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ṣaṣषष्ṣáṣ mfn. pl. (prob. for orig. ṣakṣ; nom. acc. ṣáṭ instr. ṣaḍbhís dat. abl. ṣaḍbhyás, gen. ṣaṇṇā́m loc. ṣaṭsú; in comp. becomes ṣaṭ before hard letters, ṣaḍ before soft, ṣo before d, which is changed into ḍ, and ṇ before nasals) six (with the counted object in apposition or exceptionally in gen. or ifc., e.g. ṣaḍ ṛtavah, or ṣaḍ ṛtunām, ‘the six seasons’, ṣaṭsu ṣatsu māseṣu, ‘at periods of six months’, [Mn. viii, 403] at the end of a Bahuvrīhi compound it is declined like other words ending in ṣ, e. g. priya-ṣaṣas nom. pl. [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 22] Schol.; among the words used as expressions for the number six (esp. in giving dates) are aṅga, darśana, tarka, rasa, ṛtu, vajrakoṇa, kārttikeya-mukha), [RV.] &c. &c.
(in gram.) a technical N. for numerals ending in ṣ and n and words like kati, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 24], [25]
[cf. Gk. ἕξ; Lat. sex; Goth. saíhs; Germ. sëhs, sechs; Eng. six.]
ṣaṣkषष्क्(cf. √ ṣvaṣk), cl. 1. P. ṣaṣkati, to go, move, [Naigh. ii, 14.]
ṣaṣṭhīषष्ठी(ī), f. See below
f. the sixth day of a lunar fortnight, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
a partic. Tithi when homage is offered to the sixth lunar digit, [MW.]
the sixth or genitive case, [ŚrS.]; [Nir.] &c.
N. of a partic. brick the length of which equals the 6th part of a man, [Śulbas.]
the personification of a portion of Prakṛti, [Cat.]
N. of a personification of the sixth day after the birth of a child (when the chief danger for mother and child is over)
N. of a divine mother or goddess often regarded as a form of Durgā (supposed to protect children and worshipped on the sixth day after delivery), [NṛsUp.]; [Saṃskārak.]
= indra-senā, [NṛsUp.]; [RTL. 229.]
ṣaṣṭhaषष्ठṣaṣṭhá mf(I/)n. sixth, the sixth (with bhāga or aṃśa m. ‘a sixth part’; with or scil. kāla m. ‘the sixth hour of the day, the sixth meal eaten at the end of a fast of three days’; ṣaṣṭhaṃ √ kṛ, ‘to eat such a meal’), [AV.] &c. &c.
ṣaṣṭhá m. (scil. akṣara) the sixth letter i.e. the vowel ī, [RPrāt.]
N. of a man = -candra, [Rājat.]
ṣaṣṭhá n. a sixth part, [Gaut.]
ṣaṣṭhyषष्ठ्य्in comp. before vowels for ṣaṣṭhī.
ṣaṣṭaषष्टmfn. the sixtieth, consisting of sixty (only used in comp. after another numeral, e.g. ekaṣ° ‘the sixty-first’, cf. dvā-ṣ°, dvi-ṣ°, tri-ṣ° &c.)
ṣaṣṭiषष्टिṣaṣṭí f. sixty (mc. also °ṭī; with the counted object in apposition, or in gen. pl. or comp.; °ṭi-tas = abl. [VarBṛS.]), [RV.]; &c.
ṣaṣṭyषष्ट्य्in comp. before vowels for ṣaṣṭi.
ṣaṣṭhinषष्ठिन्mfn. having a sixth, having or being the sixth (year &c.), [W.]
ṣaṣṭhyaषष्ठ्यm. a sixth part, [Gaut.]
ṣaṣṭisषष्टिस्ind. sixty times, [Sūryas.]
ṣaṣṭhādiषष्ठादिmfn. (in Vedic gram.) beginning with the sixth letter i.e. with the vowel ī.
ṣaṣṭhakaषष्ठकmfn. the sixth, [Pāṇ.]; [Śrutab.]
ṣaṣṭhamīषष्ठमीf. the sixth day of a lunar fortnight, [Cat.]
ṣaṣṭhamaषष्ठमmfn. the sixth
ṣaṣṭhikāषष्ठिकाf. the sixth day after a child's birth personified, [Saṃskārak.]; [Tithyād.]
