aṣṭakā

aṣṭakā f. (-kā)

1 Worship of the manes or progenitors performed on certain days.

2 The eighth day of three months on which the progenitors are worshipped.

E. aśa to eat, and takan affix; vegetables, flesh, and cake, being severally offered upon these occasions, and the Brahmins feasted; in this sense it is also aṣṭikā.

aṣṭakā (kā) 1. f. Worship of the
manes on the 8th day of every
three months.

aṣṭakā f. the eighth day after full moon (especially that in the months Hemanta and Śiśira, on which the progenitors or manes are worshipped, ĀśvGṛ.; Mn. &c.; aṣṭakā is therefore also a N. of the worship itself or the oblations offered on those days, Kauś. &c.), AV. xv, 16, 2; ŚBr. &c.

a N. of the Acchodā river, MatsyaP.

aṣṭakā

f. (-kā)

1. Worship of the manes or progenitors performed on
certain days.

2. The eighth day of three months on which the
progenitors are worshipped.

E. (aśa) to ear, and takan affix; vegetables,
flesh, and cake, being severally offered upon these occasions, and
the Brahmins feasted; in this sense it is also aṣṭikā.

aṣṭakā strī aśnanti pitaro'syāṃ tithau aśa—takan .
“aṣṭakā pitṛdaivatye” ityajādipāṭhāt na ittvam .
“aṣṭakā tu samākhyātā saptamyādidinatrayam” ityukta-
lakṣaṇe 1 saptamyādidinatraye, 2 dinatrayasādhye karmadhede ca taccā-
śvalāyana gṛ0 darśitam tadapi pauṣamāghaphālgunānāṃ kṛṣṇa
saptamyādiṣu karttavyaṃ tatra pradhānamaṣṭamī, saptamyāmārambhaḥ aṣṭamyāṃ
kṛtyaṃ navamyāmanyaṣṭaketi bhedaḥ . “amāvāsyā caturddaśyoḥ
paurṇamāsyaṣṭakāsu ca” “aṣṭakāsu tvahorātramṛtvantāsu ca
rātriṣu” iti ca manuḥ tacca na pitṛmātradaivatyam anyadaivatya-
mapi yathāha “pitryadānāya mūle syuraṣṭakāstisra eva ca .
kṛṣṇapakṣe variṣṭhāhi pūrvvā caindrī hi bhāṣyate . prājāpatthā
dvitīyā syāt tṛtīyā vaiśvadevikī . ādyā pūpaiḥ
sadā kāryyā māṃsairanyā bhavettathā . śākaiḥ kāryyā
tṛtīyā syādeṣa dravyagato vidhiḥ vāyu0 purā0 . mūle
pradhānasthāne amāvasyā hi śrāddhasya pradhānaṃ kālaḥ tadvaditi
yāvat raghu0 . paśvabhāve sthālīpākena kāryyaṃ “api vā
sthālīpākaṃ kurvvīteti” gobhilaḥ . etadvidhānantu
“sthālīpākaṃ paśusthāne kuryyāt yadyānukalpikam .
śrapayettaṃ savatsāyāstaruṇyā goḥ payasyanu” chandoga-
pariśi0 . anviti odanacaroḥ paścāt . ata-
eva . “pitaraḥ spṛhayantyannamaṣṭakāsu maghāsu ca . tasmā-
ddadyāt sadodyukto vidvatsu brāhmaṇeṣu ca” śātā0 .
tasmādannaṃ pradhānaṃ pūpādikantūpakaraṇatvena śaktānāmāvaśyakaṃ,
sadeti śravaṇāt . “amāvasyāṣṭakā vṛddhiḥ kṛṣṇapakṣe'-
yanadvayam” . “pauṣamāsasya rohiṇyāmaṣṭakāyāmathāpi
bā” yā0 smṛ0 . atrāyaṃ bhedaḥ hemantaśiśirayoścaturṇṇāmapara-
pakṣāṇāmaṣṭamīṣvaṣṭakā ekasyāṃ vā” āśva0 sū0 ukteḥ
samarthāsamarthabhedena caturṣu māseṣu kṛṣṇāṣṭamīṣu ekasyāṃ vā
aṣṭakā kāryyeti . āgrahāyaṇyā ūrddhvaṃ tisṛṣvaṣṭakāsu” smṛta-
ntarāttathātvam . anvaṣṭakāśabde vivṛtametat . aṣṭaparimā-
ṇamasyāḥ kan . ajādipāṭhā0 ṭāp pitṛdaivatye iti
asya prāyikatvāt kṣipakā0 nettvam . 4 aṣṭamītithimātre
“amāvāsyā guruṃhanti śiṣyaṃ hanti caturddaśī . brahmāṣṭakā
paurṇamāsyau tasmāttāḥ parivarjjayet” manuḥ etadbhinnāyā
striyāmaṣṭikā ata itvam .

