Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

aṣṭaka अष्टक – octad; group of eight

adjective · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

octad; group of eight

Cappeller 1891 adjective

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áṣṭaka ·a. eightfold; m. a man's name; f. ā the eighth day after full moon.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

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Aṣṭaka, as, ā, am, consisting of eight parts, eight-fold; one who studies or is acquainted with the eight books of Pāṇini's grammar or the formulas of the Veda; (as), m. the eighth part, e. g. of the Ṛg- veda; N. of a son of Viśvāmitra; (ā), f. the eighth day after full moon; especially the eighth day of three months, on which the progenitors or manes are worshipped; worship of the progenitors or manes on certain days, vegetables, flesh, and cake being seve- rally offered upon these occasions, and the Brāhmans feasted; (am), n. a whole consisting of eight parts, e. g. the eight sections of Pāṇini's grammar.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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áṣṭaka (von aṣṭan) 1〉 adj. f. ā. a〉 achttheilig, achtfach: aṣṭakā vā ukhā nidhiḥ ŚAT. BR. 6,2,2,25. ṚV. PRĀT. 16,46. ṚV. PRĀT. 16,50. krodhajo 'pi gaṇo 'ṣṭakaḥ M. 7,48. catvāro 'ṣṭakā (sc. pādāḥ vier achtsilbige Verse) jāgataśca mahābṛhatī SĀY. in der Einl. zu ṚV. 1,105. aṣṭakavarga Verz. d. B. H. No. 857. Verz. d. B. H. No. 858. Verz. d. B. H. No. 878. f. aṣṭikā P. 7,3,45, Vārtt. 10, Sch. — b〉 der die acht grammatischen Bücher Pāṇiniʼs studirt oder dieselben kennt P. 4,2,65, Sch. Vgl. u. 4. — 2〉 m. a〉 ein Achtel, z. B. in der äusserlichen Eintheilung des ṚV. — b〉 N. pr. ein Sohn Viśvāmitraʼs AIT. BR. 7,17. ĀŚV. ŚR. 12,14. MBH. 1,3539. MBH. 1,3569. MBH. 3,8465. MBH. 3,13301. MBH. 12,6200. HARIV. 1462. HARIV. 1473. HARIV. 1775. fg. LIA. I, Anh. XIX, N. nach ṚV. ANUKR. Verfasser von ṚV. 10,104. ein Bein. Śiśuʼs, weil dieser sieben Mütter und einen Vater (Skanda) hatte, MBH. 3,14398. Er führt auch den Beinamen navaka. aṣṭakās das Geschlecht der Aṣṭaka Verz. d. B. H. 57,11. — 3〉 f. a〉 aṣṭakā Uṇ. 3,146. der achte Tag nach dem Vollmonde AV. 15,16,2. ŚAT. BR. 6,2,2,23. fgg. ŚAT. BR. 6,4,2,10. KĀTY. ŚR. 13,1,2. KAUŚ. 138. amāvāsyācaturdaśayoḥ paurṇamāsyaṣṭakāsu ca M. 4,113. aṣṭakāpaurṇamāsyau M. 4,114. aṣṭakāyām YĀJÑ. 1,143. So heissen insbesondere diese Tage in den Monaten des Hemanta und Śiśira, an welchen ein Manenopfer gebracht wird; auch dieses Opfer selbst. hemantaśiśirayoścaturṇāmaparapakṣāṇāmaṣṭamīṣvaṣṭakāḥ ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2,4. M. 4,119. M. 4,150. YĀJÑ. 1,217. NĀR._zu_ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY._in_Z. d. d. m. G. 7,527, N. 2. aṣṭakāhomaḥ KAUŚ. 138. aṣṭakākarman Verz. d. B. H. No. 1071. aṣṭakā pitṛdaivatyamityayaṃ prasṛto janaḥ R. 2,108,14. Vgl. P. 7,3,45, Vārtt. 10 und anvaṣṭakā. — b〉 aṣṭakī s. u. anvaṣṭakā. — 4〉 n. ὀϰτάς, ein aus acht Theilen bestehendes Ganzes: aṣṭakaiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 1,4. saptasaptakavettāhamaṣṭāṣṭakavibhūṣitaḥ R. 3,53,41. pratigrahaprāptahemamāṣāṣṭako dvijaḥ KATHĀS. 6,51. mūrtyaṣṭaka VOP. 5,34. aṣṭakaṃ pāṇineḥ sūtram P. 4,2,65, Sch. aṣṭāvadhyāyāḥ parimāṇamasya . aṣṭakaṃ pāṇinīyam P. 5,1,58, Sch.

