Editing Akasha (section)

==Etymology and meaning==
The word in [[Sanskrit]] is derived from a root {{Lang|sa-latn|kāś}} meaning "to be". It appears as a masculine noun in [[Vedic Sanskrit]] with a generic meaning of "aether". In Classical Sanskrit, the noun acquires the neuter gender and may express the concept of "aether" ([[Manusmriti]], [[Shatapatha Brahmana]]). In [[Vedanta|Vedantic]] philosophy, the word acquires its technical meaning of "an ethereal fluid imagined as pervading the cosmos".

[[Indian philosophy]] classify Akasha into three categories. The first category, represented by the ''[[Nyaya]],'' ''[[Vaisheshika]]'', [[Mīmāṃsā|Purva Mimamsa]], and [[Jain philosophy|Jain]] traditions, considers Akasha to be an independent, all-pervading, and eternal substance essential to the structure of the universe. The second category  encompassing the [[Samkhya]]-[[Yoga]] and [[Vedanta]], views Akasha as an evolute of something else. The third category regards Akasha as a mental concept, a view particularly reflected in later [[Buddhist philosophy|Buddhist]] systems.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jhaveri |first=Indukala H. |date=1956 |title=The Concept of Ākāśa in Indian Philosophy |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44082931 |journal=Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute |volume=37 |issue=1/4 |pages=300–307 |issn=0378-1143}}</ref>