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aṣṭāṅga ( Pali aṭṭhaṅga), ( 1 ) having 8 members or parts ; so often of the 8-fold way, e.g. Mv iii.332.10 āryāṣṭāṅgo mārgo; Gv 521.5 aṣṭāṅga-poṣadhe (see poṣadha ; [Page082-a] Pali aṭṭhaṅguposatha; = observance of the sabbath maintaining the 8 [first of the 10] precepts , sīla, see CPD s.v. ); prob. this is meant by °ga-samanvāgataṃ vrataṃ Av i.170.13 and °ga-samanvāgata upavāsa 339.7 ff. ; ( 2 ) either alone, as Bhvr. , or aṣṭāṅgopeta, having 8 (unspecified good) qualities , substantially = excellent, fine, supreme , so Pali aṭṭhaṅga (-samannāgata, etc. ), said of food, fields, men, a voice; in BHS I have recorded it only of water (! with never any indication of any specific 8 qualities): Mv ii.365.7 aṣṭāṅga-jala ( mss. , confirmed by quotation Śikṣ 299.13 ); 386.20 ( vs ) aṣṭāṅgupetāṃ (but prob. read with v.l. °taṃ, and jala as separate word) jala (text cpds. with next) śobhamānāṃ … puṣkiriṇyo; Av ii.84.15 aṣṭāṅgopetaṃ pānīyaṃ; Śikṣ 350.8 aṣṭāṅgopetapānīya-; aṣṭāṅgopeta-, also of water, Kv 8.1 ; 60.11 ; Mmk 105.20 ; Gv 100.25 (misprinted °pata); 163.10 ; 193.20 ; 202.20 ; AsP 363.5 ; Sukh 93.16 ; aṣṭāṅga-vāriparipūrṇā Kv 12.20 ; aṣṭāṅga-saliladhārābhiḥ Mmk 444.3 ; aṣṭāṅga sad-vāri Gv 336.7 ( vs ); °ga-saṃmitam ( mss. °mataṃ, read so ?) Mv iii.94.5 ( vs ), ep. of sopānīya(ṃ) , q.v.