m. n. clear space, sky; ether as the subtlest element: lc. behind the scenes (of what is said to or by some one off the stage): -ga, a. moving in the air; m. bird; -ga&ndot;gâ, f. the aerial Ganges; -gata, pp. coming from the air (voice); -kârin, a. moving in the air; m. bird; -desa, m. region of the air; -patha, m. path in the air; -pathika, m. wanderer in the sky, ep. of the sun; -bhâshita, n. fictitious conversation of a person on the stage with an absent one; -yâna, n. passage through the air; -vartman, n. path in the air; -sayana, n. sleeping in the open air; -samkârin, m. bird; -½îsa, a. ruling the air only (=quite helpless).
noun (masculine neuter) (in philos.) the subtle and ethereal fluid (supposed to fill and pervade the universe and to be the peculiar vehicle of life and of sound)
a free or open space (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of alchemical apparatus
Brahma (as identical with ether)
mica
name of Śiva
sky or atmosphere (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
talc
the ether (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vacuity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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