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    aṣṭama

    See also aṣṭamaḥ.

    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 92.
    aṣṭama mfn. (-maḥ-mī-maṃ) Eighth. f. (-mī)

    1 The eighth day of the fortnight.

    2 A medicinal plant: see kṣīrakākolī, the last of a class of eight medicinal plants: see aṣṭavarga.

    E. aṣṭan with ḍaṭ affix and maṭa augment.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 71, col. 2.
    aṣṭama (maḥ-mā-maṃ) a. Eighth. (mī) 3.
    f. The eighth day of the fort-
    night; a plant.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 63, col. 1.
    aṣṭama aṣṭama, i. e. aṣṭan + ma. I.

    ord. num., f. mī, Eighth, Man. 2, 36.

    II. m. An eighth, Man. 10, 120. III.

    f. mī, The eighth day of a lunar half

    month, Rājat. 5, 327; 412. — Cf. Lat.

    octavus;

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 103, col. 1.
    Aṣṭama, as, ī, am, the eighth; (as), m. the

    eighth part; (ī), f. (scil. rātri), the eighth day

    (night) in a half-month; N. of the medicinal plant

    Kṣīrakākolī, the last of a class of eight medicinal

    plants. —Aṣṭama-kālika, as, ā, am, one who

    omitting seven meals partakes only of the eighth.

    —Aṣṭamāṃśa (°ma-aṃ°), an eighth part.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    ☞ p. 122, col. 2.
    aṣṭamá, a. eighth. [aṣṭá, 4876.]

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 207, col. 1.
    aṣṭama a. (mī f.) Eighth; garbhāṣṭame'bde kurvīta brāhmaṇasyopanāyanaṃ Ms. 2. 36.

    — maḥ The eighth part.

    — mī

    1 The eighth day in a lunar half month; caturdaśyaṣṭamī caiva amāvāsyā ca pūrṇimā . parvāṇyetāni rājeṃdra ravisaṃkrātireva ca ...

    2 N. of a medical plant (koṭālatā). [cf. L. octavus; Zend. astemo].

    Comp.

    — aṃśaḥ an 8th part.

    — kālika a. [aṣṭamaḥ kālaḥ bhojane'styasya ṭhan] one who omits seven meal times (i. e. full three days and the morning of the fourth) and partakes only of the 8th; Ms. 6. 19.

    — bhāvaḥ the eighth condition or position (in astr.).

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 52.
    aṣṭamá f. ī eighth.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 33, col. 2.
    aṣṭama aṣṭa-má, a. (ī) eighth; forming one-eighth
    of (g.); m. an eighth; ī, f. eighth day
    of a fortnight: -ka, a. eighth; -kālika, a. eating
    only every eighth meal.

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

    ☞ p. 117, col. 1.
    aṣṭamá mf(ī́)n. the eighth, RV. ii, 5, 2; x, 114, 9; AV. &c.;
    ☞ p. 117, col. 1.
    aṣṭamá (as), m. (Pāṇ. v, 3, 51 seq.) the eighth part, Mn. x, 120
    ☞ p. 117, col. 1.
    aṣṭamá mfn. forming the eighth part of (gen.), Gaut.; Śulb.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 75, col. 2.
    aṣṭama

    mfn. (-maḥ-mī-maṃ) Eight.

    f. (-mī)

    1. The eighth day of the fortnight.
    2. A medicinal plant: see kṣīrakākolī, the last of a class of eight
    medicinal plants: see aṣṭavarga.

    E. aṣṭan

    with ḍaṭ affix and maṭ augment.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 284.
    aṣṭama a. (-mī f.) Eighth; garbhāṣṭame'bde kurvita brāhmaṇasyopanāyanam Ms.2.36. -maḥ The eighth part. -mī 1 The eighth day in a lunar half month; Ms.4.128; caturdaśyaṣṭamī caiva amāvāsyā ca pūrṇimā | parvāṇyetāni rājendra ravi- saṃkrāntireva ca ||. Viṣṇu. P. -2 N. of a medical plant (koṭā- latā; Mar. kṣīrakākoḻī). -3 aṣṭakā Śrāddha; aṣṭamī yajñaparatā cāturmāsyaniṣevaṇam Mb.13.142.15. [cf. L. octavus; Zend. astemo.] -Comp. -aṃśaḥ an 8th part. -kālika a. [aṣṭamaḥ kālaḥ bhojane'styasya ṭhan] one who omits seven meal times (i. e. full three days and the morning of the fourth) and partakes only of the 8th; naktaṃ cānnaṃ samaśnīyāddivā vā'hṛtya śaktitaḥ | caturthakāliko vāsyātsyādvā'pyaṣṭamakālikaḥ || Ms.6.19. -bhāvaḥ the eighth condition or position (in Astr.).

