asita

asita mfn. (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Black or dark blue. m. (-taḥ)

1 Black, (the colour.)

2 A name of the planet Saturn.

3 The dark fortnight of a lunar month. f. (-tā)

1 The indigo plant.

E. a neg. and sita white.

asita (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Black, dark. m.
Blackness; Saturn; dark fort-
night of a lunar month.

asita 1 . a-sita, as, ā, am, (rt. si), Ved.

unbound.

asita 2 . asita, as, f. asitā or Ved. f. asi-

knī, am, (sita, ‘white,’ appears to have been formed

from this word, which is probably original, and not a

compound of a and sita; cf. the formation of sura

fr. asura), dark-coloured, black, dark-blue; (as), m.

the black colour; N. of the planet Saturn; the dark

fortnight of a lunar month; N. of a being presiding

over darkness and magic; N. of a descendant of Kāś-

yapa and several other persons; N. of a mountain;

a black snake; (tā), f. the indigo plant; N. of an

Apsaras; (asiknī), f., Ved. ‘the dark one,’ the night;

a girl attending upon the inner or women's apart-

ments (whose hair is not whitened by age); N. of a

daughter of Vīraṇa and wife of Dakṣa; N. of the

river Akesines (afterwards Candra-bhāga) in the Pañ-

jāb. —Asita-keśānta, as, ā, am, having black locks.

—Asita-grīva, as, ā, am, Ved. having a black

neck. —Asita-jñu, us, ūs, u, Ved. having black

knees. —Asita-nayana, as, ā, am, black-eyed.

—Asita-bhrū, ūs, ūs, u, having black eyelids.

—Asita-mṛga, as, m., N. of a family. —Asitābhra-

śekhara (°ta-abh°), as, m., N. of Buddha. —Asi-

tāmburuha (°ta-am°), as, m. the blue lotus.

—Asitārcis (°ta-ar°), is, m. fire. —Asitālu (°ta-

āl°), us, m., N. of a plant. —Asitāśman (°ta-aś°),

ā, m. the lapis lazuli; any black or dark-blue stone.

—Asitotpala (°ta-ut°), am, n. the blue lotus, Nym-

phæa Cærulea. —Asitopala (°ta-up°), am, n. lapis

lazuli.

asita a.

1 Unbound (Ved.)

2 [na sitaḥ śubhraḥ] Not white, black, dark-blue, dark-coloured; asitā moharajanī Śānti. 3. 4; Y. 3. 166; °locanā, °nayanā &c.

— taḥ

1 The dark or blue colour.

2 The dark fortnight of a lunar month.

3 N. of the planet Saturn.

4 A black snake.

5 N. of the sage devala.

6 N. of a being presiding over darkness and magic.

— tā

1 The Indigo plant.

2 A girl attending upon the harem (whose hair is not whitened by age); see asiknī.

3 The river Yamunā.

4 N. of a daughter of Vīraṇa and wife of Dakṣa.

5 N. of the river Akesines in the Punjab.

Comp.

— aṃbujaṃ, utpalaṃ the blue lotus.

— aciṃs m. fire.

— aśman, m.

— upalaḥ a dark-blue stone; lapis lazuli.

— keśā a woman having black hair.

— keśāṃta a. having black locks of hair.

— giriḥ, nagaḥ ‘the blue mountain’; N. of a mountain.

— grīva a. having a black neck. (

— vaḥ) fire.

— ju a. (for °jānu) having black knees.

— nayanaṃ a. black-eyed; Me. 112.

— pakṣaḥ the dark fortnight; Pt. 1. 173.

— phalaṃ the sweet cocoanut.

— bhrū a. having black eye-lids.

— mṛgaḥ the black antelope.

— yavana = kālayavana q. v.; Śi. 15. 56.

1 ásita a. unbound.

2 ásita (f. asitā & ásiknī) a. dark-coloured, black. m. N. of a cert. myth. being & of sev. men; f. ásiknī or asiknī́ N. of a river.

asita á-sita, pp. unrestrained.

asita ás-ita, a. (ā or -iknī) dark-coloured,
black; m. N.; -pakṣa, m. dark half of a
month; -pītaka, a. (ikā dark yellow; -aś-
-man, m. sapphire; -īkṣaṇa, a. black-eyed;
-utpala, n. blue lotus.

