śataka mf(ikā)n. consisting of a hundred, comprising or amounting to a hundred Hariv. MārkP.

• the hundredth R.

• m. N. of Vishṇu L.

• (ikā), f. an amount of a hundred or of several hundreds (according to the numeral prefixed in comp., e.g. dvi-śatikāṃ dadāti. he gives an amount or a sum of 200) Pāṇ. 5-4, 1 Sch.

• (akam), n. a hundred, a century (construed like śata) MBh. &c. (esp. in titles of wks. 'a cento' or 'a collection of 100 stanzas'

• cf. amaru-, nīti-ś○ &c.)