zoqaSan num. a. ( pl. ) Sixteen. Comp. — aMSuH the planet Venus. — aMga a. having 16 parts or ingredients. — (gaH) a kind of perfume. — aMgulaka a. having the breadth of 16 fingers. — aMDriH a crab. — arcis m. the planet Venus. — AvartaH a conch-shell. — upacAra m. pl. the sixteen ways of doing homage to a deity &c.: they are thus enumerated:- AsanaM svAgataM pAdyamarGyamAcamanIyakam . maDuparkAcama nAnaM vasanABaraRAni ca . gaMDapuzpe DUpadIpO nEvedyaM vaMdanaM taTA . — kalAH the sixteen digits of the moon, thus named:- amftA mAnadA pUzA tuzwiH puzwI ratirDftiH . SaSinI caMdrikA kAMtirjyotsnA SrIH prItireva ca . aMgadA ca taTA ( pb ) pUrRAmftA zoqaSa vE kalAH .. . — BujA a form of Durgā. — mAtfkA f. pl. the sixteen divine mothers; they are: - gOrI padmA SacI meGA sAvitrI vijayA jayA . devasenA svaDA svAhA mAtaro lokamAtaraH . SAMtiH puzwirDftistuzwiH kuladevAtmadevatAH .