1. á-sita mfn. unbound, TS. vii; ŚBr. xiv.

2. ásita mf(ā; Ved. ásiknī)n. (sita, ‘white’, appears to have been formed from this word, which is probably original, and not a compound of a and sita; cf. asura and sura), dark-coloured, black, RV. &c.

ásita m. the planet Saturn, VarBṛS.

a poisonous animal (said to be a kind of mouse), L.

N. of the lord of darkness and magic, AV.; ŚBr.; ĀśvŚr.

of a descendant of Kaśyapa (composer of RV. ix, 5-24), named also Devala [RAnukr.] or Asita Devala [MBh.; Hariv.]

N. of a man (with the patron. Vārṣagaṇa), ŚBr. xiv

of a son of Bharata, R.

of a Ṛṣi, Buddh.

of a mountain, MBh. iii, 8364; Kathās.

(ás), a black snake, AV.

a Mantra (saving from snakes), MBh. i, 2188

asita (also) the dark half of a lunar month, L.

a partic. intoxicating drink, L.

asita

mfn. (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Black or dark blue.

m. (-taḥ)

1. Black, (the colour.)
2. A name of the planet Saturn.

3. The dark fortnight of a lunar
month.

f. (-tā)

1. The indigo-plant.

E. a neg. and sita white.

asita a. 1 Unbound (Ved). -2 [na sitaḥ śubhraḥ] Not white, black, dark-blue, dark-coloured; asitā moharajanī Śānti.3.4; Y.3.166; ˚locanā, ˚nayanā &c. -taḥ 1 The dark or blue colour; the dark fortnight of lunar month. -3 N. of the planet Saturn. -4 A black snake. -5 N. of the sage devala; asito devalo vyāsaḥ Bg.10.13. -6 N. of a being presiding over darkness and magic. -7 N. of Kṛiṣṇa; visṛjandikṣu sarvāsu śarānasitasārathiḥ Mb.7.146.44. -tā 1 The Indigo plant. -2 A girl attending upon the harem (whose hair is not whitened by age); see asiknī. -3 The river Yamunā. -4 N. of a daughter of Vīraṇa and wife of Dakṣa. -5 N. of the river. Akesines (candrabhāgā) in the Punjab; Rv.8.20.25. -Comp. -añjanī The black cotton plant. -ambujam, -utpalam the blue lotus. -arcis m. fire. -aśman m. -upalaḥ a dark-blue stone; lapis lazuli. nilayeṣu naktamasitāśmanāṃ cayaiḥ Śi.13.54; Ki.16.38. -keśā a woman having black hair. -keśānta a. having black locks of hair. -giriḥ, -nagaḥ 'the blue mountain'; N. of a mountain. asitagirisamaṃ syāt kajjalaṃ sindhupātre | śivamahimnastotra of puṣpadantācārya, and Dr. Gode's papers Vol. III. asitanaganitambaśyāmabhāsā ghanānām Ki. -grīva a. having a black neck. Vāj.23.13. (-vaḥ) 1 fire. -2 A peacock; prāvṛṣīvāsitagrīvo majjeta niśi nirjane | māyūreṇa guṇenaiva strībhiścāvekṣitaścaret Mb.12.120.13. -jñu a. (for ˚jānu) having black knees. Av.12.1.21. -abhraśekharaḥ N. of a Buddha. -nayanam a. black-eyed; mā kaulīnāda- sitanayane mayyaviśvāsinī bhūḥ Me.114. -pakṣaḥ the dark fortnight; durdivase'sitapakṣe duḥsaṃcārāsu nagaravīthīṣu Pt.1.173. -phalam the sweet cocoanut. -bhrū a. having black eyelids. -mṛgaḥ the black antelope. -yavana = kālayavana q. v. gurukoparuddhapadamāpadasitayavanasya raudratām Śi.15.56.

asita asita a. (sita) noir.

La quinzaine obscure de la lunaison.

Nom de la planète de Saturne.

