अष्टापद् — {pad} ({aṣṭā-}), mfn. only f. {-padī} (a verse) having eight lines, eightfold (as speech or verses) RV. AV##(in ritual language) a pregnant animal VS. ŚBr. KātyŚr. (also neg. {án-aṣṭāpadi}, 'not a pregnant animal' ŚBr.)##a wild sort of jasmin L