azwama a. ( mI f. ) Eighth; garBAzwame'bde kurvIta brAhmaRasyopanAyanaM Ms. 2. 36. — maH The eighth part. — mI 1 The eighth day in a lunar half month; caturdaSyazwamI cEva amAvAsyA ca pUrRimA . parvARyetAni rAjeMdra ravisaMkrAtireva ca .. . 2 N. of a medical plant ( kowAlatA ). [ cf. L. octavus ; Zend. astemo ]. Comp. — aMSaH an 8th part. — kAlika a. [ azwamaH kAlaH Bojane'styasya Wan ] one who omits seven meal times ( i. e. full three days and the morning of the fourth) and partakes only of the 8th; Ms. 6. 19. — BAvaH the eighth condition or position (in astr. ).