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    See also aṣṭāpada, aṣṭāpadam, aṣṭāpadaḥ.


    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 150.
    aṣṭāpadaṃ , puṃ, klī, (aṣṭasu dhātuṣu padaṃ pratiṣṭhā yasya .
    paṅktau paṅktau aṣṭau padāni yasyeti vā . aṣṭanaḥ
    saṃjñāyāmiti dīrghaḥ .) svarṇaṃ . dhustūraḥ . śārīṇāṃ
    phalakaḥ . ityamaramedinīkarau .. pāśāra chak
    iti bhāṣā . yathā “dhustūraḥ kanakāhvayaḥ” . itya-
    maradarśanāt . aṣṭāpadaśabdasya kanakavācakatvācca ..
    (“āvarjitāṣṭāpadakumbhatoyaiḥ .”
    iti kumārasambhave ..
    “sa rāmakaramuktena nihato dyūtamaṇḍale .
    aṣṭāpadena balavān rājā vajradharopamaḥ ..”
    iti harivaṃśe ..)