aṣṭakā , strī, (aśnanti pitaro'syām . aś +
takan .) śrāddhaviśeṣaḥ . tithibhedaḥ . tadyathā .
gauṇacāndrapauṣamāghaphālgunamāsīyakṛṣṇāṣṭamī .
āśvinakṛṣṇāṣṭamī ca . etāsu śrāddhamāvaśyakaṃ .
yathā . āgrahāyaṇyā ūddhvaṃ tisṛṣu kṛṣṇāṣṭa-
moṣu śrāddhāni nityāni . yathā gobhilaḥ .
“aṣṭakā yorddhvamāgrahāyaṇyāstamisrāṣṭamī” .
iti . brahmapurāṇe .
“pitryadānāya mūle syuraṣṭakāstisra eva ca .
kṛṣṇapakṣe variṣṭhā hi pūrvvā caindro vibhāvyate ..
prājāpatyā dvitīyā syāt tṛtīyā vaiśvadevakī .
ādyā pūpaiḥ sadā kāryyā māṃsairanyā bhavettathā ..
śākaiḥ kāryyā tṛtīyā syādeṣa dravyagato vidhiḥ” .
mūle pradhānasthāne amāvāsyāyāṃ amāvāsyā hi
śrāddhasya pradhānakālastadvaditi yāvat . aindrī
sāgnerindradevatākayāgasambandhāt . evaṃ prājāpatthā
vaiśvadevakī ca . māṃsaiḥ paśoḥ . tathā ca gobhilaḥ .
“yadyuvālpatarasambhāraḥ syāttadāpi paśunaiva ku-
ryyāt” iti . yadyuveti nipātasamudāyo yadyarthe
paśurapi chāga eva . chāgo'nādeśe paśuḥ . iti
gautamāt . na ca taiṣyā ūrddhvamaṣṭamyāṃ gauḥ . iti
gobhilasūtreṇa gavopadeśāt kathamanupadiṣṭatva-
miti vācyaṃ . tadasambhave paśurityanena yaḥ paśu-
rupadiṣṭastasya viśeṣato'nupadiṣṭatvāt . taiṣī
pauṣī . vastutastu harivaṃśe mṛgo'pi vihitaḥ .
yathā, —
“ikṣvākustu vikukṣiṃ vai aṣṭakāyāmathādiśat .
māṃsamānaya śrāddhāya mṛgaṃ hatvā mahābalaḥ” ..
iti . striyā badhābhāvamāha saeva .
“abadhyāñca striyaṃ prāhustiryyagyonigatāmapi” .
etadarddhaṃ brahmapurāṇe'pi . āraṇyānāmagastya-
prokṣitatvaṃ vakṣyate . paśvabhāve sthālopākena . yathā
gobhilaḥ . “api vā sthālīpākaṃ kurbbīta” .
iti . tadvidhānantu .
“sthālīpākaṃ paśusthāne kuryyādyadyānukalpikaṃ .
śrapayettaṃ savatsāyāstaruṇyā goḥ payasyanu” ..
iti chandogapariśiṣṭoktaṃ grāhyaṃ . anviti o-
danacaroḥ paścāt . ataeva sātātapaḥ .
“navodake navānne ca gṛhapracchādane tathā .
pitaraḥ spṛhayantyannamaṣṭakāsu maghāsu ca ..
tasmāddadyāt sadā yukto vidvatsuṃ brāhmaṇeṣu ca” .
tasmādannaṃ pradhānaṃ . pūpādikantūpakaraṇatvena śaktānā-
māvaśyaka ubhayatra sadeti śravaṇāt . tathā ca .
“nityaṃ sadā yāvadāyurna kadācidatikramet .
upetyātikrame doṣaśruteratyāgadarśanāt ..
phalāśrutervvīpsayā ca tamnityamiti kīrttitaṃ” .
iti tithyāditattvam ..
goṇacāndrapauṣasya kṛṣṇāṣṭamī pūpāṣṭakā . gauṇa-
cāndramāghasya kṛṣṇāṣṭabhī māṃsāṣṭakā . gauṇa-
cāndraphālgunasya kṛṣṇāṣṭamī śākāṣṭakā . keṣāñci-
nmate gauṇacāndrāśvinasya kṛṣṇāṣṭamī aṣṭakāpada-
vācyā . tāsu kramāt pūpamāṃsaśākaiḥ ṣāṭpauru-
ṣikaṃ śrāddhaṃ karttavyaṃ . iti brahmavāyuviṣṇudharmmottara-
purāṇāni ..

Aṣṭakā. See Māsa.

Aṣṭakā — the name of Acchodā in Pitṛloka after she

went from the earth. In her honour a river is named.

M. 14. 19-20; 141. 17.