Editing Akasha (section)

{{Short description|Term for space or æther}}
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{{other uses|Akasha (disambiguation)|Akash (disambiguation)|Akasa (disambiguation)}}
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'''Akasha''' ([[Sanskrit]] ''{{IAST|ākāśa}}'' {{lang|sa|आकाश}}) means [[Aether (classical element)|aether]] in traditional [[Hindu cosmology]]. The term has also been adopted in Western [[occult]]ism 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 [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Deva (Hinduism)|god]] of Akasha is [[Dyaus]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionary of World Philosophy |first=A. Pablo |last=Iannone |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2001 |page=30 |isbn=0-415-17995-5}}</ref>