s. m, (S.) The sky, the firmament, the heavens; space; air; the fifth element of the Hindus more subtle than air; æther:—Akás báṉí, s. f. A revelation, a voice from heaven, oracle:—akás bel, s. f. A parasite vine or creeper that grows on trees, which has neither roots nor leaves:—akás birt, s. f. Precarious living, living on what Providence may send from day to day; depending for subsistence on Providence alone, without using means to procure food:—akás birtí, s. f. One whose subsistence is fortuitous:—akás díp or díwá, s. m. A lamp which the Hindus hang aloft on a bamboo, in the month Kátak, an elevated lantern, a beacon:—akás maṇḍal, s. f. The atmosphere; the celestial sphere; the heavens:—akás paun, s. f. A wind in the upper region; inhaling and holding the breath, (a practice of Jogis).