| aṣṭāpad | अष्टापद् | aṣṭā́—pad (aṣṭā́-), mfn., only f. -padī (a verse) having eight lines, eightfold (as speech or verses), [RV.]; [AV.] |
| (in ritual language) a pregnant animal, [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.] (also neg. án-aṣṭāpadi, ‘not a pregnant animal’, [ŚBr.]) |
| a wild sort of jasmin, [L.] |
| aṣṭāpadā | अष्टापदा | aṣṭā—padā f. (i.e. ric) a verse consisting of eight Padas. |
| aṣṭāpada | अष्टापद | aṣṭā—pada m. ‘having eight legs’, a spider, [L.] |
| a worm, [L.] |
| the fabulous animal Sarabha, [L.] |
| a wild sort of jasmin, [L.] |
| a pin or bolt, [L.] |
| the mountain Kailāsa, [L.] |
| a chess-board on which each line has 8 squares or 64 in all, [MW.] |
| aṣṭā—pada m. n. (g. ardharcādi, q.v.) a kind of chequered cloth or board for drafts, dice, &c., [Hariv.]; [R.] &c. |
| (= -pruṣ, q.v.) gold, [MBh. xii, 10983]; [Kum. vii, 10] |