Nastika, Nāstika, Nashtika, Nāṣṭika, Nāstikā, Naṣṭikā: 20 definitions
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Nastika has 19 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Nāṣṭika and Naṣṭikā can be transliterated into English as Nastika or Nashtika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Nastik.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNāṣṭika (नाष्टिक):—(von naṣṭa) m. der Eigenthümer eines verloren gegangenen Gegenstandes [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 202.]
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Nāstika (नास्तिक):—(von 1. na + 1. asti) adj. subst. ungläubig, ein Ungläubiger [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 4, 60.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 490. 862.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 11. 3, 150. 8, 22. 309.] [Mahābhārata 7, 3766.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 6, 15. 65, 13. 2, 67, 28. 109, 30. 32. 33. 37. 38.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 45, 78. 69, 35.] [BṚH. 17, 21.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 27, 10.] [Daśakumāracarita 178, 6.] [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 13.] [Colebrooke 1, 380. 390.] — Vgl. āstika .
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Nāstika (नास्तिक):—, śiromaṇi (cārvāka) [SARVADARŚANAS. 1, 15. 121, 6.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNāṣṭika (नाष्टिक):—m. der Eigenthümer eines verloren gegangenen Gegenstandes.
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Nāstika (नास्तिक):—Adj. ungläubig ; m. ein Ungläubiger , ein Atheist [Gautama's Dharmaśāstra] [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra]
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: Nashtikajnana, Nastikadarshana, Nastikadharma, Nastikamata, Nastikan, Nastikata, Nastikatana, Nastikatavadi, Nastikate, Nastikatva, Nastikavada, Nastikavadi, Nastikavadin, Nastikavritti.
Ends with: Anastika, Bhrishanastika, Vanastika.
Full-text (+15): Astika, Nastikata, Nastikya, Nastikamata, Nastikavritti, Durduruta, Nastikatva, Nahiya, Nastikavadi, Natthia, Hastavapa, Bhrishanastika, Vedanindaka, Natthika, Visampadayati, Ajivika, Nastik, Mokshashastra, Daishtika, Vijnanatma.
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