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 99, col. 2.
    aṣṭama- -ī- a. 8me; m. un huitième; f. 8me jour du demi-mois, jour du rite aux Mânes.

    °kālika- a. qui ne fait qu'un repas sur 8.

    Renou Terminologie grammaticale du Sanskrit

    ☞ vol. 3, p. 382.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 531.
    aṣṭama (von aṣṭan)

    1) adj. aṣṭamá, f. ī́ der achte ṚV. 2, 5, 2. kamṛ̀tvijā̂maṣṭàmaṃ śūrâmāhuḥ 10, 114, 9. AV. 13, 4, 18. àṣṭàmīṃ rā̀trīm 8, 9, 21. VS. 25, 4. ŚAT. BR. 1, 4, 1, 36. 8, 5, 2, 7. KĀTY. ŚR. 16, 2, 1. M. 2, 36. 37. 3, 21. 34. u. s. w.

    — 2) m. áṣṭama ein Achtel P. 5, 3, 51. dhānye 'ṣṭamaṃ viśāṃ śulkam (āhārayet) M. 10, 120. oxyt., wenn von einem paśvaṅga die Rede geht P. 5, 3, 52.

    — 3) f. °mī .

    a) sc. rātri, der achte Tag (Nacht) im Halbmonat ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2, 4. M. 4, 128. YĀJÑ. 1, 146. KATHĀS. 7, 71. DEV. 12, 3. VET. 16, 14. Z. d. d. m. G. 6, 92. aṣṭamīvratavidhāna Titel eines Werkes TROYER in RĀJA-TAR. I, p. 371, N. Vgl. anaghāṣṭamī .

    — b) N. einer Arzeneipflanze (kṣīrakākolī) ŚABDAC. im ŚKDR.

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1074.
    aṣṭama

    1) °bhakta die achte Mahlzeit (so dass 7 Mahlzeiten übersprungen werden) ŚATR. 14, 321. kṛtāṣṭama so v. a. kṛtāṣṭamabhakta 16.

    — 2) AV. PRĀT. 1, 102.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 145.
    aṣṭamá, a., der achte [von aṣṭá].

    -ám [m.] śū́ram {940,9}.

    -am [n.] daívyam {196,2}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 141, col. 3.
    aṣṭama

    — 1) Adj.

    — a) oxyt. (f. ī́) der achte.

    — b) den achten Theil von (Gen.) betragend GAUT. 10,24. ŚULBAS. 3,123.

    — 2) m. Achtel.

    — 3) f. ī

    — a) der achte Tag in einem Halbmonat.

    — b) *eine best. Pflanze

    — 4) n. = aṣṭamabhakta Spr. 739.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 35, col. 1.
    aṣṭamá f. ī der achte; m. Achtel.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 24, col. 1.
    aṣṭama (fem. aṣṭamī) octavus.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 518, col. 2.
    aṣṭama tri0 aṣṭānāṃ pūraṇaḥ ḍaṭ maṭca . yena aṣṭasaṃkhyā pūryyate
    tasmin . “paiśācaśnāṣṭamo'dhamaḥ” “aṣṭamaṃ cāyuṣaḥ sthānamaṣṭa-
    mādaṣṭamaṃ ca yat . tayorapi vyayasthānaṃ mārakasthānamucyate”
    jyotiḥ parā0 “garbhāṣṭame'vde kurvvīta brāhmaṇasyopanāyanam”
    manuḥ striyāṃ ṅīp . “sauviṣṭakṛtyaṣṭamī” āśva0 siṣṭikṛta
    saṃbandhinī aṣṭamī āhutiḥ” karka0 . sā ca candrasyāṣṭama-
    kalākriyākūṭādhārarūpe tithibhede” . “caturddaśyaṣṭamī caiva
    amāvasyā ca pūrṇṇimā parvvāṇyetāni rājendra! rāva-
    saṃkrāntireva ca” “aṣṭamyāṃ validānena putranāśo bhaved”
    dhruvam purā0 . “aṣṭamyāḥ śeṣadaṇḍe ca navamyā ādya eva
    ca . atra yā kriyate pūjā vijñeyā sā mahāphalā”
    ti0 ta0 purā0 . “aparapakṣāṇāmaṣṭamīṣvaṣṭakāḥ” āśva0 .

    Renou Vocabulaire du rituel védique

    ☞ p. 24.