a seed pod; the stone of a fruit (as of mango).

= ಆಷಾಢ.

the full moon day in the fourth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.

the plant Asparagus falcatus of Liliaceae family.

the plant Asparagus racemosus of the same family.

(pros.) a metre having four lines of sixteen syllables each.

a seed pod; the stone of fruit (as of mango).

name of a musical mode, a derived from the main mode Varuṇapriya, in Karnāṭaka system.

the fourth month of Hindu (lunar and solar) calendar.

a staff of the tree Butea frondosa, held by the celibate students or sages.

ಆಷಾಡದ ಗಾಳಿ ಬೀಸಿಬೀಸಿಬಡಿವಾಗ, ಹೇಸಿ ನನ್ನಜೀವ ಹೆಂಗಸಾಗಬಾರದಿತ್ತೆ? āṣāḍada gaḷi bīsi bīsi baḍivāga hēsi nanna jīva heŋgasāgabārade the pine wishes herself a shrub when the axe is at her foot.

(rightly, ಆಷಾಢ) 1. the fourth month in the Indian calendar.

a long staff of Butea tree, carried by monks and celibate students.

(pl.) the twentieth and twenty first lunar constellations.

(astrol.) a person whose birth star belongs to either the twentieth or twenty first lunar constellation.

totalling one more than seven; eight.

the cardinal number eight; 8.

that much; to that degree or extent.

ಅಷ್ಟು ಕಂಡೆಯಾ ಕೃಷ್ಣಭಟ್ಟ ಅಂದರೆ, ಮುಪ್ಪಿನ ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಮೂರೇಜನ ಹೆಂಡಿರು ಸಾಕು ಅಂದನಂತೆ aṣṭu kaṇḍeyā Křṣṇabhaṭṭa andare, muppinaālakke mūrējana heṇḍiru sāku andanante (prov.) desire can never be quenched, if one runs after it.

that much quantity, that degree or that extent; as much as suggested or referred.

ಅಷ್ಟಕ್ಕಷ್ಟೆ aṣṭakkaṣṭe (adverbially, said of mutual relations) not freely; not regarded favourably; neither very good nor very bad; so-so; ಅಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ aṣṭakke for that much; 2. a suffix to mean 'to oneself' (used reflexively); ಅಷ್ಟನೆಯ aṣṭaneya belonging to, considered or counted as or at, such and such a number in a series; ಅಷ್ಟರಲ್ಲಿ aṣṭaralli before that point of time; prior to that; 2. within that range (of price, value etc.); ಅಷ್ಟರವಂ aṣṭaravam a man considered or counted, as being in such and such a serial number; ಅಷ್ಟರು aṣṭaru (pl.) that many persons; ಅಷ್ಟಿಷ್ಟು aṣṭiṣṭu some quantity, number etc. (in the sense 'not much'); ಅಷ್ಟೆ aṣṭe that much only; 2. 'that's all'; ಅಷ್ಟುಹೊತ್ತಿಗೆ aṣṭu hottige by that time; by the time another event happens.

(pl.) (Jain.) eight types of success or prosperity.

(said about the relation, concern etc.) not much; just enough.