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Astha, Āٳ, Asth, Ashtha: 15 definitions

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Astha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Astha (अस्थ).—[�, � (a, ) and आ३ (3)]. This term is used in Ṛk Tantra cf. अस्थनामिनी सन्ध्यम् (asthanminī sandhyam) R.T.94, अस्थ (astha) possibly means 'belonging to � (a) i. e. all the three grades ह्रस्व, दीर्� (hrasva, ī) and प्लु� (pluta) of �'.

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Vyakarana (व्याकर�, vykaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Aṣṭha (अष्ठ) refers to the “lower lips�, according to the 2nd century Mahprajñpramitśstra chapter 36.—Accordingly, [while explaining how the physical qualities of the Buddha should be recollected]: “[...] (8) His mouth has forty teeth, white, pure, sharp and wondrous. (9) His four canine teeth are very white and very shiny. (10) His upper and lower lips (ṣṭ) are equal, neither too big nor too small, neither too long nor too short. (11) His tongue is thin and long; it is soft, red, like a heavenly lotus. [...]�.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahyna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñpramit ūٰ.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sth (आस्थ�).—f (S) Care or concern about; engagedness or interestedness in; zeal, ardor, or desire:--opp. to lukewarmness or indifference. 2 Hope, wishful expectation. v kara Faith or belief.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

sth (आस्थ�).�f Care or concern about, zeal. Hope, faith.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Asth (अस्थ�).—Ved. At once; नेममाविरस्था कृणोति (nemamvirasth kṛṇoti) ṻ岹 1.48.1.

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Āٳ (आस्थ�).�1 P.

1) To stand or remain on or by, to occupy. Śvet.2.5.

2) To ascend, mount; रथम्, स्यन्दनम� (ratham, syandanam) &c.

3) To use, have recourse to, resort to, practise, take, assume, follow; यथ� यथ� हि सद्वृत्तमातिष्ठन्त्यनसूयका� (yath yath hi sadvṛttamtiṣṭhantyanasūyak�) Manusmṛti 1.128, 2.133,1.11; समाधिमास्थाय (samdhimsthya) Kumrasambhava 5.2 practising concentration of mind; स्वरूपम् (ū貹) Kumrasambhava 5.84. assuming his own form; तनुम� (tanum) Mu.7.19; R.6.72; कूर्मसंकोचमास्था� प्रहारानपि मर्षयेत् (kūrmasaṃkocamsthya prahrnapi marṣayet) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3.21 contracting himself like a tortoise; पदमातस्थुष� (padamtasthuṣ�) Kumrasambhava 6.72 taking a place among; व्रतम् (vratam) Ve.3.21; so स्त्रीरूपम� (ٰīū貹) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3.31; आस्थितबिषादधिय� (sthitabiṣdadhiya�) Kirtrjunīya 6.29 gloomy; तं तं नियममास्था� (ta� ta� niyamamsthya) Bhagavadgīt (Bombay) 7.2,8.12; K.165; आस्थितविष्टर� (sthitaviṣṭara�) R.15.79; सुहृदास्थिताया� सभायाम� (suhṛdsthity� sabhym) Kumrasambhava 7.29; विषमग्नि� जल� रज्जुमास्थास्य� तव कारणात� (viṣamagni� jala� rajjumsthsye tava kraṇt) Mb. use; चिन्तामौनम�- वास्थिता (cintmaunami- vsthit) V.4.67 lost in moody abstraction.

4) To do, perform, carry out.

5) To recognise, acknowledge, own.

6) To exhibit, aim at.

7) To undertake, promise, agree.

8) To behave. -Caus.

1) To cause to stand.

2) To hold fast, cling to.

3) To collect, obtain.

4) To place in, infix.

5) To show, represent, introduce; प्रविश्य स्थापकस्तद्वत्काव्यमास्थापयेत्तत� (praviśya sthpakastadvatkvyamsthpayettata�) S. D.283; Mv.1.13.

6) To step.

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Āٳ (आस्थ�).—[sth-�]

1) Regard, care, respect, consideration, care for (with loc.); � संभ्रम� � भी� काचिदास्था वा समजायत (na saṃbhramo na bhī� kcidsth v samajyata) Mahbhrata (Bombay) 12.281.12; मर्त्येष्वास्थापराङ्मुखः (martyeṣvsthparṅmukha�) R.1.43; मय्यप्यास्था � ते चेत् (mayyapysth na te cet) 󲹰ṛh 3.3;2.98; see अनास्थ� (ansth) also.

