asta

asta Sautra root. 10th cl. (astayati) To obscure or eclipse.

asta mfn. (-staḥ-stā-staṃ)

1 Thrown, cast.

2 Sent, dispatched.

3 Set, obscured.

4 Removed, set aside. m. (-staḥ)

1 The western mountain, behind which the sun is supposed to set.

2 Sun-set. n. (-staṃ) Death, end.

E. asta to obscure or eclipse, ac affix, or asa to throw, &c. and kta aff.

asta (ka) astayati 10. a. To set,
to be obscured, to be eclipsed.

asta (staḥ) 1. m. The western moun-
tain. n. Death. a. Thrown; set.

asta 1. as + ta, I. n. Home. II. m. 1.

Sun-set, Pañc. iii. d. 187; Śiś. 9, 5.

The acc. sing. astam, combined like a

prefix, with i, gam, yā, implies, To set,

Daśak. 184, 1. 2. The western moun-

tain, behind which the sun is supposed

to set, Rām. 4, 37, 4. IV. n. Death,

Kathās. 13, 74; Rājat. 5, 126. — Comp.

Sūrya-, n. sunset.

asta 1 . asta, as, ā, am (fr. rt. 2. as), thrown,

cast; expelled, sent away; sent, despatched; removed,

laid or set aside; finished; (ā), f., Ved. a missile,

an arrow. —Asta-kopa, as, ā, am, whose anger is

laid aside. —Asta-dhī, īs, īs, i, foolish. —Asta-vat,

ān, atī, at, obstructed (?). —Asta-vyasta, as, ā,

am, scattered hither and thither, confused, disordered,

irrelevant. —Asta-saṅkhya, as, ā, am, innumerable.

asta 2 . asta, am, n. (fr. rt. 1. as ?), Ved.

home; death, end; (as), m. the western mountain,

behind which the sun is supposed to set; sunset;

(in astronomy) the seventh lunar mansion. —Astam,

ind. at home, home. —Astam i or gam or yā, to

go home; to go down, to set; astaṃ nī or vah,

to conduct or lead home; to lead to setting, to cause

to set; astaṃ gam or i or prāp, to go to one's eter-

nal home, to cease, to vanish, to die. —Asta-gata,

as, ā, am, set (as the sun). —Asta-gamana, am,

n. setting. —Asta-giri, is, m. the western mountain.

—Astam-aya, as, m. or astam-ayana, am, n.

disappearance, setting. —Astam-ita, as, ā, am, set

(as the sun). —Astācala (°ta-ac°), as, m. the west-

ern mountain. —Astācalāvalambin (°la-av°), ī,

inī, i, reclining on the western mountain, about to

set. —Astādri (°ta-ad°), is, m. the western moun-

tain. —Astāvalambana (°ta-av°), am, n. the resting

of a heavenly body on the western part of the

horizon. —Astāvalambin, ī, inī, i, setting as the

sun, on the point of setting.

ásta, n. home; ástam, w. i, gam, yā, go home; esp. of the sun [see 1092b], set. [prob. √1as: for mg, cf. bhavana.]

asta p. p.

1 Thrown, cast, given up, left; asamaye yattvayāsto'bhimānaḥ Ve. 6.

2 Finished.

3 Despatched.

— stā Ved. A missile, an arrow.

Comp.

— karuṇa a. merciless; Māl. 5. 24.

— kopa, ruṣ a. whose (pb) anger is pacified; Śi. 6. 65.

— dhī a. foolish.

— vyasta a. scattered here and there, confused, disordered; Ratn. 4. 6.

— saṃkhya a. innumerable; Ki. 16. 16.

asta, astu &c. see under as.

1 ásta n. home (also °ka n.); acc. w. ī, gam, yā etc. go home, go down, set (of the sun); come to an end, die. As m. the mountain behind which the sun and moon are supposed to set (cf. udaya), also = astamaya.

2 asta a. thrown, cast off (mostly °—).

asta ás-ta, n. home, abode; setting; mythical
western mountain behind which sun and
moon set: -m, ad. home, with verbs of going =
set (stars, sun, moon); go to rest; die.

1. asta mfn. (perf. Pass. p. √ 2. as), thrown, cast, Ragh. xii, 91

(án- neg.), ŚBr. iii

(only in comp.) thrown off, left off, set aside, given up (as grief, anger, a vow, &c.), VP.; Kathās. &c.