Bd. nom d'un roi ou d'un Ṛṣi.

— S. f. asitā, indigotier.

1 a-sita- a. v. non lié.

2 asita- noir, sombre; m. n. d'un Ṛṣi et de divers personnages; f. -ā- et asiknī- n. d'une rivière du Penjab.

°grīva- m. paon.

°pītaka- a. jaune foncé.

°ratna- nt. saphir; asitāśman- m. id.

°vartman- m. Agni.

asitetara-bhās m. lune.

asitotpala- nt. lotus bleu.

1. ásita (3. a + sita von si) adj. ungebunden ŚAT. BR. 14, 6, 9, 28. 11, 6. 7, 2, 27 = BṚH. ĀR. UP. 3, 9, 26. 4, 2, 4. 4, 21.

2. ásita

1) adj. f. asitā, ved. ásiknī P. 4, 1, 39, Vārtt. 1. 2. dieselbe Form auch klass. KĀŚ. dunkelfarbig, schwarz (als m. Schwärze) NIR. 9, 26. AK. 1, 1, 4, 23. H. 17. 1397. vasmâ ṚV. 4, 13, 4. (uṣasaḥ) gūhântī̀rabhvàmasîtàṃ ruśâdbhiḥ 51, 9. 1, 46, 10. tvacàmasîknīm 9, 73, 5. viśà asîknīḥ (das dunkle Volk heissen die Geister des Dunkels) 7, 5, 3. nàktàṃjā̀tāsyôṣadhè rāmè kṛṣṇè asîkni ca AV. 1, 23, 1. 5, 13, 8. 8, 7, 1. avyā̀masîknyām 12, 2, 20. 1, 23, 3. 11, 2, 18. svasitāyatalocanā N. 12, 46. MEGH. 111. asitakeśāntā N. 16, 17. niśāsitā R. 2, 96, 19. ŚĀNTIŚ. 3, 4. anantā raśmayastasya - sitāsitāḥ karbunīlāḥ kapilāḥ pītalohitāḥ YĀJÑ. 3, 166. pakṣa die dunkle, abnehmende Hälfte des Mondes H. 147.

— 2) m.

a) der Planet Saturn H. 120. HALĀY. im ŚKDR. HORĀŚ. in Z. f. d. K. d. M. 4, 318.

— b) N. pr. eines Herrschers des Dunkels und Zauberers: asîtasya tè brahmâṇā kàśyapâsyà gayâsya ca AV. 1, 14, 4. tāṃ (keśavardhanīṃ) vī̀tahâvyà ābhâràdasîtasya gṛ̀hebhyâḥ 6, 137, 1. asito dhānvo rājetyāha tasyāsurā viśaḥ ŚAT. BR. 13, 4, 3, 11. ĀŚV. ŚR. 10, 7. — ein Kāśyapa, nach ṚV. ANUKR. neben Devala Verfasser der Lieder 9, 5-24 (daher ein Asita Devala MBH. 1, 106. 2048. 2, 441. 1917 (debalaṃ cāsitam). 2038. 3, 510. 8263. 9, 2854. BHAG. 10, 13. HARIV. 951). steht im Geschlechte der Kāśyapa ĀŚV. ŚR. 12, 14. — ein Vārṣagaṇa ŚAT. BR. 14, 9, 4, 33 = BṚH. ĀR. UP. 6, 5, 3. — ein Nachkomme Ikṣvāku's, ein Sohn Bharata's R. 1, 70, 27. 2, 110, 15. — Auch die Buddhisten erwähnen einen Ṛṣi Asita LALIT. 103. 110. 246. BURN. Intr. 141. 384. SCHIEFNER, Lebensb. 248 (18).

— c) N. pr. eines Berges MBH. 3, 8364.

— 3) f. asitā .

a) = asiknī b. (s. unten) BHARATA zu AK. 2, 6, 1, 18 im ŚKDR.

— b) die Indigo-Pflanze RĀJAN. im ŚKDR.

— c) N. pr. einer Apsaras VYĀḌI zu H. 183. MBH. 1, 4819. HARIV. 12472.

