E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Achar
in Indian philosophy means the All-in-All. The world is spun out of Achar as a web from a spider, and will ultimately return to him, as a spider sometimes takes back into itself its own thread. Phenomena are not independent realities, but merely partial and individual manifestations of the All-in-All.