2. ásta n. home, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.

ásta m. setting (as of the sun or of luminaries), VarBṛS.; Sūryas.

‘end, death’, see asta-samaya below

the western mountain (behind which the sun is supposed to set), MBh.; R. &c.

(in astron.) the seventh lunar mansion, VarBṛ.

ásta m. astam-√ i, astaṃ-√ gam (also Caus. See astaṃ-gamita below), or √ prāp [Kathās.], to go to one's eternal home, cease, vanish, perish, die, ŚBr. xiv; MBh. &c.

astaṃ-√ nī [-nayati], to lead to setting, cause to set, MBh. iii, 17330

asta Sautra root. 10th cl. (astayati) To obscure or eclipse.

asta

mfn. (-staḥ-stā-staṃ)

1. Thrown, cast.

2. Sent, dispatched.

3. Set, ob-
scured.

4. Removed, set aside.

m. (-staḥ)

1. The western mountain,
behind which the sun is supposed to set.

2. Sun-set.

n. (-staṃ) Death,
end.

E. asta to obscure or eclipse, ac affix, or asa to throw, &c. and
kta aff.

asta p. p. 1 Thrown, cast, given up, left; asamaye yattvayāsto'bhimānaḥ Ve.6. -2 Finished. -3 Despatched. -stā Ved. A missile, an arrow. -Comp. -karuṇa a. merciless; hā dhikkaṣṭamaniṣṭamastakaruṇaḥ ko'yaṃ vidheḥ prakramaḥ Māl.5. 24. -kopa, -ruṣ a. whose anger is pacified; iti dhiyāsta- ruṣaḥ parirebhire Śi.6.65. -dhī a. foolish. -vyasta a. scattered here and there, confused, disordered; Ratn.4.6. (v. l. astavyasta) -saṃkhya a. innumerable; ujjhatsu saṃhāra ivāstasaṃkhyam Ki.16.16.

asta, astu &c., see under as.

asta asta n. (as 1) coucher du soleil.

Disparition, fin; mort.

M. np. montagne située à l'ouest derrière laquelle se couchait le soleil.

astaka m. disparition finale, béatitude finale.

1 asta- (2 AS-) a. v. lancé, jeté; mis à l'écart, abandonné.

°karuṇa- a. dépouillé de pitié.

°tandri- a. qui a dépouillé toute paresse.

°tajja- a. qui a perdu toute pudeur.

°saṃkhyam adv. sans nombre.

2 asta- nt. montagne du couchant (derrière laquelle le soleil et la lune disparaissent) ; -am i- et -aṃ gam- se coucher (soleil, lune); cesser; mourir; -aṃ yā- se coucher; -aṃ prāp- cesser, mourir; -aṃ nī- faire ou laisser se coucher; -am à la maison.

°gamana- nt. coucher (du soleil); astaṃgamana- id.

°giri- m. montagne du couchant.

°nimagna- a. v. couché (dit du soleil).

°mūrdhan- m. cime de la montagne du couchant; °śikhara- id.

°samaya- m. moment du couchant; mort.

astam-aya- m. coucher (des astres; fin, chute, éclipse.

°ayana- nt. coucher (des astres).

°ita- a. v. couché (soleil); mort.

astaṃ-gata- a. v. disparu (dit des astres); cessé, mort.

astācala- astādri- m. montagne du couchant.

astābhilāṣin- a. qui penche à la ruine.

1. asta part. praet. pass. von 2. as (s. d.).

2. ásta

1) n. Heimath, Heimwesen NAIGH. 3, 4. tamàgnimastè vasâvò nyṛ̂ṇvan ṚV. 7, 1, 2. ànyeṣā̀mastàmupà naktâmeti 10, 34, 10. patyùrastâṃ pàretyâ AV. 4, 1, 43. 14, 2, 13. gṛhā vā astam ŚAT. BR. 2, 5, 2, 29.

