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ṣaṣṭhī

(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.]