N. of one of the divine mothers (see ṣaṣṭhī), [MW.]
ṣaṣṭidhāषष्टिधाṣaṣṭi—dhā ind. sixtyfold, in 60 ways or parts, [Car.]
ṣaṣṭijaषष्टिजṣaṣṭi—ja m. = ṣaṣṭika.
ṣaṣṭikaषष्टिकmfn. bought with sixty, [W.]
m. or f(A). a kind of rice of quick growth (ripening in about 60 days), [MBh.]; [Suśr.]; [VarBṛS.] &c.
n. the number 60 [VarBṛS.]
ṣaṣṭhāṃśaषष्ठांशm. a sixth part, (esp.) the amount of tax or of grain &c. taken in kind by a king (cf. ṣaḍ-bhāga), [Yājñ.]; [Ragh.]; [MārkP.]
ṣaṣṭhānnaषष्ठान्नn. the sixth meal
ṣaṣṭikyaषष्टिक्यmfn. sown with the above rice, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 3]
(a field &c.) fit for sowing with this rice, [W.]
ṣaṣṭhīdāsaषष्ठीदासṣaṣṭhī—dāsa m. N. of a man, [Kṣitīś.]
ṣaṣṭhīdevīषष्ठीदेवीṣaṣṭhī—devī f. the goddess Ṣaṣṭhī, [Kād.]; [RTL. 229.]
ṣaṣṭhījāyaषष्ठीजायṣaṣṭhī—jāya mfn. or m. one who has a sixth wife, [Vop.]
ṣaṣṭhīpūjāषष्ठीपूजाṣaṣṭhī—pūjana, n. or ṣaṣṭhī—pūjā, f. worship of the goddess Ṣaṣṭhī (esp. performed by a woman on the sixth day after delivery), [MW.]
ṣaṣṭhakālaषष्ठकालṣaṣṭha—kāla m. the sixth meal-time (on the evening of the third day; °lopavāsa m. ‘a kind of fasting, taking food only on the evening of every third day’), [MBh.]
ṣaṣṭhavatīषष्ठवतीṣaṣṭha—vatī f. N. of a river, [BhP.]
ṣaṣṭibhāgaषष्टिभागṣaṣṭi—bhāga m. N. of Śiva, [MBh.]
ṣaṣṭiśāliषष्टिशालिṣaṣṭi—śāli m. = ṣaṣṭika, [L.]
ṣaṣṭiśataषष्टिशतṣaṣṭi—śata n. sg. 160 [KātyŚr.] (trīṇi ṣaṣṭi-śatāni, 360, c: [ŚāṅkhBr.])
ṣaṣṭidinaषष्टिदिनṣaṣṭi—dina mfn. relating to or lasting a period of 60 days, [Jyot.]
ṣaṣṭilatāषष्टिलताṣaṣṭi—latā f. a kind of plant (= bhramara-mārī; w.r. for yaṣṭil°), [L.]
ṣaṣṭipathaषष्टिपथṣaṣṭi—patha m. ‘60 paths’, N. of the first 60 Adhyāyas of the Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa.
ṣaṣṭitamaषष्टितमṣaṣṭi—tama mfn. (accord. to [Pāṇ. v, 2, 58] the only form when used alone; of ṣaṣṭa above) the 60th, [MBh.]; [R.]
ṣaṣṭyabdaषष्ट्यब्दṣaṣṭy—abda n. the 60 years' cycle of Jupiter, [VarBṛS.] (also N. of wk.)
ṣaṣṭhāhnikaषष्ठाह्निकmfn. corresponding to the sixth day (of the Ṣaḍ-aha), [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
ṣaṣṭhīpriyaषष्ठीप्रियṣaṣṭhī—priya m. N. of Skanda, [MBh.]
ṣaṣṭhīvrataषष्ठीव्रतṣaṣṭhī—vrata n. pl. N. of partic. religious observances, [Cat.]
ṣaṣṭhabhaktaषष्ठभक्तṣaṣṭha—bhakta n. the sixth meal (instr. with Caus. of √ vṛt, ‘to live on the sixth meal’ or ‘eat only on the evening of every third day’), [MBh.]
ṣaṣṭha—bhakta mfn. taking only the sixth meal (i.e. only on the evening of every third day), [ib.]
