1 Occasion, oppor- tunity; tāte cāpadvitīye vahati raṇa- dhurāṃ ko bhayasyāvakāśaḥ Ve. 3. 5; utta- rāvakāśamapāharaṃtyā K. 204, 265; sāhā- yyadānāvakāśaḥ Dk. 96; M. 3. 13; M. 2; oft. used with labh in the sense of ‘to get an opportunity or scope for action’; labdhāvakāśo'vidhya- nmāṃ tatra dagdho manobhavaḥ Ks. 1. 41.

2 (a) Place, space, room; avakāśaṃ kiloda- nvānrāmāyābhyarthito dadau R. 4. 58; anya-...