the axle of a wheel DN.ii.96; SN.v.6; AN.i.112; Ja.i.109, Ja.i.192; Ja.v.155 (akkhassa phalakaṃ yathā; C.: suvaṇṇaphalakaṃ viya, i.e. shiny, like the polished surface of an axle); Mil.27 (+ īsā + cakka), Mil.277 (atibhārena sakaṭassa akkho bhijjati: the axle of the cart breaks when the load is too heavy); Pv-a.277 -akkhaṃ abbhañjati to lubricate the axle SN.iv.177; Mil.367.
- -chinna one whose axle is broken; with broken axle SN.i.57; Mil.67.
- -bhagga with a broken axle Ja.v.433
- -bhañjana the breaking of the axle Dhp-a.i.375; Pv-a.277.
Vedic akṣa; Av. aša; Gr. α ̓́ςων α ̔́μαςα ohariot with one axle); Lat. axis; Ohg. etc. ahsa, E. axle, to root of Lat. ago, Sk. aj