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Results for आस्तीक

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आस्तीकāstīkaa.Relating to, or treating of, the sage आस्तीक.
Relating to, or treating of, the sage आस्तीक.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कः Name of an old saint, son of Jaratkāru; (at whose intercession King Janamejaya spared the Nāga Takṣaka from the destruction to which he had doomed the serpent race). Mb. gives the following etymology of the name; नाम चास्याभवत्ख्यातं लोकेष्वास्तीक इत्युत । अस्तीत्युक्त्वा गतो यस्मात्पिता गर्भस्थमेव तम् ॥ Compare सर्पाप- सर्प भद्रं ते गच्छ सर्प वनान्तरम् । जनमेजयस्य यज्ञान्ते आस्तीकवचनं स्मर ॥ -कम् A section (पर्व) of the first book of the Mahābhārata.
- -अर्थदः Name of Janamejaya.
Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आस्तीकāstīkam. N. of a Muni मुनि (the son of Jaratka1ru जरत्कारु and Bhagini1 भगिनी Jaratka1ru जरत्कारु) MBh. Hariv.
1. masculine gender Name of a Muni मुनि (the son of Jaratka1ru जरत्कारु and Bhagini1 भगिनी Jaratka1ru जरत्कारु) MBh. Hariv.
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective relating to or treating of the Muni मुनि A1stika आस्तिक
3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (आस्तीकं पर्व, a section of the first book of the Maha1-bha1rata महा-भारत .)
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