2) Assent, promise.

3) Prop, support, stay.

4) Hope, confidence; जयलक्ष्म्यां बबन्धास्थाम् (jayalakṣmy� babandhsthm) Rj.1.5.245.

5) An effort.

6) State, condition.

7) An assembly.

8) A place or means of abiding.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āٳ (आस्थ�).—f.

(-sth) 1. Prop, stay, place or means of abiding. 2. An assembly. 3. Effort, pains, care. 4. Consideration, regard. E. before sth to stay, to stand, and ṭp affs.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āٳ (आस्थ�).�sth f. 1. Stay, [󲹰ṛh, (ed. Bohlen.)] 1, 93. 2. Trust, [󲹰ṛh, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 96. 3. Regard, [󲹰ṛh, (ed. Bohlen.)] 3, 59.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Asth (अस्थ�).—[adverb] immediately.

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Āٳ (आस्थ�).—[feminine] consideration, care, wish, interest, inclination ([with] [locative] or —�).

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Āٳ (आस्थ�).—stand on ([locative]); mount, ascend; step into, enter; take one’s place at, resort to ([accusative]); get to, partake of, enjoy ([accusative]); undergo, incur; take, choose, use, employ. [Middle] accede to, acknowledge; stand by, set a value upon ([locative]). [Causative] cause to ascend or enter, introduce; cause to stay, keep back; put, place, lay; bring near, procure; fix in. fasten to ([locative]).

Āٳ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and sth (स्था).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Astha (अस्थ):—only ifc. for asthi q.v. e.g. an-astha, ū-ٳ, puruṣstha q.v.

2) Asth (अस्थ�):�ind. (?) at once, [Ṛg-veda x, 48, 10.]

3) Āṣṭ (आष्ठ�):�f. region, quarter, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Āٳ (आस्थ�):—[=-sth] 1. -√sth [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -پṣṭ󲹳پ, -te, to stand or remain on or by;

—to ascend, mount;

—to stay near, go towards, resort to, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brhmaṇa; Āśvalyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Mahbhrata; Rmyaṇa; Bhgavata-purṇa; Kumra-sambhava] etc.;

—to act according to, follow, [Rmyaṇa; Bhgavata-purṇa];

—to undertake, perform, do, carry out, practise, use, [Mahbhrata; Rmyaṇa; Harivaṃśa; Bhgavata-purṇa; Kathsaritsgara] etc.;

—to side or take part with, be of the opinion of;

—to maintain, affirm, [Patañjali];

—to acknowledge;

—to take care for, have regard for, [Mahbhrata; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha] etc.:

‰ڰ䲹ܲ -sthpayati, to cause to ascend, [Kauśika-sūtra];

—to cause to stay or stop;

—to arrest, stop, [Ṛg-veda; Kauśika-sūtra];

—to fix into, put into, [Aitareya-brhmaṇa; Bhgavata-purṇa; Kathsaritsgara];

—to hurt, [Ṛg-veda];

—to constipate;

—to strengthen, [Suśruta];

—to introduce, [Shitya-darpaṇa]

5) [v.s. ...] 2. -sth f. consideration, regard, care, care for (with [locative case] e.g. mayy sth, care for me), [Hitopadeśa; Raghuvaṃśa; Kathsaritsgara] etc.

6) [v.s. ...] assent, promise, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] confidence, hope

8) [v.s. ...] prop, stay, support, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) [v.s. ...] place or means of abiding, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

10) [v.s. ...] an assembly, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

11) [v.s. ...] state, condition, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āٳ (आस्थ�):—[-sth] (sth) 1. f. Prop, stay; effort.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Āٳ (आस्थ�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aṭṭh.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Āٳ (आस्थ�):�(nf) faith, belief; -[vna] having faith (in).

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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Āٳ (आस्थ�):—n. 1. faith; belief; confidence; 2. regard; care; respect; consideration; care for; 3. standing to; 4. a place/means of abiding; 5. prop; support; stand; 6. state; condition; 7. an assembly;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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