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    Akasha (Sanskrit ākāśa आकाश) means aether in traditional Hindu cosmology. The term has also been adopted in Western occultism and spiritualism in the late 19th century CE. In many modern Indo-Aryan languages and Dravidian languages the corresponding word retains a generic meaning of "aether". The … See more

    The word in Sanskrit is derived from a root kāś meaning "to be". It appears as a masculine noun in Vedic Sanskrit with a generic meaning of … See more

    In Hinduism, akasha means the basis and essence of all things in the material world; the first element created. A Hindu mantra "pṛthivyāpastejovāyurākāśāta" indicates the sequence of initial appearance of the five basic gross elements. Thus, first appeared aether, … See more

    In Buddhist phenomenology, akasha is divided into limited space (ākāsa-dhātu) and endless space (ajatākasā). The Vaibhāṣika, an early school of Buddhist philosophy, hold the existence of akasha to be real. Ākāsa is identified as the first arūpa jhāna See more

    late 19th century
    The term Akasha has been adopted in Western occultism and spiritualism.
    Vedic Sanskrit
    The word Akasha appears as a masculine noun with a generic meaning of 'open space, vacuity'.
    Classical Sanskrit
    The noun Akasha acquires the neuter gender and may express the concept of 'sky; atmosphere'.
    Vedantic philosophy
    The word Akasha acquires its technical meaning of 'an ethereal fluid imagined as pervading the cosmos'.
    Vedantic Hinduism
    Akasha means the basis and essence of all things in the material world; the first element created.
    Vedic mantra
    The sequence of initial appearance of the five basic gross elements is indicated: first space appeared, from which appeared air, from that fire or energy, from which the water, and therefrom the earth.
    Nyaya and Vaisheshika schools of Hindu philosophy
    Akasha or aether is the fifth physical substance, which is the substratum of the quality of sound. It is the one, eternal, and all-pervading physical substance, which is imperceptible.
    Samkhya school
    Akasha is one of the five Mahābhūtas (grand physical elements) having the specific property of sound.
    Shiva Purana
    Akasha is identified as having 'the only attribute of sound'.
    Linga Purana
    Akasha is translated as 'firmament' and listed as one of the 1,008 names of Lord Shiva.

    Akasha is space in the Jain conception of the cosmos. Akasha is one of the six dravyas (substances) and it accommodates the other five, namely sentient beings or … See more

    Ākāśagarbha – a Bodhisattva associated with akasha
    Akashic records – Term in theosophy and anthroposophy
    Idealism in Vedic and Buddhist thought See more

     
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