As a Hindi name
षाष्ठ · noun · masculine
छठा — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the sixth (part)
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
ṣāṣṭha mfn. (fr. ṣaṣṭha) the sixth (part), Pāṇ. v, 3, 50
taught in the sixth (Adhyāya), ib. viii, 1, 19, Sch.
ṣāṣṭha (ṣṭhī f.) Sixth.
ṣāṣṭha mfn. (-ṣṭhaḥ-ṣṭhī-ṣṭhaṃ) Sixth. E. ṣaṣṭha the same, and añ aff.
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