— 4) f. ásiknī .

a) die Dunkle, Nacht NAIGH. 1, 7. asiknīmetì ruśâtīmàpājân ṚV. 10, 3, 1. asîknyā̀ṃ yajâmānò na hotā̂ 4, 17, 15.

— b) eine weibliche Dienerin von mittleren Jahren (noch schwarz, noch nicht grau) im Harem AK. 2, 6, 1, 18. H. 521. MED. n. 33.

— c) N. pr. eine Tochter Vīraṇa's und Gemahlin Dakṣa's HARIV. 120. fgg. VP. 117.

— d) N. pr. eines Flusses im Pendṣab, Akesines (später candrabhāgā), MED. n. 33. (bheṣajaṃ) yatsindhaù yadasîknyām ṚV. 8, 20, 25. anders betont 10, 75, 5. : àsìknyā mârudvṛdhe vìtastâyā (śṛṇuhi) . VP. 183. Vgl. ROTH, Zur L. u. G. d. W. 138. fg. — Angeblich zusammeng. aus 3. a + sita weiss, aber dieses letztere Wort ist für die ältere Zeit nicht zu belegen und verdankt seinen Ursprung wohl dem missverstandenen asita, wie man auch aus asura ein sura gebildet hat.

3. asitá m. eine schwarze Schlange AV. 3, 27, 1. 5, 13, 5. 6. 6, 56, 2. 72, 1. 7, 56, 1. 10, 4, 5. 13. 12, 3, 55. vielleicht VS. 24, 37. In AV. 6, 137, 2 : keśā̂ nàḍā îva vardhantāṃ śī̀rṣṇastê asìtāḥ parî könnte eher asîtāḥ die richtige Betonung sein.

1. asita TS. 7, 4, 22, 1.

2. asita

1) asitekṣaṇā R. 3, 52, 40. °pakṣe Spr. 1191, v. l.

— 2)

a) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 17, 25. BṚH. 2, 7. 11, 18.

— b) N. pr. eines alten Weisen Verz. d. Oxf. H. 310,a,24. Sohnes des Kaśyapa 56,b,38. PAÑCAV. BR. 14,11,18. KĀṬH. 22,11.

— c) KATHĀS. 111, 93. 95. 106.

— d) ein best. zu den Mäusen gerechnetes giftiges Thier Verz. d. Oxf. H. 309,a,19.

3. asita m. N. pr. eines Schlangendämons MBH. 1, 2188.

ásita, fem. ásiknī, a., dunkelfarbig, schwarz (ursprünglich wol „beworfen, beschmutzt” [von 2. as], Web. in Ku. {9,234}; {10,400}); 2) f., Nacht, Dunkel; 3) f., ein Fluss (Akesines) im Fünfstromland, auch asiknī́ betont ({901,5}).

-tas jihváyā (sómas) {46,10}.

-tam [n.] vásma {309,4}; ábhvam {347,9}.

-knīm tvácam {785,5}. — 2) {829,1}.

-kniā́ 3) {901,5}.

-kniām 2) {313,15}. — 3) {640,25}.

-knīs víśas {521,3}.

1. ásita Adj. ungebunden Spr. 781.

2. ásita

— 1) Adj. (f. asitā und ásiknī) dunkelfarbig , schwarz 84,8. 184,1. Spr. 781. Dazu Nom.abstr. °tva n. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,2.

— 2) m.

— a) der Planet Saturn.

— b) ein best. zu den Mäusen gerechnetes giftiges Thier.

— c) N.pr.

— α) eines Herrschers des Dunkels und Zauberers , sowie auch verschiedener Männer.

— β) eines Berges.

— 3) f. asitā

— a) *Dienerin im Harem.

— b) *die Indigopflanze.

— c) N.pr. einer Apsaras.

— 4) f. ā́siknī

— a) Dunkel , Nacht.

— b) *Dienerin im Harem.

— c) N.pr.

— α) einer Gattin Dakṣa's.

— β) eines Flusses im Pendschab,Akesines. Auch asiknī́.

3. asitá m.

— 1) schwarze Schlange undN.pr. eines Schlangendämons.

