the second consonant of the alphabet (being the aspirate of the preceding consonant; often in MSS. & [Inscr.] confounded with ṣa).
am, m. the sun, [L.]
khá n. (√ khan) a cavity, hollow, cave, cavern, aperture, [RV.]
an aperture of the human body (of which there are nine, viz. the mouth, the two ears, the two eyes, the two nostrils, and the organs of excretion and generation), [AV. xiv, 2, 1] and [6]; [Prāt.]; [KaṭhUp.]; [Gaut.]; [Mn.] &c.
(hence) an organ of sense, [BhP. viii, 3, 23]
(in anat.) the glottis, [W.]
‘the hole made by an arrow’, wound, [Mn. ix, 43]
the hole in the nave of a wheel through which the axis runs, [RV.]; [ŚBr. xiv]
vacuity, empty space, air, ether, sky, [ŚBr. xiv]; [PraśnUp.]; [Mn. xii, 120] &c.
heaven, [L.]
Brahma (the Supreme Spirit), [W.]
(in arithm.) a cypher, [Sūryas.]; [Sāh.]
the Anusvāra represented by a circle (bindu), [L.]
N. of the tenth astrological mansion, [VarBṛ.]
talc, [L.]
a city, [L.]
a field, [L.]
happiness (a meaning derived fr. su-kha, duḥ-kha), [L.]
action, [L.]
understanding, [L.]
[cf. Gk. χάος; Lat. halo.]