— 2) davon ástam adv. heim, daheim; gewöhnlich mit i, gam, yā (heimkehren), vah (heimführen): astâmindrà pra yā̂hi ṚV. 3, 53, 6. 4, 16, 10. astâṃ navàsvâ iva gman 34, 5. 1, 66, 9. (5) 116, 25. astàmehî gṛ̀hām̐ ùpa 10, 86, 12. 5, 6, 1. 49, 12. 7, 37, 4. 10, 14, 8. 85, 33. 86, 21. 95, 2. 13. VS. 3, 47. AV. 4, 15, 6. yadâśvinā ū̀hathûrbhùjyumastâm ṚV. 1, 116, 5. 7, 37, 6. 8, 3, 23. — sùpeśâsàṃ māvâ sṛjàntyastâm 5, 30, 13. jā̀yedastâṃ maghavànsedù yonîḥ 3, 53, 4. 1, 130, 1. Besonders häufig von der Sonne (auch vom Monde) astaṃ gam, i, yā (mit oder ohne Beisetzung von sūrya, āditya u. s. w.) untergehen, wobei astam in Bezug auf den Accent wie eine praepos. behandelt wird P. 1, 4, 68. VOP. 8, 21. AK. 3, 5, 17. H. 1539. yatàḥ sūryâ ùdetyastàṃ yatrâ cà gacchâti AV. 10, 8, 16. atha yadastameti tadagnāveva yonau garbho bhūtvā praviśati ŚAT. BR. 2, 3, 1, 3. 36. 4, 12. 4, 6, 5, 5. 5, 3, 1, 7. u.s.w. 14, 4, 3, 34 = BṚH. ĀR. UP. 1, 5, 23. AK. 2, 7, 54. H. 859. astaṃ gacchati yatrārko girau hemaprabhe śubhe R. 4, 37, 22. astaṃyánt AV. 9, 6, 54. °yàte 17, 1, 23. àstàmèṣyàte ibid. ástamita ibid. AIT. BR. 5, 29. ŚAT. BR. 14, 7, 1, 3-6 = BṚH. ĀR. UP. 4, 3, 3. 4 (candramasi). M.4, 75. 11, 219. sa yatsāyamastamite (nach Sonnenuntergang) juhoti ŚAT. BR. 2, 3, 1, 2. 4. 9. 11. 3, 2, 2, 4. 26. 4, 5, 3, 11. KĀTY. ŚR. 4, 7, 24. 8, 3. prathamāstamite CHĀND. UP. 2, 9, 9. nekṣetodyantamādityaṃ nāstaṃyāntam M. 4, 37. astaṃgata H. 500. SĀV. 4, 17. HIT. 17, 20. anastaṃgata R. 5, 3, 41. auch getrennt: gate tvastaṃ dinakare R. 1, 33, 21. astaṃ nī zum Untergange geleiten, untergehen lassen: kiṃ svidādityamunnayati ke ca tasyābhitaścarāḥ . kaścainamastaṃ nayati MBH. 3, 17330. fg. astaṃ gam, i, prāp bedeutet auch überh. zur Ruhe eingehen, aufhören, vergehen, sterben: yathā nadyaḥ syandamānāḥ samudre 'staṃ gacchanti MUṆḌ. UP. 3, 2, 8. saiṣānastamitā devatā yadvāyuḥ ŚAT. BR. 14, 4, 3, 33 = BṚH. ĀR. UP. 1, 5, 22. viṣayiṇaḥ kasyāpado 'staṃgatāḥ HIT. II, 144. astaṃgamitamahimā MEGH. 1. daṇḍenāstamitatviṣā KUMĀRAS. 2, 23. sa tasyāṃ kāmasaṃpanno yakṣmaṇā samapadyata . tenācireṇa kālena jagāmāstamivāṃśumān . MBH. 1, 4697. tvāṃ saṃsmarannastamitaḥ pitā te R. 2, 102, 9. RAGH. 12, 11. atha cāstamitā tvamātmanā 8, 50. matpitāstaṃgatastataḥ KATHĀS. 2, 42. 20, 10. PRAB. 98, 13. astaṃ pitari prāpte KATHĀS. 13, 74. Daher astam H. 324 in der Bedeutung Tod.