— 2) ein best. gegen Schlangen wirkender Spruch MBH. 1,58,23.

ásita (f. asitā u. ásiknī) von dunkler Farbe, schwarz.

asita (KARM. ex a priv. et sita albus) niger. N. 12. 66.

16. 21.

asita;
asitaḥ kroḍaḥ paṅguśchāyātanayaḥ śanaiścaraḥ śauriḥ .. 48 ..
1.1.1.48

asita;
kṛttikā bahulā proktāḥ pakṣastu bahulo'sitaḥ .. 50 ..
1.1.1.50

asita pu0 sitaḥ śubhraḥ virodhe na0 ta0 . 1 śubhravarṇabhinne tadvi-
ruddhe kṛṣṇavarṇe . 2 tadvati tri0 . 3 kṛṣṇapakṣe pu0 . 4 nīloṣadhau
antaḥpuracāriṇyāmavṛddhāyāṃ 5 preṣyāyāñca strī ṅīp
kṛṣṇavarṇṇaparatayā knaśca asiknītyeva . “asitagirinibhaṃ
syāt kajjvalaṃ sindhupātram” puṣpadantaḥ “tantumavavyayannasi
tam” ṛ0 4, 13, 4, 5 yamunāyāṃ tasyāḥ kṛṣṇavarṇatvāt tathātvam
strī “sitāsite yatra saridvare śubhe” kāśī0 . asyāḥ
strītve'pi chandasītyukteḥ na knaḥ tena ṅībapi na .
6 devale ṛṣibhedepu0 . “asitodevalovyāsaḥ svayañcaiva
bravīṣi me” gītā . asitamuniśca himavataḥ ekaparṇṇāṃ
nāma sutāmupayeme yathāha hari0 18 a0 .
“tisraḥ kanyāstu menāyāṃ janayāmāsa śailarāṭ .
aparṇāmekaparṇāñca tṛtīyāmekapāṭalām . tapaścarantyaḥ
sumahadduścaraṃ devadānavaiḥ . lokān santāpayāmāsustāstisraḥ
sthāṇujaṅgamān . āhāramekaparṇena ekaparṇā samā-
carat . pāṭalāpuṣpamekañca ādadhāvekapāṭalā . ekā
tatra nirāhārā tām̐ mātā pratyaṣedhayat . umā iti
niṣedhantī mātṛsnehena duḥkhitā . sā tathoktā tadā-
mātrā devī duścaracāriṇī . umetyevābhavat khyātā
triṣu lokeṣu sundarī tathaiva nāmnā teneha viśrutā
yogadharmmiṇī” . evaṃ trisraḥkumārīrvarṇayitvā . “sarvvāśca
brahmavādinyaḥ sarvvāścaivoddhvairetasaḥ . umā tāsāṃ variṣṭhā
ca jyeṣṭhā ca varavarṇinī . mahāyogabalopetā mahādeva
mupasthitā . asitasyaikaparṇā tu devalasya mahātmanaḥ .
patnī dattā tathā brahman! yogācāryyāya dhīmate . jaijīṣa-
vyāya tu tathā viddhi tāmekapāṭalām . ete kanye mahā-
bhāge yogācāryyamupasthite” . 7 śanoca 8 apsarobhede
strī “asitā ca subāhuśca suvṛttā mṛdukā tathā” .
hari0 va0 .

Asita¹ or Asita Devala (very often A°o D°aś caiva) or

Devala, a ṛṣi. § 4 (Anukram.): I, 1, 106 (A.D.).—

§ 59 (Sarpasattra): I, 53α, 2048 (A.D.).—§ 68 (Āstīka):

I, 58, 2188 (Asitaṃ cārtimantañ ca Sunīthaṃ cāpi yaḥ

smareṭ, a mantra?).—§ 116 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 66, 2590

(Pratyūṣasya viduḥ putram ṛṣiṃ nāmnā 'tha Devalaṃ; the

same?).—§ 165 (Satyavatīl.): I, 100, 4045 (devarṣiḥ;

Parāśara had rejected A. when he asked for the hand of

Satyavatī).—§ 230 (Dhaumya-puroh.): I, 183, 6914 (D., the

elder brother of Dhaumya).—§ 264 (Sabhākriyāp.): II, 4α,

105 (A.D.).—§ 270 (Brahmasabhāv.): II, 11α, 441.—§ 296

(Dyūtap.): II, 53, 1917 (A.D.; sprinkled Yudhiṣṭhira

with sacred water).—§ 298b (Dyūtap.): II, 59, 2038: A.D.

