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    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 33, col. 2.
    aṣṭākṣara aṣṭa_akṣara, a. having eight syllables;
    -aṅga, eight members (-°); a. having
    eight parts: -pāta, m. prostration with the
    eight members (hands, feet, knees, forehead,
    breast), profound obeisance.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 117, col. 1.
    aṣṭā́kṣara mf(ā)n. containing eight syllables, VS.; AitBr.; ŚBr.
    ☞ p. 117, col. 1.
    aṣṭā́kṣara m. N. of an author.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 532.
    aṣṭā́kṣara (a° + a°)

    1) adj. achtsilbig VS. 9, 32. AIT. BR. 1, 1. ŚAT. BR. 1, 4, 1, 36. 7, 3, 23. 2, 2, 1, 17.

    — 2) m. N. pr. eines Autors Verz. d. B. H. No. 110. Ind. St. 1, 393, N. 1.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 142, col. 1.
    aṣṭā́kṣara

    — 1) Adj. (f. ā) achtsilbig ŚAT. BR. 5,2,1,5.

    — 2) m. N.pr. eines Mannes.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 523, col. 1.
    aṣṭākṣara tri0 aṣṭāvakṣarāṇi yatra pāde . 1 aṣṭākṣarayuktapādake
    anuṣṭubjātike varṇavṛttabhede . “aṣṭākṣarā vai gāyatrī” śrutiḥ
    gāyatryāḥṣaḍakṣaracatuṣpādatve'pi aṣṭākṣaratripādarūpatvaṃ
    sarvatra prasiddham . 2 vaktranāmake mātrāvṛttaviśeṣe viṣama-
    vṛtte . “pañcama laghu sarvvatra saptamaṃ dvicaturthayoḥ .
    guru ṣaṣṭhañca pādānāṃ śeṣeṣvaniyamomataḥ . prayoge prāyikaṃ
    prāhuḥ ke'pyetadvaktralakṣaṇam . loke'nuṣṭubiti khyātam
    tasyāṣṭākṣaratā kṛtā” chandoma0 .

    Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 35, col. 2.
    aṣṭākṣara a name of Nārāyaṇa (8 letters), son of Paśu-
    pati (Śāṅkhāyanasūtrapaddhati). W. p. 28.