अष्टापद

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : सोना, धतूरा, मकड़ी, कैलाश

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

अष्टा—पद  m.  m. ‘having eight legs’, a spider, [L.]

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अष्टा पद

a worm, [L.]
the fabulous animal सरभ, [L.]
a wild sort of jasmin, [L.]
a pin or bolt, [L.]
the mountain कैलास, [L.]
a chess-board on which each line has 8 squares or 64 in all, [MW.]
अष्टा—पद  mn.  mn. ( g. अर्धर्चा-दि q.v.) a kind of chequered cloth or board for drafts, dice, &c., [Hariv.]; [R.] &c.

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अष्टा पद

-प्रुष्   (= q.v.) gold, [MBh. xii, 10983]; [Kum. vii, 10]

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Shabda-Sagara

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.

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अष्ट पद अ