(“who always perambulates these doors of the worlds”) has

said that gambling is sinful, as is all deceitfulness.—§ 301

(Dyūtap.): II, 72, 2420 (D.).—§ 317 (Arjunābhigam.):

III, 12, 510 (A.D.).—§ 376 (Tīrthay.): III, 85, 8263

(A.D.; among the ṛṣis who expected Yudhiṣṭhira at the

tīrthas).—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 34, 1217 (A.D.)—

§ 581 (Bhīṣmav.): VI, 68ρ, 3042 (D.).—§ 599 (Jaya-

drathav.): VII, 94ε, 3453 (Droṇa invoked A.D., etc., when

casing Duryodhana in invulnerable armour).—§ 615 (Bala-

devatīrth.): IX, 49, 2852 (A.D. obtained great yoga powers

in Ādityatīrtha); 50, 2854 (A.D.), 2859 (D°asyāśrame),

2861 (D.), 2862 (D.), 2863 (D.), 2864 (D.), 2865 (D.),

2868 (D.), 2870 (A.), 2875 (A.D.), 2878 (D.), 2880 (A.D.),

2887 (D.), 2889 (D.), 2891 (D.), 2892 (D.), 2893 (A.),

2894 (A.), 2895 (A.), 2896 (A.), 2897 (D.), 2898 (A.),

2900 (D.), 2902 (A.D.), 2903 (D.), 2905 (D.), 2906 (D.),

2907 (D.), 2908 (D.), 2912 (D.), 2914 (D.), 2916 (D.),

2917 (D.), 2920 (A.) (B.; C. has yoṣitaṃ), 2922 (A.): In

Ādityatīrtha Ṛ. A.D. lived in days of yore, observant of the

duties of a householder (description); he always practised the

vow of brahmacarya. Once the ascetic mendicant (bhikṣukaḥ).

Jaigīṣavya, devoted to yoga, came to Devala's hermitage and

attained to success (siddhiṃ). Devala always kept his eyes

on him. After a long time, Devala on one occasion lost

sight of Jaigīṣavya; at the hour of dinner, however, he

approached Devala in order to solicit alms, and D. worshipped

him, after the rites laid down by Ṛ., for many years; but

Jaigīṣavya never spoke a single word to him. D. proceeded

to the shore of the ocean, journeying through the welkin and

bearing his earthen jug with him; there he saw Jaigīṣavya

who had arrived there before him, at which M.-ṛ. A. wondered

much. Having finished his ablutions and silent prayers,

D. returned to his hermitage, bearing with him his earthen

vessel filled with water. Entering his own hermitage, he saw

Jaigīṣavya seated there. D. then soared aloft into the sky in

order to ascertain who Jaigīṣavya really was. He saw crowds

of sky-ranging Si. rapt in meditation, and he saw Jaigīṣavya,

reverentially worshipped by them, and he became filled with

wonder at the sight. He saw Jaigīṣavya set out for the

Pitṛloka > Yāmyaloka, etc. (μ). At last he was seen to pass

into the regions of the brahmasattvins, then through three other

regions to those of chaste women and such as are devoted

to their husbands. At this point A. lost sight of him, and

enquiring of the foremost of Si. in the regions of the

brahmasattvins, he was told that Jaigīṣavya had gone to the

eternal region (loka) of Brahman. A. endeavoured to soar

aloft; but he soon fell down, and the Si. declared that

he was not worthy to proceed thither. D. came down,

descending from one region to another in due order, to his

hermitage, where he again beheld Jaigīṣavya, who taught

him the religion of Emancipation (mokṣa) and the ordinances

of yoga, etc., and performed all the acts according to the rites

for that end. Then all creatures with P. began to weep,

saying, “Who will henceforth give us food?” D. then

thought of renouncing the religion of mokṣa; then all kinds

of fruits and roots, etc., began to weep, saying, “The wicked-

hearted D. will once more pluck and eat us, having once

assured all creatures of his perfect harmlessness.” Then

D. abandoned the religion of a householder and adopted that

of mokṣa, and obtained the highest success (siddhi) and the

highest yoga. D. with Bṛh. applauded Jaigīṣavya; only

Nārada contradicted.—§ 621 (Rājadh.): XII, 1, 34 (D.).—

§ 637 (do.): XII, 47, 1594 (A.).—§ 664 (Mokṣadh.):

