Etymology

Ashtami

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Today it means: The eighth day (tithi) in the fortnight (paksha) of the Hindu lunar calendar. Full definition →

Sanskrit अष्टमी
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromअष्टमी“eighth day in a lunar fortnight”
  2. English todayAshtami

From Sanskrit अष्टमी (aṣṭamī, “eighth day in a lunar fortnight”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.