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    See also aṣṭi.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 207, col. 3.
    aṣṭiḥ f. [asyate bhūmau kṣipyate as-ktin pṛṣo° ṣatvaṃ]

    1 A die for playing.

    2 A metre consisting of sixty-four syllables.

    3 [akṣ-vyāptau-ktin] Pervasion, reaching (Ved.).

    4 The body (the instrument of enjoyment).

    5 The number sixteen.

    6 Seed.

    7 Kernel.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 285.
    aṣṭiḥ f. [asyate bhūmau kṣipyate as-ktin pṛṣo˚ ṣatvam] 1 A die for playing. -2 A metre consisting of sixty-four syllables. -3 [akṣ-vyāptau-ktin] Pervasion, reaching (Ved.) indraṃ śumbhāsmyaṣṭaye Av.6.54.1. -4 The body (the instrument of enjoyment). -5 The number sixteen. -6 Seed. -7 Kernel. kandāṣṭibhirmūlaphalaiḥ Bhāg.4.28.36.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 150.
    aṣṭiḥ , strī, (asyate pṛthivyāṃ kṣipyate iti + asa
    + ktin . pṛṣodarāditvāt vatvam .) vījaṃ .
    ityuṇādikoṣaḥ .. ām̐ṭhi iti bhāṣā .