— 3) nach einer spätern Anschauung, die sich wohl aus der adverb. Verbindung astaṃ gam u. s. w. untergehen herausgebildet hat, ist asta m. ein bes. Berg im Westen, hinter dem Sonne und Mond beim Untergang verschwinden, AK. 2, 3, 2. TRIK. 3, 3, 147. H. 1027. an. 2, 158. MED. t. 2. astādri TRIK. 2, 3, 3. VID. 35. HARIV. 12416. 13058. astagiri Verz. d. B. H. No. 849 (14, 20). ādityodayane cāste girau R. 4, 37, 4. antarā merumastaṃ ca bhānoḥ 43, 51. adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāmastaṃ gacchati parvatam 48. 49. 59. astamālokayiṣyanti kapayaḥ 54. yathā bhāskaramastamūrdhani 3, 67, 24. yāte 'staśikharaṃ ravau KATHĀS. 25, 236. raviradyānuyātavyo yāvadastamathodayam R. 4, 60, 8. astopagatasya bhānoḥ 3, 48, 19. astanimagnasūrya RAGH. 16, 11. nayati giriṃ nayanaiḥ śaśāṅkamastam R. 5, 34, 22. yātyastaśikharaṃ patiroṣadhīnām ŚĀK. 77. astācalacūḍāvalambini - candramasi HIT. 9, 5, v. l. — In sūryāstapratyaham jeden Tag beim Sonnenuntergang PAÑCAT. III, 187 ist asta gleichbedeutend mit astamaya .

— 4) astrol. das siebente Haus Ind. St. 2, 281, 21. n. 276, 7. m. DĪPIKĀ im ŚKDR. — Vielleicht von 1. as; vgl. abhyastam .

2. asta

2) paulastye 'staṃgate WEBER, JYOT. 55. nāstameti MBH. 5, 1082 wohl fehlerhaft für cāsti meti; vgl. Spr. 4353.

— 3) savitāstamiyādgirim MBH. 1, 1883. °giri ŚIŚ. 9, 1. °śaila KARMAPRADĪPA 1, 9, 1 beim Schol. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 4, 13, 5. asta Untergang VARĀH. BṚH. S. 9, 8. heliakischer Untergang (von Fixsternen und Planeten) 6, 6. 7, 19. astāṃśāḥ SŪRYAS. 9, 6. Untergang in übertr. Bed.: astasamaye 'pi satām ŚIŚ. 9, 5.

— 4) VARĀH. BṚH. 4, 9. 5, 2. 15. 6, 3.

ásta, n., Heimat, Heimatstätte, besonders als Ort der Heimkehr, der Ruhe, des Behagens aufgefasst; so wenn es heisst 287,4: Die Gattin ist die rechte Heimatstätte, sie der Schoos; und {116,25}; In das Greisenalter möge ich gelangen wie in einen Ruhesitz; 921,4: Sie erlangte einen Heimatsitz, an dem sie Gefallen fand. Bald erscheint es als die engste Heimatstätte, das heimische Haus ({287,6}; {517,2}; {860,10}), also für das Vieh der Stall ({66,9}; {330,5}; {360,1}; {490,12}; {778,12}); bald als die weitere, das Heimatsland ({912,20} ástam éhi gṛhā́n úpa; {130,1} ástam [SV. ástā] rā́jā‿iva), bald bildlich als das Ziel, an das die von den Göttern zu verzehrenden oder zu empfangenden Opfer und Gaben wie in ihre Heimatstätte gelangen ({330,5}; {360,1}; {778,12}; {937,10}); bald endlich im Acc. zu adverbialer Bedeutung „heim, heimwärts” erblassend ({116,5} u. s. w.); dann bisweilen mit púnar ({840,8}; {854,1}; {912,21}; {921,2}).

-am [N.] {287,4}.

-am [A.] abhängig von nakṣ {66,9}; {921,4}; als Ziel bei gam {116,25}; {330,5}; {778,12}; {937,10} (mit ā́); gā {854,1}; yā {312,10}; {809,8}; {130,1}; {287,6} (prá); i {360,1}; {553,4}; {840,8}; {860,10}; {912,20. 21}; i mit párā {911,33}; {921,2. 13}. — vah {116,5}; {553,6}; {623,23}; aj {490,12}; bhṛ {700,1}; sṛj mitáva {384,13}.

-e {517,2} (Stätte, wo agní entzündet wird).

-ā SV. {1,5},2,3,3 (~ RV {130,1}).

ásta

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

— 2) m. Untergang.

— 3) N.pr. eines mythischen Berges im Westen , hinter dem Sonne und Mond beim Untergang verschwinden sollen 297,1.

