अष्टापद mn. (
-दः-दं)
1. A kind of chequered cloth or board for drafts, dice, &c.
2. Gold.
m. (
-दः)
1. A spider.
2. A fabulous animal with eight legs, the Sarabha.
3. The mountain Kailasa or abode of KUVERA.
4. A worm.
5. A pin or bolt.
f. (
-दी) A wild sort of jas- min.
E. अष्ट eight, and
पद a quarter, place, foot, &c.
अ being made long.