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aṣṭaka adj. aṣṭikā khārī PAT. a. a. O. 7,116,a.

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aṣṭaka 1〉a〉 ˚varga die aus Achten (den) 7 Planeten und dem Lagna bestehende Gruppe, Titel des 9ten Adhyāya in VARĀH. BṚH. — 2〉a〉 zu streichen, da aṣṭaka als Abtheilung des ṚV. und der TS. als neutr. zu 4〉 gehört und seinen Namen daher hat, dass es auch wieder aus acht Theilen besteht. — 3〉a〉 Sp. 530, Z. 8 ist aṣṭakāpitṛdaivatyam (˚pitṛdevatyam ed. Bomb.) als comp. zu fassen: aṣṭakāḥ pitṛdaivatyaḥ R. ed. GORR. 2,116,23. — c〉 aṣṭakā (wie auch amāvāsyā) ein anderer Name der Acchodā Verz. d. Oxf. H. 39,b,40. — 4〉 aṣṭāṣṭaka acht Octaden d. i. vierundsechzig R. 3,53,41. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 53,55. adj. aus 64 bestehend VARĀH. BṚH. S. 81,32.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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áṣṭaka — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) — a〉 achttheilig. f. aṣṭikā ŚULBAS. 1,49. — b〉 *der die acht Bücher Pāṇiniʼs studirt hat. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Sohnes der Viśvāmitra. — 3〉 f. ā — a〉 der achte Tag nach dem Vollmonde, insbes. in den Monaten Hemanta und Śiśira; auch das an diesen Tagen dargebrachte Manenopfer. — b〉 Bein. des Flusses Acchodā. — 4〉 n. Oktade.

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aṣṭaka 4〉 Bez. des Ṛgveda OPP. Cat. 1. ˚trayabhaṭṭabhāskara, ˚bhāṣya n. und ˚vargaprayoga m. Titel von Werken ebend. [Nachtrag, Band 2]

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aṣṭaka I. 2. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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aṣṭaka a. [aṣṭa parimāṇamasya kan] Consisting of 8 parts, eight-fold; krodhajo'pi gaṇo'ṣṭakaḥ Ms. 7. 48. — kaḥ 1 ([Page 0207-a]) [aṣṭakaṃ (pāṇineḥ), vidaṃti adhīyate vā ityaṣṭakāḥ P. IV. 2. 65 Sk.] One who studies or is acquainted with the eight books of Pāṇini's grammar. 2 N. of a son of Viśvāmitra. — kā [ aśnaṃti pitaro'syāṃ tithau aś-takan Uṇ. 3. 148] 1 A collection of three days (7th, 8th, and 9th) beginning from the seventh day after the full moon. 2 The 8th day of three months on which the Manes are to be propitiated. 3 A Śrāddha to be performed on the above days; worship of the Manes on certain days. 4 The 8th day of a month; Ms. 4. 113-4. — kaṃ 1 A whole consisting of 8 parts. 2 The 8 chapters of Pāṇini's sūtras; aṣṭāvadhyāyāḥ parimāṇamasya ityaṣṭakaṃ; pāṇineḥ sūtraṃ Sk.. 3 The study of the Sūtras. 4 A division of the Ṛgveda (it being divided into 8 Aṣṭakas or 10 Maṇḍalas). 5 Any group of eight; as vānarāṣṭakaṃ, tārāṣṭakaṃ, gaṃgāṣṭakaṃ &c. 6 The number eight. Comp. — aṃgaḥ, -gaṃ a kind of board or cloth for playing with dice on (having eight divisions).

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

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áṣṭaka achtteilig; m. N. eines Mannes.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

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aṣṭaka aṣṭaka m. (aṣṭan) les divisions du Ṛg-Veda en huit parties. — F. aṣṭakā, le [Page061-2] 8ᵉ jour de la lune consacré aux Pitris; la cérémonie elle-même.

Occurrences in source texts (5)

GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 81–88: Moon, Fluid and Union 1 occurrence

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HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.0*1–5: Sītkā, Śītalī and Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 3.51-3.54: Prāṇāyāma-Siddhis 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3.55-3.60: Ghaṭāvasthā 1 occurrence

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SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 1.4-1.6: Wheel, River and Soul 1 occurrence

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