— 4) m. das siebente astrologische Haus VARĀH. BṚH. 25,4. 8. Ind. St. 14,312, Śl. 2.

1. ásta n. das Heim, die Wohnung, Acc. adv. heim; mit Verben des Gehens: untergehen (von Gestirnen), heimgehen, sterben.

2. ásta m. Untergang, der mythische Untergangsberg (für Gestirne; vgl. udaya).

asta m. (r. as q. v. s. ta) 1) nomen occidentalis cujus-

dam montis, ultra quem solem occidere credunt. 2) so-

lis occasus et occasus, finis in universum. SA. 4. 17. HIT.

73. 6.

asta ca0 asyante sūryyakiraṇā yatra ādhāre kta . 1 paścimā-
cale, “adhiroḍhumastagirimabhyapatat” māghaḥ . “viḍambaya
tyastanimagnasūryvan” raghuḥ . karmaṇi kta 2 kṣipte 3 avasite ca
tri0 “nirastaḥ parāvasuḥ” bhavadevaḥ . “gatirapāstasaṃsthā
bhatiḥ” mālatī0 . “nirastagāmbhīryamapāstadhairyam” māghaḥ .
bhāve kta . 4 darśanāyogyatve 5 avasāne na0 . ādhāre kta .
jyotiṣokte 6 lagnāt saptame sthāne na0 . lagnāt sapta-
masthānasya tathātvañca tasyodaye lagnasyādarśanahetutvāt . tathā
hi dvādaśarāśicakrātmakasya pravahavāyunāniśaṃ paścānnīyamānasya
bhacakrasya madhye divā ṣaṭ rāśayo rātrau ca ṣaṭ krameṇo-
dgacchanti tatroditalagnānāṃ ca ṣaṇṇāmeva darśanayogyatā ita-
reṣāṃ ṣaṇṇāṃ tu bhūmaṇḍalenācchādanānna dṛśyatā . tatra
yasya yasya rāśerudayaḥ yasmin samaye jāyate tataḥ
saptamarāśerudayasamaye tasya tasyāstatvam adarśanayogyatvaṃ bhava-
tīti saptamarāśerudayakālasyāstakāritvam . “janmalagnāt
sukhāstāntyaripurandhreṣvaśobhanā” nīla0 tā0 . 7 adarśanaprāpte
ravyādigrahe tri0 sūryyādigrahāṇāmapi prāguktarītyā-
svādhiṣṭhitarāśyapekṣayā saptamarāśyudaye'statvam yathoktaṃ
si0 śi0 . “nijanijodayalagnasamudgame samudayo'pi
bhavedbhanabhaḥsadām . bhavati cāstavilagnasamudgame prati-
dine'stamayaḥ pravahakramāt” niśīṣṭalagnādudayāstalagne
nyūnādhike yasya khagaḥ sa dṛśyaḥ . dine'pi candroravisanni-
dhānāt nāstaṃgataścet sati darśane bhā” . “nakṣatrā-
ṇāmapyudayāstajñāpanamapi tatraiva “dṛkkarmaṇā palabhavena
tu kebalena bhānāṃ munermṛgariporudayāstalagne . kṛtvā
tayorudayalagnaminaṃ prakalpyaṃlagnaṃ tato nijanije paṭhiteṣṭa-
kāle” . yat syādasāvudayabhānurathāstalagnādvyastaṃ
vibhārdhamapi lagnakamastasūryaḥ . iṣṭonaṣaṣṭi 60 ghaṭikā-
svatha vāstalagnāllagnaṃ krameṇa bhadalonitamastasūryaḥ .
syādudgamo nijanijodayabhānutulye sūrye'stabhāskarasame'sta-
mayaśca bhānām . atrādhikonakalikā ravibhuktibhaktā
yātaiṣyavāsaramitiśca tadantare syāt . yasyodayārkāda-
dhiko'stabhānuḥ prajāyate saumyaśarātidairghyāt . tigmāṃśu-
sānnidhyavaśena nāsti dhiṇyasya tasyāsvamayaḥ kathañcit” .
“bhānāmagastyasya lubdhakasya ca pūrvvavadudayāstalagne sādhye
parantu kebalena palabhavena dṛkkarmaṇā . dravasya satā yanadṛkvarma-
katvāt punarāyanaṃ dṛkkarma na karttavyamityarthaḥ . tatrodaya-
lagnamarkaṃ prakalpya lagnaṃ sādhyam . tacca khakāye paṭhiteṣṭa-
kāle . evaṃ yallagnaṃ sidhyati sa udayārko jñātavyaḥ .
atha yadastalagnamānītaṃ taccārka ptarkalpya nijītajeṣṭakāte
vilomaṃ lagnaṃ sādhyam . tadrāśivadṛkāmamastasūryarajña”
bhavati . athaveṣṭaghaṭikonābhiḥ ṣaṣṭighaṭikāmirasta
lagnāt krameṇa lagnaṃ sādhitaṃ tadbhadalonitamastasūryo-
bhavati yadodayabhānusamo bhānurbhavati tadā tasya nakṣatra-
syodayo bhavati . yadāstasūryasamastadāstamayaḥ . yadā-
gastyodayaḥ kilābhīṣṭadināt kiyadbhirdinairiti vijñātu-
miṣyate tadeṣṭadinārkasyāgastyodayārkasya cāntarakalā ravi-
bhuktyā bhājyāḥ . labdhadinairagastyasyodaya eṣyaḥ yadyuda-
yārko mahān . yadyūnastadā gataḥ . atropapattiḥ
