ṣaṣṭhī f. the sixth day of a lunar fortnight MBh. Hariv. &c

• a partic. Tithi when homage is offered to the sixth lunar digit MW.

• the sixth or genitive case, ŚrS Nir. &c

• N. of a partic. brick the length of which equals the 6th part of a man, Śulbas.

• the personification of a portion of Prakriti Cat.

• N. of a personification of the sixth day after the birth of a child (when the chief danger for mother and child is over)

• N. of a divine mother or goddess often regarded as a form of Durgā (supposed to protect children and worshipped on the sixth day after delivery) NṛisUp. Saṃskārak.

• = indra-senā NṛisUp. RTL. 229