XII, 207β, 7521 (A.D.).—§ 675 (do.): XII, 230, 8431

(A.), 8432 (A.D.), (8433) (D.), 8436 (D.), 8439 (D.).—

§ 688 (do.): XII, 276, 9874 (A.D.), 9875 (D.), (9877)

(A.),—§ 702 (do.): XII, 293α, 10761 (A.D.).—§ 707

(do.): XII, 319, 11742 (D.); β, 11782 (A.D.).—§ 730

(Ānuśāsan.): XIII, 18κκ, 1313 (A.D.).—§ 746 (do.): XIII,

66ζ, 3332 (A.D.).—§ 768 (do.): XIII, 139α, 6298 (D.).—

§ 775 (do.): XIII, 166ζ, 7671 (D.).—§ 777 (Svargā-

rohaṇika p.): XIII, 168, 7718 (Ā.D.); 169β, 7778 (A.).—

§ 783 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 52α, 1492 (D.).—§ 786 (do.):

XIV, 91α, 2843 (A.).—§ 787 (Aśramavāsap.): XV, 20ββ,

538 (D.).—§ 789 (Putradarśanap.): XV, 29α, 774 (D.).—

§ 795 (Mahābhārata): XVIII, 5e, 199 (A°o D°aḥ Pitṝn

aśrāvayat).

Asita², a king conquered by Māndhātṛ. § 595 (Māndhātṛ):

VII, 62α, 2282.—§ 632b (Ṣoḍaśarājop., Māndhātṛ): XII,

29, 981.

Asita³ = Kṛṣṇa: IX, 3351.

Asita⁴, a mountain. § 377 (Dhaumyatīrthak.): III, 89, 8364.

1. Asita is a name of the ‘black snake,’ referred to in the

later Saṃhitās.¹ [Footnote] 1) Av. iii. 27, 1; v. 13, 5. 6; vi. 56, 2,

etc.; Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 5, 10, 1;

Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, iii. 14, 18; perhaps

Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xxiv. 37.

2. Asita. — (a) A mythical sage of this name figures as a

magician in the Atharvaveda in conjunction with Gaya¹ or

with Jamadagni.² In the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa³ he appears as

Asita Dhānva,⁴ and as Daivala or Devala in the Pañcaviṃsa

Brāhmaṇa⁵ and Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā.⁶

(b) Asita Vārṣa-gaṇa is a pupil of Harita Kaśyapa according

to the Vaṃśa or Genealogy in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.¹ [Footnote] 1) Av. i. 14, 4. [Footnote] 2) Av. vi. 137, 1. [Footnote] 3) xiii. 4, 3, 11. [Footnote] 4) Dhānvana in the Śāṅkhāyana

Srauta Sūtra, xvi. 2, 19. [Footnote] 5) xiv. 11, 18. 19, Cf. xv. 5, 27. [Footnote] 6) xxii. 11. Cf. Ludwig, Translation

of the Rigveda, 3, 132. [Footnote] 1) vi. 5, 3 (Kāṇva = vi. 4, 33, Mādhyandina).