ṣaṣṭīṣṭakaषष्टीष्टकmfn. containing 60 bricks, [ŚBr.]
ṣaṣṭihradaषष्टिह्रदṣaṣṭi—hrada N. of a Tīrtha, [MBh.]
ṣaṣṭimattaषष्टिमत्तṣaṣṭi—matta m. an elephant which has reached she age of 60 years (or is in rut at that period), [MW.]
ṣaṣṭirātraषष्टिरात्रṣaṣṭi—rātra m. a period of 60 days, [Pāṇ. v, 1, 90.]
ṣaṣṭividyāषष्टिविद्याṣaṣṭi—vidyā f. (perhaps) = -tantra, [IndSt.]
ṣaṣṭivrataषष्टिव्रतṣaṣṭi—vrata m. a partic. religious observance, [Cat.]
ṣaṣṭyadhikaषष्ट्यधिकṣaṣṭy—adhika mfn. exceeded by 60 [MW.]
ṣaṣṭhījāgaraषष्ठीजागरṣaṣṭhī—jāgara ([Kād.]) or ṣaṣṭhī—jāga°raka, m. ([L.]) or ṣaṣṭhī—jāga°raṇa-maha, m. ([Campak.]) the waking on the sixth day after the birth of a child (N. of a partic. ceremony; this is the day on which the creator is supposed to enter the mother's chamber and write the child's destiny on its forehead), [RTL. 370.]
ṣaṣṭhīpūjanaषष्ठीपूजनṣaṣṭhī—pūjana, n. or ṣaṣṭhī—pūjā, f. worship of the goddess Ṣaṣṭhī (esp. performed by a woman on the sixth day after delivery), [MW.]
ṣaṣṭhīsamāsaषष्ठीसमासṣaṣṭhī—samāsa m. = -tat-puruṣa, [Sarvad.]; [Pāṇ.], Vārtt.
ṣaṣṭhacandraषष्ठचन्द्रṣaṣṭha—candra m. N. of a man, [Rājat.]
ṣaṣṭihāyanaषष्टिहायनṣaṣṭi—hāyana m. a period of 60 years or the 60th year (from birth &c.), [MW.]
ṣaṣṭi—hāyana mfn. 60 years old (as an elephant), [MBh.]; [R.]
ṣaṣṭi—hāyana m. an elephant, [L.]
a kind of grain or corn, [L.]
ṣaṣṭipathikaषष्टिपथिकṣaṣṭi—pathika mf(I)n. studying the Ṣaṣṭi-patha Vārtt. on [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 60] (cf. ṣāṣṭipatha).
ṣaṣṭitantraषष्टितन्त्रṣaṣṭi—tantra n. the doctrine of 60 conceptions or ideas (peculiar to the Sāṃkhya phil.), [Sāṃkhyak.]; [Tattvas.]
ṣaṣṭivarṣinषष्टिवर्षिन्ṣaṣṭi—varṣin mfn. having 60 years, 60 years old, [MBh.]
ṣaṣṭiyojanīषष्टियोजनीṣaṣṭi—yojanī (ī), f. an extent of 60 Y°s [ib.]
ṣaṣṭiyojanaषष्टियोजनṣaṣṭi—yojana mfn. 60 Yojanas distant, [Kathās.]
ṣaṣṭhānnakālaषष्ठान्नकालṣaṣṭhānna—kāla mfn. = °ṭha-bhakta above
ṣaṣṭhānna—kāla n. or ṣaṣṭhānna—kāla-tā, f. ([Mn. xi, 200]) eating only at the time of the sixth meal (i.e. on the evening of every third day)
ṣaṣṭhīdarpaṇaषष्ठीदर्पणṣaṣṭhī—darpaṇa m. N. of wk.
ṣaṣṭidakṣiṇaषष्टिदक्षिणṣaṣṭi—dakṣiṇa mfn. having a sacrificial fee or gift of 60 [ĀpŚr.]
ṣaṣṭisāhasraषष्टिसाहस्रṣaṣṭi—sāhasra mfn. pl. = -sahasrin, [R.]
ṣaṣṭisahasraषष्टिसहस्रṣaṣṭi—sahasra n. pl. 60 thousand, [BhP.]
ṣaṣṭitriśataषष्टित्रिशतṣaṣṭi—triśata mfn. consisting of 360 [Nidānas.]
