asti

asti ind. Now being, existent, present.

E. asa to be, and ktina affix, or the third person sing present tense, it is, used as a particle.

asti -- ind. Being; it is.

asti asti, ind. (3rd sing. pres. of rt. I. as),

being, existent, present; (is), f., N. of a sister of

Prāpti, daughter of Jarāsandhas and wife of Kaṃsa.

—Asti-kāya, as, m. a category or predicament.

—Asti-kṣīra, as, ā, am, having milk. —Asti-tva,

am, n. existence. —Asti-nāsti (°na-as°), ind. doubt-

ful, partly true and partly not. —Astināsti-tva, am,

n. or astināsti-tā, f. uncertain or doubtful existence;

partial existence. —Asti-pravāda, am, n. title of the

fourth of the fourteen Pūrvas or older writings of the

Jainas. —Asti-mat, ān, atī, at, possessed of property,

wealthy, opulent.

asti, f. being. [√1as.]

asti ind. [as-śatip]

1 Being, existent, present; as in astikṣīrā, °kāya.

2 Often used at the commencement of a tale or narrative in the sense of ‘so it is’, ‘there’, or merely as an expletive; asti siṃhaḥ prativasati sma Pt. 4; astyatra nagare… trayaḥ puruṣā devasya śriyaṃ na sahaṃte Mu. 1, 5; asti pūrvamahaṃ vyomacārī vidyādharo'bhavam Ks. 22. 56, 1. 27; asti tatrabhavān vṛṣalaṃ yājayiṣyati P. III. 3. 146 is it that &c.

— stiḥ f. N. of a sister of Prāpti, daughter of Jarāsaṃdha and wife of Kaṃsa.

Comp.

— kāyaḥ [asti kāyaḥ svarūpaṃ yasya] a category or predicament (with the Jainas); these categories are 5:

— jīva°, pudgala°, dharma°, adharma°, and ākāśa°.

— kṣīra a. [asti kṣīraṃ yasya P. II. 2. 24 Vārt.] having milk.

— nāsti ind. doubtful, partly true and partly not; °tvaṃ, tā doubtful or partial existence.

1. asti ind. (3. sg. pr. √ 1. as; g. cādi and svar-ādi, q.v.) sometimes used as a mere particle at the beginning of fables, Pañcat.; Kathās.

existent, present, L.

2. asti f. (as-ti = s-ti, q.v.), N. of a sister of Prāpti (daughter of Jarāsandhas and wife of Kaṃsa), MBh. ii, 595; Hariv. 4955; BhP.

asti ind. Now being, existent, present.

E. asa to be, and ktin affix, or
the third person sing. present tense, it is, used as a particle.

asti ind. [as-śatip] 1 Being, existent, present; as in astikṣīrā, ˚kāyaḥ -2 Often used at the commencement of a tale or narrative in the sense of 'so it is', 'there', or merely as an expletive; asti siṃhaḥ prativasati sma Pt.4; astyatra nagare...trayaḥ puruṣā devasya śriyaṃ na sahante Mu. 1,5; asti pūrvamahaṃ vyomacārī vidyādharo'bhavam Ks.22.56,1. 27; asti tatrabhavān vṛṣalaṃ yājayiṣyati P.III.3.146 is it that &c. -stiḥ f. N. of a sister of Prāpti, daughter of Jarāsandha and wife of Kaṁsa. -Comp. -kāyaḥ [asti kāyaḥ svarūpaṃ yasya] a category or predicament (with the Jainas); these categories are 5; -jīva˚, pudgala˚, dharma˚ adharma˚, and ākāśa˚. -kṣīra a. [asti kṣīraṃ yasya P.II.2.24 Vārt.] having milk. -nāsti ind. doubtful, partly true and partly not; ˚tvam, ˚tā doubtful or partial existence. -˚pravādaḥ N. of the fourth of the fourteen Pūrvas or older writings of the Jainas.

asti asti 3p. sg. pr. ind. de asmi, prise absolument pour signifier: existence, présence.

astimat a. riche, opulent.

asti v. s. 1 AS-.

1. asti 3. sg. praes. von 1. as (s. d.).

2. asti (nom. act. von 1. as) f. N. pr. Schwester der Prāpti, Tochter Jarāsaṃdhas und Gemahlin Kaṃsa's MBH. 2, 595. LIA. I, 624. VP. 563 (astī und prāptī).

— Vgl. svasti .

2. astí UJJVAL. zu UṆĀDIS. 4, 179. BHĀG. P. 10, 50, 1.

2. asti HARIV. 4955.

(asti) , f., das Sein (von as), in suastí.

asti f. N.pr. einer Tochter Jarāsaṃdha's.

asti avya0 as—śtip . 1 sthitau, vidyamānatāyāñca
“asti nāsvi na jānātīti” cāṇa0 . 2 tadvati ca
astikṣīrā astiparaloka iti matiryasya āstikaḥ
nāstikaḥ . caturaryyāṃ pakṣā0 phak . āstāyanaḥ . tat-
sannikṛṣṭadeśādau tri0 .

asti , vya, (as + stik) vidyamānatā . tatparyyāyaḥ
sattvaṃ 2 . ityamaraḥ .. asdhātostipi kṛte-
'pyetadrūpaṃ .. (yathā cānakye .
“atithirbālakaścaiva rājā bhāryyā tathaiva ca .
asti nāsti na jānanti dehi dehi punaḥ punaḥ” ..)

Asti — Daughter of Jarāsandha and a queen of Kamsa.

After her husband's death she went to her father's place

and reported the circumstances in which her husband was

killed.

Bhā. X. 50. 1-2; Vi. V. 22. 1.

1 asti , (there, it) is: (1) alone or with nāma, in strong

asseverations: Mv ii.145.15 (also 18, etc.), in response to

a question, I hope you don't see any bodily affliction, etc.:

asti tāta śarīre pratipīḍāṃ paśyāmi, I do indeed (I cer-

tainly do) see affliction in the body! etc.; iii.440.7 (without

preceding question) asti nāma tvaṃ mohapuruṣo, you

are most certainly a man of delusion!; (in response to a

question, as in Mv ii.145.15) Jm 17.12 asti deva kiṃcid

aham api…samanusmarāmi, O yes indeed, my lord, I

too have some remembrance…!; Mv i.346.20 and 347.8

(and i.346.13 where text erroneously api for asti) asti

nāma tvaṃ…adinnam anyātakaṃ śālim ādiyasi, you

most certainly are taking…!; (2) in Divy 424.27 asti

khalu me (printed as a complete sentence): ?perhaps I

have it! = I know what I have to do! (followed by: pūrvaṃ

rājño 'śokasya gṛhadvāram anuprāptaḥ); (3) as prior

member of noun cpds. (Pali also atthi-dhamma, -bhāva,

and natthi°): asti-dharma, m., condition of being, and

asti-nāsti-bhāva, condition of being and not being: LV

393.7 (vs) na ca punar iha kaścid astidharmaḥ, so 'pi na

vidyati yasya nāstibhāvāḥ, (8)…tasya na bhot’ iha

asti-nāsti-bhāvāḥ.

2 asti , noun (f. ?), property, goods, only in comp.

with parityāga or °gin: Gv 332.21 sarvāstiparityāgatayā,

by the process of giving away all property (to beggars);

333.24 sarvāstiparityāgī; 540.6 saṛvāstiparityāgena.

asti (Ep. Ind., Vol XXVIII, p. 302, note 2), a mere

particle used to introduce the narration of a grant.