Asita (I) — a siddha — called on dying Bhīṣma.¹ Invited

for Yudhṣṭhira's sacrifice.² Came to Syamanta-pañcaka to

see Kṛṣṇa.³ One of the sages who left Dvārakā for Piṇḍā-

raka.⁴ Went with Kṛṣṇa to Mithilā.⁵ Acted as Purohita

at Kṛṣṇa's sacrifice in Kurukṣetra.⁶ Identified with Hari.⁷

A place in the Sarasvatī sacred to Asita.⁸ [Footnote] 1) Bhā. VI. 15. 12; I. 9. 7. [Footnote] 2) Ib. X. 74. 7. [Footnote] 3) Ib. X. 84. 3. [Footnote] 4) Ib. XI. 1. 12. [Footnote] 5) Ib. X. 86. 18. [Footnote] 6) Ib. X. 90. 46 [2]. [Footnote] 7) Ib. XI. 16. 28. [Footnote] 8) Ib. III. 1. 22.

Asita (II) — a gotrakara son of Kaśyapa, married Eka-

parṇā, daughter of Himavān: Father of Devala, the best

among Śāṇḍilyas and Brahmiṣṭha (Vā. P.). A Brahma-

vādin. Not to marry with members of Kaśyapa and Devala.²

A yogācarya; Ekaparṇā, his wife, gave birth to Devala by

her mind.³

^1 Br. II. 32. 112; III. 8. 29; 10. 18. M. 145. 107; Vā. 59.

103; 70. 25. [Footnote] 2) M. 199. 19. [Footnote] 3) Vā. 72. 17.

Asita (III) — the sacred hill fit for Śrāddha;¹ the resi-

dence of the sage Asita.² [Footnote] 1) Br. III. 13. 39. [Footnote] 2) Vā. 77. 39.

Asita (IV) — the sage to whom the earth revealed the

ignorance of worldly kings; this he reported to Janaka.

Vi. IV. 24. 127.

asita, (1) adj. (black, and hence) inauspicious, offen-

sive; so AMg. asiya = aśubha, Sheth, Ratnach.; not in

Skt. or Pali: LV 327.8 (vs) na ca jara asitā, and (while)

there is no offensive old age (so Tib, mi śis, normally =

aśubha); (2) adj. (= Pali id.; a-sita), unfettered, free: of

Buddha, MPS 12.9; MSV i.12.14; (3) m. (= Pali id.),

n. of a well-known sage, ‘the Buddhist Simeon’: LV

101.1 ff. (his story told); 253.1, 15; Mv ii.30.13 ff. (his

story; in 37.13 called Kāla (5), q.v., if Senart is right);

144.8; 151.12; he was the maternal uncle of Nālaka,

q.v., Mv iii.382.16; Divy 391.6; (4) n. of a Bodhisattva:

Gv 442.18; (5) m. or nt., n. of a plant, as var. in mss. for

āśītakī, q.v.

ASITA I . One of the Ṛṭviks of the Sarpasatra of Jana-

mejaya.

Some details. (1) The prominent Ṛtviks were Bhārgava,

Kautsa, Jaimini, Sārṅgarava, Piṅgala, Vyāsa, Uddālaka

Pramattaka, Śvetaketu, Asita, Devala, Nārada, Parvata,

Ātreya, Kuṇḍajāra, Kālaghāṭs, Vātsya, Kohala, Deva-

śarmā, Maudgalya, Samasaurabha. (Chapter 53, Ādi

Parva, M.B.)

(2) Asita, Devala, Vaiśampāyana, Sumantu and Jaimini

were disciples of Vyāsa. (Prathama Skandha, Devī

Bhāgavata).

(3) Asita, the sage, got by the blessing of Śiva a son

named Devala. (Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa).

(4) Once Asita muni explained to King Janaka the

philosophy of rebirth. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 47).

Asita m.: Name of a mantra (?) (of

a sage ?)

One who remembers the Asita mantra

along with the Ārtimant and the Sunītha has

no fear from serpents by day or at night 1. 53.

23 (asitaṃ cārtimantaṃ ca sunīthaṃ cāpi

yaḥ smaret/divā vā yadi vā rātrau nāsya

sarpabhayaṃ bhavet// Nī. on Bom. Ed. 1. 58.

23 says: prasaṅgāt sarpabhayanivartakān

mantrān paṭhati/asitam ityādīn). [See

Ārtimant and Sunītha].

Asita m.: Name of a mountain.

Situated in the west (3. 87. 1); des-

cribed as having many roots and fruit

(bahumūlaphala) 3. 87. 9.