ MBh. [akṣá -- 2, mālā -- ]
Pk. akkhamālā -- f. ʻ rosary ʼ, Si. akmala.

akṣaya 36 akṣaya ʻ undecaying ʼ. [kṣayá -- ]
Pa. Pk. akkhaya -- .
akṣayatr̥tīyā -- .

akṣayatr̥tīyā 37 akṣayatr̥tīyā f. ʻ festival on third day of bright half of Vaiśākha (which secured permanence for actions then initiated) ʼ. [akṣaya -- , tr̥tīˊya -- 1]
Pk. akkhayataïyā -- f., M. akhj̈ā f.; -- (with -- t -- preserved or reintroduced through influence of tīj, &c., < tr̥tīyā -- ) H. ākhātīj, akhetīj, akhtīj f., M. akhetīj̈, akhitīj̈, akhetī f.

akṣára 38 akṣára ʻ indestructible ʼ, n. ʻ word, syllable ʼ RV., ʻ letter of the devanāgarī syllabary ʼ; -- cf. ákṣarā -- f. ʻ word, speech ʼ RV. [kṣará -- ]
Pa. akkhara -- ʻ lasting ʼ, n. pl. ʻ syllables, words ʼ; Pk. akkhara -- m.n. ʻ written syllable ʼ; K. achur, pl. -- ar m. ʻ letter of the alphabet ʼ, S. akharu m., L. P. WPah. bhiḍ. akkhar m.; Ku. ã̄khar ʻ letter ʼ, pl. ʻ writing ʼ; N. ākhar ʻ any small marks or lines ʼ; A. ākhar ʻ letter of the alphabet ʼ, B. ākhar, ã̄khar, Or. ākhara, OMth. ã̄khara, Mth. ākhar, OAw. ākhara; H. ākhar m. ʻ letter ʼ, ã̄khar m. ʻ mystical formula or spell ʼ; Si. akura, akara ʻ letter ʼ.
nirakṣara -- , sākṣara -- .
Addenda: akṣára -- : WPah.kṭg. ákkhər m. ʻ letter of the alphabet ʼ, ɔ́kkhər m. (X ɔkśər ← Sk.), Garh. ākhar.

38a *akṣalita -- Add. 14192.

39 akṣavāṭa -- , -- pāṭa -- m. ʻ wrestling ground ʼ lex. [lit. ʻ fence of poles ʼ or ʻ dicing ground ʼ ? -- akṣa -- 1 or 2, vāṭa -- 1]
Pa. akkhavāṭa -- m. ʻ fence round wrestling arena ʼ; Pk. akkhavāḍaga -- m. ʻ wrestling ground ʼ, akkhāḍaga -- , °aya<-> m. ʻ dicing ground ʼ; L. mult. akhāṛhā, khāṛ(h)ā m. ʻ wrestling ground, place where indigo is dried, cattletrack through waste land ʼ; awāṇ. khāṛā m. ʻ wrestling ground ʼ, P. akāṛhā, °ṛā, kāṛhā, °ṛā m.; A. ākharā ʻ practising dancing and singing ʼ; B. ākhaṛā ʻ wrestling ground ʼ, ākhaṛāi ʻ rehearsal ʼ; Or. ākhaṛā ʻ meeting place for dancing and singing ʼ; H. akhāṛā m. ʻ wrestling ground ʼ (→ K. akahār m., N. akhāṛā, M. akhāḍā m.); G. ākhāṛɔ, akh° m. ʻ wrestling place, monastery ʼ.
Addenda: akṣavāṭa -- : S.kcch. ākhāṛo m. ʻ gymnasium ʼ.

akṣākāra 40 *akṣākāra ʻ shaped like a die ʼ. [akṣá -- 2, ākāra -- ]
H. akhār m. ʻ a small lump of clay placed in the centre of a potter's wheel ʼ.

akṣānta 41 *akṣānta ʻ unbearable ʼ. [Cf. kṣānta -- ʻ patient ʼ Mn., ʻ pardoned ʼ MBh.: √kṣam]
N. akhānu ʻ intolerable, unpleasant ʼ.

41a *akṣāpita -- Add. 14194.

akṣāmita 42 *akṣāmita ʻ unbearable ʼ. [Cf. kṣāmayatē: √kṣam]
N. akhāyo ʻ intolerable ʼ.

ákṣi 43 ákṣi n. ʻ eye ʼ RV.
Pa. Pk. akkhi -- , acchi -- n. (Pk. also f.), Gy. pal. íki, arm. akhi, eur. yakh f. (y -- from preceding f. article or adjective in -- ī); Ash. aċīˊ, aċī˜; Kt. ačīˊ, Wg. ačē˜ˊ, ac̣ē˜ˊ; Pr. ižī˜; Dm. ē̃č (with č, not c̣h, as in Gaw. Paš., &c., Morgenstierne NTS xii 128), Tir. ; Paš. ačhīˊ, aeċ f.; Shum. aĩċ, aċin; Gaw. iċīn, Kal. ēč; Kho. geč(h) (with čh as in Kaf. and WDard. and unexplained g -- , but cf. Bshk. form with ʼ); Bshk. ēc̣, ec̣h'; Tor. aṣīˊ, Kand. ac̣hē, Mai. āc̣hī, ky. ac̣hīˊ, ãc̣°, Savi ac̣hē̃, pl. -- ē̃a; Phal. ac̣hi, pl. -- īa; Sh. ac̣hīˊ f. (→ Ḍ. ac̣), pales. aṣīˊ; K. ȧchi f., rām. acch, kash. acchī; S. akhi f., L. akkh f., awāṇ. akh, pl. -- iã̄; P. akkh f.; WPah. bhad. aċh, cur. ākhrī, cam. hākh; Ku. ã̄kh, ã̄khi, ã̄kho ʻ eye, esp. evil eye ʼ; N. ã̄khi ʻ evil eye ʼ, ã̄khi -- bhuĩ ʻ eye -- brow ʼ, ã̄kho ʻ eye ʼ ( -- o for -- ī to maintain orig. n.m. gender); A. ākhi ʻ eye, knot in bamboo, &c. ʼ; B. ã̄kh(i) ʻ eye ʼ, Or. ākhi, āẽkha, Bi. Mth. ã̄khi, Bhoj. ākhi; OAw. ã̄khi, Aw. lakh. ã̄khī pl.; H. ã̄kh f.; OMarw. ākhi f., G. ã̄khi f., Si. äsa, ähä. -- X áśru -- . -- As second member of cmpd. replaced by -- akṣa -- .
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