ṣaṣṭhá mf(ī́)n. sixth, the sixth (with bhāga or aṃśa, m. 'a sixth part'

• with or scil. kāla m. 'the sixth hour of the day, the sixth meal eaten at the end of a fast of three days'

• ṣaṣṭhaṃ √kṛ, 'to eat such a meal') AV. &c. &c

• m. (scil. akṣara) the sixth letter i.e. the vowel ī RPrāt.

• N. of a man, = -candra Rājat.

• (ī), f. below

• n. a sixth part Gaut.