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Entry आस्था

आस्थाāsthāTo cause to stand.
1. To cause to stand.
2. To hold fast, cling to.
3. To collect, obtain.
4. To place in, infix.
5. To show, represent, introduce; प्रविश्य स्थापकस्तद्वत्काव्यमास्थापयेत्ततः S. D.283; Mv.1.13.
6. To step.
Derived forms and compounds
- आस्था āsthā
  
  आस्था-अङ्
  
  Regard, care, respect, consideration, care for (with Locative); न संभ्रमो न भीः काचिदास्था वा समजायत Mb.12.281.12; मर्त्येष्वास्थापराङ्मुखः R.1.43; मय्यप्यास्था न ते चेत् Bh.3.3;2.98; see अनास्था also.
  
  Assent, promise.
  
  Prop, support, stay.
  
  Hope, confidence; जयलक्ष्म्यां बबन्धास्थाम् Rāj.1.5.245.
  
  An effort.
  
  State, condition.
  
  An assembly.
  
  A place or means of abiding.
- आस्था āsthā
  
  1 Parasmaipada
  
  To stand or remain on or by, to occupy. Śvet.2.5.
  
  To ascend, mount; रथम्, स्यन्दनम् etc.
  
  To use, have recourse to, resort to, practise, take, assume, follow; यथा यथा हि सद्वृत्तमातिष्ठन्त्यनसूयकाः Ms.1.128, 2.133,1.11; समाधिमास्थाय Ku.5.2 practising concentration of mind; स्वरूपम् Ku.5.84. assuming his own form; तनुम् Mu.7.19; R.6.72; कूर्मसंकोचमास्थाय प्रहारानपि मर्षयेत् Pt.3.21 contracting himself like a tortoise; पदमातस्थुषा Ku.6.72 taking a place among; व्रतम् Ve.3.21; so स्त्रीरूपम् Pt.3.31; आस्थितबिषादधियः Ki.6.29 gloomy; तं तं नियममास्थाय Bg.7.2,8.12; K.165; आस्थितविष्टरः R.15.79; सुहृदास्थितायां सभायाम् Ku.7.29; विषमग्निं जलं रज्जुमास्थास्ये तव कारणात् Mb. use; चिन्तामौनमि- वास्थिता V.4.67 lost in moody abstraction.
  
  To do, perform, carry out.
  
  To recognise, acknowledge, own.
  
  To exhibit, aim at.
  
  To undertake, promise, agree.
  
  To behave. -Causal
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