Ashta, Asta, Astā, Aṣṭa, Aṣṭan, Ashtan: 37 definitions

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Ashta has 33 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit terms Aṣṭa and Aṣṭan can be transliterated into English as Asta or Ashta or Astan or Ashtan, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Asht.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Aṣṭan (अष्टन्):—

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Aṣṭan (अष्टन्):—[Sp. 531, Z. 16] lies In den späteren Büchern st. In der Regel und vgl. [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 469.] [Z. 26 lies 2, 2, 1, 17 Stenzler 2, 2, 1, 27.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Asta (अस्त):—1. part. praet. pass. von 2. as (s. d.).

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Asta (अस्त):—

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Astā (अस्ता):—1. adv. = astam [Sāmaveda I, 5, 2, 3, 3] [?(v. l. zu Ṛgveda 1, 130, 1).]

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Astā (अस्ता):—2. (von 2. as) f. (sc. iṣu oder heti) Wurfgeschoss, Pfeil: indra.taṃ hantu maha.ā va.henā.nirvidhyatva.tayā [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5, 31, 12. 12, 2, 47.] Vgl. [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 7, 2, 2.]

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Aṣṭa (अष्ट):—am Ende eines adj. comp. = aṣṭan acht: sāṣṭe śate [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 1, 13.]

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Asta (अस्त):—2.

2) paulastye staṃgate [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 55.] nāstameti [Mahābhārata 5, 1082] wohl fehlerhaft für cāsti meti; vgl. [Spr. 4353.] —

3) savitāstamiyādgirim [Mahābhārata 1, 1883.] giri [Śiśupālavadha 9, 1.] śaila [KARMAPRADĪPA 1, 9, 1] beim Schol. zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 4, 13, 5.] asta Untergang [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 9, 8.] heliakischer Untergang (von Fixsternen und Planeten) [6, 6. 7, 19.] astāṃśāḥ [Sūryasiddhānta 9, 6.] Untergang in übertr. Bed.: astasamaye pi satām [Śiśupālavadha 9, 5.] —

4) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 4, 9. 5, 2. 15. 6, 3.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Aṣṭa (अष्ट):——

1) Partic. von akṣa (in 1. aṣṭakarṇa) und 1.

2) am Ende eines adj. Comp. = aṣṭran. —

3) m. v.l. für aṣṭaka

2) [VP.².4,27.]

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Asta (अस्त):——

1) n. Heimat , Heimatstätte. astam Adv. heim , heimwärts. Heimwärts gehen bedeutet a) untergehen (von Gestirnen , insbes. der Sonne). b) zur Ruhe eingehen , aufhören , vergehen , sterben.

2) m. Untergang.

3) Nomen proprium eines mythischen Berges im Westen , hinter dem Sonne und Mond beim Untergang verschwinden sollen [297,1.] —

4) m. das siebente astrologische Haus [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 25,4,8.] [Indische studien von Weber 14,312,Śl.2.]

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Astā (अस्ता):—1. Adv. v.l. zu astam.

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Astā (अस्ता):—2. f. Wurfgeschoss , Pfeil.

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Āṣṭa (आष्ट):—3. Sg. Aor. von 1. .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Aṣṭan (अष्टन्):—acht. Nom. Acc. aṣṭau , aṣṭā und aṣṭa ; aṣṭābhis , aṣṭānām , aṣṭāsu.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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