Astika, Āstika, Āstīka, Astikā, Ashtika: 21 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchĀstika (आस्तिक):—(von 1. asti)
1) adj. der an die Wahrheit der Ueberlieferung glaubt, gläubig (Gegens. nāstika und anāstika) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 4, 60.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 490.] satyadharmacyutātpuṃsaḥ anāstiko pyudvijate janaḥ kiṃ punarāstikaḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 3088. 225. 3, 13782. 14512.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 109, 37.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 267.] [Suśruta 1, 123, 20.] yannāstyeva tadasti vastviti mṛṣā jalpadbhirevāstikairvācālairbahubhistu satyavacaso nindyāḥ kṛtā nāstikāḥ [Prabodhacandrodaja 27, 9.] [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 13.] von einer Rede [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 109, 36.] der an eine andere Welt glaubt [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.4,4,60.] —
2) falsche Form für āstīka im [Śabdakalpadruma] und bei [WILSON.]
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Āstīka (आस्तीक):—
1) m. Nomen proprium eines alten Weisen, eines Sohnes des und der Jaratkāru, der beim grossen Schlangenopfer einen Theil derselben rettete, [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 21.] [Mahābhārata 1, 1634. fgg.] nāma cāsyābhavatkhyātaṃ lokeṣvāstīka ityuta . astītyuktvā gato yasmātpitā garbhasthameva tam . [1929. fg.] [Harivaṃśa 11233.] āstīkajananī ein Beiname der Jaratkāru [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) adj. Āstīka betreffend, über ihn handelnd [Mahābhārata 1, 304. 1023. 1027.] āstīkaparvan oder āstīkaṃ parva heisst ein Abschnitt im 1sten Buch des [Mahābhārata, Kapila 13—58.]
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Āstīka (आस्तीक):—
1) [Oxforder Handschriften 24,b,39. 40. 268,a,36.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungĀstika (आस्तिक):—Adj. —
1) gläubig , gottesfürchtig. —
2) von Glauben zeugend (Rede).
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Āstīka (आस्तीक):—1. m. Nomen proprium eines alten Weisen.
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Āstīka (आस्तीक):—2. Adj. Āstīka betreffend.
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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Starts with: Astikajanani, Astikan, Astikaparva, Astikarthada, Astikata, Astikate, Astikatva, Astikavada, Astikavadi, Astikaya, Astikayam.
Ends with (+78): Adhahsvastika, Adharasvastika, Adhikashashtika, Ajihayanahastika, Alashtika, Anastika, Aparasvastika, Ardhasvastika, Atyastika, Aupagrastika, Aupahastika, Aupavastika, Avamastika, Bahuhastika, Bahusvastika, Bastika, Bhrishanastika, Brahmanayashtika, Brahmanyastika, Brahmayastika.
Full-text (+15): Astikya, Astikarthada, Nastika, Astikajanani, Astikata, Jaratkaru, Sashuka, Vyastikakrita, Anastika, Vyastika, Paryastika, Krishnavartman, Paryastikakriti, Astik, Astikan, Asteya, Atthiya, Mokshashastra, Daishtika, Asticinta.
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