gītaka n. a song, hymn Yājñ. iii, 113 BhP. viii VP. (cf. Sāh. i, 2/3, 14) Kathās.
• a kind of metre (narkuṭaka) VarBṛS. civ, 52
• melody (seven in number) MārkP. xxiii, 51 and 59 (ikā), f. a short song or hymn MBh. iii, 8173 (gāthikā ed. Bomb.)
• a metre of 4 X 20 syllables
• a stanza composed in the Gīti metre Kathās. cxvii, 109 (with reference to 65 f.) (cf. daśa-gītikā.)