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Meaning of "Akshara"

Word

Akshara

Sanskrit

अक्षर

IAST

akṣara

In General

Letter of alphabet.

Imperishable; indestructible, immutable, unchanging–all in reference to the individual self and the Supreme Self, Brahman.

Veda

Brahman is aksharam, that which is not destructible

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