aṣṭakaḥ
See also
aṣṭaka.
Śabdakalpadruma
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vol. 1,
p. 148.
aṣṭakaḥ , tri, (aṣṭāvadhyāyāḥ parimāṇamasya . aṣṭan
+ kan .) aṣṭasaṃkhyā . aṣṭa evāṣṭakaḥ svārthe ka-
pratyayaḥ . aṣṭasaṃkhyāviśiṣṭaṃ yathā, — “gaṅgāṣṭakaṃ
paṭhati yaḥ prayataḥ prabhāte bālmīkinā viracitaṃ
sukhadaṃ manuṣyaḥ” . iti bālmīkīyagaṅgāṣṭakaṃ ..
api ca .
“acyutaṃ keśavaṃ viṣṇuṃ hariṃ satyaṃ janārddanaṃ .
haṃsaṃ nārāyaṇañcaiva etannāmāṣṭakaṃ śubhaṃ” ..
iti brahmapurāṇe śrīviṣṇunāmāṣṭakaṃ stotraṃ ..