asitā
Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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p. 75, col. 2.
asitā (tā) 1. f. Indigo plant.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)
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p. 120, col. 3.
ásitā f. a girl attending in the women's apartments (whose hair is not whitened by age),
L.
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p. 120, col. 3.
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p. 120, col. 3.
N. of an Apsaras,
MBh. i, 4819;
Hariv. 12472
Śabdakalpadruma
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vol. 1,
p. 153.
asitā , strī, (na sitā . asita palitayoḥ prati-
ṣedhāt varṇādanudāttāditi ṅīṣ takārasya knakā-
rādeśaśca na .) nīlīvṛkṣaḥ . iti rājanirghaṇṭaḥ ..
yā avṛddhā bhahādevībhiḥ preṣyate antaḥpure ca punaḥ
puna ścarati sā . ityamaraṭīkāyāṃ bharataḥ .. yā
avṛddhā yuvatī kṛṣṇakeśā preṣyā dāsī antaḥpure
carati sā iti sārasundarī .. (svanāmakhyātā
svarveśyā . yathā harivaṃśe .
“asitā ca subāhuśca suvṛttā sumukhī tathā” .)
The Purāṇa Index
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vol. 1,
p. 136.
Asitā — an apsaras.
Br. III. 7. 7.
Puranic Encyclopedia
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p. 58, col. 1.
ASITĀ . A celestial maiden. She had taken part in the
birthday celebrations of Arjuna. (Śloka 63, Chapter
122, Ādi Parva, M.B.).