Akṣara
अक्षरनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neutro) · अ प्रत्यय (a — negação) + क्षर (kṣara — perecível, da raiz kṣar — fluir)
akṣara
Metaphysics
AI translationImperishable; sacred syllable
Akṣara has a double sense. (1) Imperishable — one of the epithets of Brahman, which does not flow (does not change, does not decay). Gītā 8.3 defines: 'akṣaraṃ brahma paramam'. (2) Syllable — the sacred phoneme, especially praṇava (Om). The two senses converge in the Māṇḍūkya, where the akṣara 'Om' is presented as Brahman in sound, with its four pādas corresponding to the four states of consciousness.
Occurrence in the corpus
॥ १९ ॥ 【भाष्यम्】 यत् उपन्यस्तम् अक्षरम् तस्य प्राप्त्युपायो निर्दिष्टः ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म ’ (भ. गी. ८ । १३) इत्यादिना अथ इदानीम् अक्षरस्यैव स्वरूपनिर्दिदिक्षया इदम् उच्यते अनेन योगमार्गेण इदं गन्तव्यमिति परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः यः सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु विनश्यति
|| 19 || 【bhāṣyam】 yat upanyastam akṣaram tasya prāptyupāyo nirdiṣṭaḥ omityekākṣaraṃ brahma ’ (bha. gī. 8 | 13) ityādinā atha idānīm akṣarasyaiva svarūpanirdidikṣayā idam ucyate anena yogamārgeṇa idaṃ gantavyamiti parastasmāttu bhāvo'nyo'vyakto'vyaktātsanātanaḥ yaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu vinaśyati
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Vishva Vidya (2026). Akṣara (अक्षर). Vishva Vidya — Vedanta. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/aksara
Vishva Vidya. "Akṣara (अक्षर)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026, https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/aksara.
Vishva Vidya. "Akṣara (अक्षर)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/aksara.
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