अवकाश [ avakāśa ] [ ava-kāśá ] m. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) place , space

  room , occasion , opportunity , ( [ avakāsāṃ ] √ 1. [ kṛ ] or [ dā ] to make room , give way , admit Lit. ŚBr. ; [ avakāśaṃ ] √ [ labh ] or [ āp ] , to get a footing , obtain a favourable opportunity Lit. Śak. ; to find scope , happen take place ; [ avakāśaṃ ] √ [ rudh ] , not to give way , hinder Lit. Megh.) .

  aperture Lit. Suśr. ( [ °śena ] instr. ind. between Lit. PBr.)

  intermediate time Lit. ŚBr.

  " a glance cast on anything " , N. of certain verses , during the recitation of which the eyes must be fixed on particular objects ( which therefore are called [ avakāśya ] q.v.) Lit. ŚBr. Lit. KātyŚr.

  [ avakāśe ] ind. (prob.) about dawn, Lit. MānGṛ.

  [ avakāśena ] ind. , see [ avakāśa ] , between Lit. PBr.