ṣaṣṭhāṃśavṛttiषष्ठांशवृत्तिṣaṣṭhāṃśa—vṛtti m. a king who subsists on the 6th part of the produce of the soil (taken as a tax), [Śak. 187] ed. [MW.]
ṣaṣṭhījāgarakaषष्ठीजागरकṣaṣṭhī—jāgara ([Kād.]) or ṣaṣṭhī—jāga°raka, m. ([L.]) or ṣaṣṭhī—jāga°raṇa-maha, m. ([Campak.]) the waking on the sixth day after the birth of a child (N. of a partic. ceremony; this is the day on which the creator is supposed to enter the mother's chamber and write the child's destiny on its forehead), [RTL. 370.]
ṣaṣṭhīpūjāvidhiषष्ठीपूजाविधिṣaṣṭhī—pūjā-vidhi m. N. of wk.
ṣaṣṭisahasrinषष्टिसहस्रिन्ṣaṣṭi—sahasrin mfn. pl. numbering 60 thousand, [ib.]
ṣaṣṭivāsarajaषष्टिवासरजṣaṣṭi—vāsara-ja m. = ṣaṣṭika, [L.]
ṣaṣṭhānnakālakaषष्ठान्नकालकṣaṣṭhānna—kālaka n. id., [L.] (w.r. ṣaskṭhālu-k°)
ṣaṣṭhānnakālatāषष्ठान्नकालताṣaṣṭhānna—kāla n. or ṣaṣṭhānna—kāla-tā, f. ([Mn. xi, 200]) eating only at the time of the sixth meal (i.e. on the evening of every third day)
ṣaṣṭhānnakālikaषष्ठान्नकालिकṣaṣṭhānna—kālika mfn. = °na-kāla, [Pañcat.]
ṣaṣṭhītatpuruṣaषष्ठीतत्पुरुषṣaṣṭhī—tat-puruṣa m. a Tatpuruṣa compound of which the first member would (if uncompounded) be in the genitive case Sch. on [Pāṇ. v, 1, 9] &c.
ṣaṣṭyadhikaśataषष्ट्यधिकशतṣaṣṭy—adhika—śata n. 160 [ib.]
ṣaṣṭhakālopavāsaषष्ठकालोपवासṣaṣṭha—kālopavāsa m., ‘a kind of fasting, taking food only on the evening of every third day’
ṣaṣṭipūrtiśāntiषष्टिपूर्तिशान्तिṣaṣṭi—pūrti-śānti f. N. of wk.
ṣaṣṭisāṃvatsarīषष्टिसांवत्सरीṣaṣṭi—sāṃvatsarī f. N. of various works.
ṣaṣṭisaṃvatsaraषष्टिसंवत्सरṣaṣṭi—saṃvatsara m. a period of 60 years or the 60th year (from birth &c.), [MW.]
ṣaṣṭhyarthadarpaṇaषष्ठ्यर्थदर्पणṣaṣṭhy—artha-darpaṇa m. N. of wk.
ṣaṣṭhījāgaraṇamahaषष्ठीजागरणमहṣaṣṭhī—jāgara ([Kād.]) or ṣaṣṭhī—jāga°raka, m. ([L.]) or ṣaṣṭhī—jāga°raṇa-maha, m. ([Campak.]) the waking on the sixth day after the birth of a child (N. of a partic. ceremony; this is the day on which the creator is supposed to enter the mother's chamber and write the child's destiny on its forehead), [RTL. 370.]
ṣaṣṭhyādikalpabodhanaषष्ठ्यादिकल्पबोधनṣaṣṭhy—ādi-kalpa-bodhana n. a festival in honour of Durgā on the 6th day of the month Āśvina (when she is supposed to be awakened), [Col.]
ṣaṣṭhyupākhyānastotraषष्ठ्युपाख्यानस्तोत्रṣaṣṭhy—upākhyāna-stotra n. N. of a Stotra.
ṣaṣṭisaṃvatsaraphalaषष्टिसंवत्सरफलṣaṣṭi—saṃvatsara—phala n. N. of wk.
ṣaṣṭhīvratodyāpanavidhiषष्ठीव्रतोद्यापनविधिṣaṣṭhī—vra°todyāpana-vidhi m. N. of wk.