udayāstalagnasādhane tu pūrvvaṃ kathitaiva . udayalagnodaye
kila bhasyodayaḥ yadīdayalagnasamo ravirbhavati tadā raviṇā
saha tannakṣatramudeti . tasmādudayāt prāk paṭhiteṣṭaghaṭikātulyaṃ
kālaṃ yāvat tannakṣatraṃ raviprabhābhirhataṃ kṣitijādupari-
sthamapi na dṛśyate . atha paṭhiteṣṭakāle yat kramalagnaṃ
tatsthānasthito ravirudayārkatulyo bhavati tathā ravyastama-
yādanantaraṃ nakṣatrāstamayāt pūrbdhaṃ pratyak kṣitijādupari-
sthamapi nakṣatraṃ paṭhiteṣṭakālaṃ yāvanna dṛśyate . atha nakṣa-
trasya kṣitijāduparisthitatvāt pratyakkṣitijasthenārkeṇa
nyūnena bhavitavyam . ato'stalagnāt paṭhiteṣṭakāle vyastaṃ
kāryam . tallagnaṃ prākkṣitijasthaṃ bhavati . ataḥ ṣaḍbho-
nitaṃ pratyakkṣitije'stasūryo bhavatītyupapannam . iṣṭona-
ṣaṣṭi 60 ghaṭikāsvityādau vāsanā sugamaiva . yasya nakṣatrasyo-
dastārkādastārko'ghiko bhavati tasya nakṣatrasyārkasānnidhyava-
śādastaṃ nāstīti veditavyam . idaṃ kuta ityata āha
saumyaśarātidairghyāt . thasya bhasya saumyaḥ śarī dīrgho bhavati
tasya palodbhavāsavo bahavo bhavanti .. tairvilomalagne kriya-
māṇe udayalagnamūnaṃ bhavati . astalagnaṃ kriyamāṇama-
dhikaṃ bhavati . tābhyāṃ hyudayāstārkau sādhyau . tatrā-
stārkeṇa kila nyūnena bhavitavyam . astārkasame ravau
kilādṛśyatārambhastataḥ kiyanti ca dinānyadṛśyaṃ bhūtvodayā-
rkasame ravau taddhiṣṇyamudeti . ata udayārkeṇādhikena
bhavitavyam . yato'rkasannidhivaśenaitāvudayāstau . yathā
yathā saumyaśarasya dīrghatvaṃ yathā yathākṣavaśena golasya
dakṣiṇato nāmanaṃ tathā tathodayāstārkayoralpamantaraṃ bhavati .
alpāntare'lpānyeva dināni tannakṣatramadṛśyaṃ bhavati .
evaṃ yasmin deśe udayāstārkau tulyo bhavatastataḥ paraṃ
tasmin deśe tasya nakṣatrasyārkāsannabhāvenādṛśyatā iti
yuktitaḥ siddham” prami0 . astalagnasādhanamapyuktaṃ tatraiva “yatra
lagnamapamaṇḍalaṃ kuje tadgṛhādyamiha lagnamucyate . prāci .
paścimakuje'stalagnakaṃ madhyalagnamiti dakṣiṇottare” kuje
bhūmimaṇḍalagate rekhāvṛtte apamaṇḍalaṃ tato nismaradun-
maṇḍalam . grahāṇāmudayāstāṃśānāha tatraiva . “prācyā-
mudeti kṣitijo'ṣṭadasraiḥ 28 śakrai 14 rguruḥ saptaku-
bhiśca 17 mandaḥ . svasvodayāntonita 360 cakrabhāgai- 332 .
346 . 343 . strayo vrajantyastamayaṃ pratīcyām .
khākṣai 50 rjinai 24 rjñasitayorudayaḥ pratīcyāmastañca
pañcatithibhi 155 rmunisaptabhūbhiḥ 177 . prāgudgamaḥ
śaranakhai 205 stridhṛtipramāṇai—183 rastaśca tatra daśa-
vahnibhi 310 raṅgadevaiḥ 336 . avakrabakrāstama-
yodayoktabhāgādhikonāḥ kalikā vibhaktāḥ . drākkendrabhuktyā-
ptadinairgataiṣyairavakravakrāstamayodayāḥ syuḥ” . “bāle vā
yadi vā vṛddhve śukre cāstamupāgate . malamāsa ivaitāni
varjjayeddevadarśanam . pakṣaṃ vṛddhastu pūrvveṇa daśāhaṃ paścimeja
tu . pratyagbālo daśāhantu pūrvveṇa ca dinatrayam” jyo0 ta0
pūrvveṇeti prātaḥprātaḥ pūrvvadiśi dṛṣṭvā ravikiraṇācchanna-
tayā na dṛśyate cedgrahastadā prāgastamitaḥ tatrāstamitāt
prāk pakṣaṃ vṛddhaḥ . paścimeneti . evaṃ sāyaṃsāyaṃ
aparadiśi dṛṣṭvā ravikiraṇācchannatayā na dṛśyate cedgraha-
stadā pratyagastamitastatrāstamitāt prāk daśāhaṃ vṛddhaḥ” .
“dvātriṃśaddivasāścāste jīvasya bhārgavasya ca . dvāsaptatirma-
hatyaste pādāste dvādaśa kramāt” . iti jyotirvidukta-
kālānantaramaparadiśi dṛśyate cettadā daśāhaṃ pratyagbālaḥ
pūrvvadiśi cettadā dinatrayaṃ prāgbāla iti bhaṅgyantareṇāha .
“pakṣaṃ vṛddhomahāste tu bālaścātra daśāhikaḥ . pādāste tu
daśāhāni vṛddhobālodinatrayam” iti ca jyo0 ta0 raghu0 .

