On Aug 10, 2005, at 8:29 AM, cardemaister wrote:
> Well, /akSare/ is the locative singular form of the noun /akSara(m)/
> Here are some meanings of this adjective/noun:
>
> 1 akSara mfn. imperishable ; unalterable ; m. a sword L. ; S3iva L. ;
> Vishn2u L. ; (%{A}) f. see %{a4kSarA} below ; (%{am}) n. a syllable ;
> the syllable %{om} Mn. ; a letter [m. Ra1matUp.] ; a vowel ; a
> sound ; a word ; N. of Brahma ; final beatitude religious austerity ,
> sacrifice L. ; water RV. i , 34 , 4 and i , 164 , 42 [3,3] ;
> Achyranthes Aspera.
>
> Now, /akSaram/ is prolly first of all a negative(?) adjective:
> 'un-alterable', 'im-perishable'. The syntactical structure
> formed by the first words seems to be slightly interesting:
> if 'akSare' is considered an adjective, it seems to act as an
> attribute to 'vyoman'.
It also means the "kSara of "a"--the collapse of primordial fullness
symbolized by the sound "a". It is also alluding to all that emerges
from "a"--i.e. the entire sequence of sounds which make up creation.
Compare with "akula". akSara is a technical term in Samkhya.
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