áṣṭaka mf(A or ikA)n. ([Śulb.]; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 45] Comm.) consisting of eight parts, [ŚBr.]; [RPrāt.] &c.
one who is acquainted with the eight books of Pāṇini's grammar, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 65], Sch.
áṣṭaka m. N. of a son of Viśvāmitra (author of the hymn, [RV. x, 104]), [AitBr.]; [ĀśvŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.
áṣṭaka n. a whole consisting of eight parts (as each of the eight Aṣṭakas of the [RV.], or as, [TS. i], or as Pāṇini's grammar &c.)