*Asta, the place (mountain) in the west where the sun sets:

I, 717 (°ācala), 1270 (giriṃ), 1894 (= do.), 4143 (= do.),

4697 (= do.), 6058 (prāg A°gamanād raveḥ); III, 11834

(girivaraśreṣṭhaṃ), 11850 (parvatarājānaṃ), 11870, 16730,

17330, 17331; IV, 1731; V, 7162, 7216, 7246; VI, 2398

(giriṃ śreṣṭhaṃ), 2401, 3831a, b (only in B.), 4231 (Sūryāsta-

manavelāyāṃ); VII, 1452 (giriṃ). 1969 (parvataṃ), 2800,

3666 (°śikharaṃ), 5530, 6058, 6059, 6221, 6257 (mahīdharaṃ

śreṣṭhaṃ), 6291, 6410 (giriṃ), 6614, 9261 (giriṃ): VIII,

704, 1241 (giriṃ), 4664, 4705, 4809; IX, 1651, 1654;

X, 24 (parvataśreṣṭhaṃ), 650; XII, 743 (giriṃ), [1575

(astam ite Bhīṣme)], 2119 (upaiti Savitā by astaṃ), [11735

(astam evābhyavartata)], [12518], 12519; XV, 867 (girivaraṃ).

Asta m.: Name of a mountain, also

called once Astaṃgiri (7. 31. 77).

A. Description: Holy (puṇya) 15.

39. 24; the best among the mountains (giri-

śreṣṭha) 6. 51. 40; (parvataśreṣṭha) 10.

1. 24; (girivara) 15. 39. 24; sages call it

the king of the mountains (astaṃ parva-

tarājānam etam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ) 3. 160.

10, 11. B. Relationship (1) with sun:

The sun approaches it at sunset 1. 43. 23;

1. 143. 17; 3. 280. 17; 5. 108. 6; 5. 180. 39;

5. 182. 16; 5. 183. 26; 6. 51. 40, 43; 6. 82.

41; 6. 90. 46 (sūryāstamanavelā for sūr-

yāstamayanavelā ?); 7. 31. 77; 7. 48. 41;

7. 56. 22; 7. 121. 45; 7. 128. 10; 8. 21. 35;

9. 28. 62, 82; 10. 1. 24; 12. 58. 28; 12. 306.

12; 12. 318. 7; 15. 39. 24; the sun always sets

only at the proper time (bhānuḥ … nākālato

'staṃ girim abhyupaiti) 12. 26. 12; the sun

having reached the Asta mountain and going

beyond the dusk repairs to the north; then

going round the mountain Meru he moves

towards the east (astaṃ prāpya tataḥ saṃ-

dhyām atikramya divākaraḥ/udīcīṃ bha-

jate kāṣṭhāṃ diśam eṣa vibhāvasuḥ//sa

merum anuvṛttaḥ san punar gacchati

pāṇḍava/prāṅmukhaḥ savitā devaḥ) 3.

160. 25-26; the answer to the question:

“who leads the sun to the Asta ?”, the reply

is: “Dharma leads the sun to the Asta and

there it rests in truth” (kaś cainam astaṃ

nayati … dharmaś cāstaṃ nayati satye ca

pratitiṣṭhati) 3. 297. 26-27; (satyena prati-

tiṣṭhati) 3. 160. 10; (2) with dusk: the

latter twilight (dusk) proceeds from it (asto

nāma yataḥ saṃdhyā paścimā pratisarpati)

5. 108. 6; (3) with nights: they go to the

Asta mountain (astaṃ gacchanti rātrayaḥ)

12. 318. 8; (4) with the luminaries: they

return to the Asta mountain at the end of

the night 7. 171. 4; (5) with clouds: Asta,

together with Udaya, receives a large number

of big clouds (pratyagṛhṇāt … mahāmeghān

iva bahuñ śailāv astodayāv ubhau) 9. 15.

31. C. Importance: King Varuṇa lives

on the Asta mountain and in the great ocean

and from there protects the beings (astaṃ

parvatarājānaṃ samudraṃ ca mahodadhiṃ/

āvasan varuṇo rājā bhūtāni parirakṣati)

3. 160. 11. D. Similes: (1) Falling

down of the head of Daṇḍa, red-coloured,

when cut off by Arjuna, compared with the

falling down of the sun to the west from

the Asta mountain 8. 13. 19; (2) Falling

down of the excellent, bright diadem of

Arjuna, compared with the burning sun

falling down from the Asta mountain 8. 66.

16; (3) Karṇa, circled by the network of

the arrows shot from his bow, appeared like

the sun, having the circle of red rays, pro-

ceeding toward the Asta mountain 8. 66. 40;

(4) Duryodhana and Śalya received the

warriors rushing at them as do the Asta and

the Udaya mountains the clouds 9. 15. 31;

(5) the arrows shot at Bhīma by Aśvatthā-

man proceeded towards him like the luminaries

proceeding towards the Asta mountain at the

end of the night 7. 171. 4; (6) Bhīṣma's

downfall, after he had tormented the enemies

with the heat of his weapons, compared with

the setting of the sun (narasūryo 'stam

abhyeti sūryo 'stam iva keśava) 11. 23. 16;

(7) (i) Vicitravīrya's going to the abode of

Yama (his death) compared with the sun's

going to the Asta (jagāmāstam ivādityaḥ

kauravyo yamasādanam) 1. 96. 58; (ii)

Vyuṣitāśva's death compared with the sun's

going to the Asta (jagāmāstam ivāṃśumān)

1. 112. 17. E. Use of the expression

astam i or gam to mean ‘die’: astam ite

bhīṣme 12. 46. 23; (vyuṣitāśvaḥ) jagāmā-

stam 1. 112. 17.