अस्asI. 2 P. [अस्ति, आसीत्, अस्तु, स्यात्; defective in non-conjugational tenses, its forms being made up from the…
- I. 2 Parasmaipada [अस्ति, आसीत्, अस्तु, स्यात्; defective in non-conjugational tenses, its forms being made up from the root भू.]
- To be, live, exist (showing mere existence); नासदासीन्नो सदासीत् Rv.1.129.1; आत्मा वा इदमेक एवाग्र आसीत् Ait. Up.1.1. श्रुतिद्वैधं तु यत्र स्यात् Ms.2.14; शपथे नास्ति पातकम् 8.112; न त्वेवाहं जातु नासम् Bg.2.12; आसीद्राजा नलो नाम Nala. 1.1; Ms.5.79; न अस् not to be, to be lost, disappear, perish, नायमस्तीति दुःखार्ता Nala.7.16; अस्ति भोक्तुम् Sk. it has to be eaten; (for other uses of अस्ति see अस्ति sub voic, see under tbe word).
- To be (used as a copula or verb of incomplete predication, being followed by a noun or adjective or adverb; or some other equivalent); भक्तोऽसि मे सखा च Bg.4.3; धार्मिके सति राजनि Ms.11.11; आचार्ये संस्थिते सति 5.8; so एवमेव स्यात्, तूष्णीमासीत् etc.
- To belong to, be in the possession of (expressed in English by have), with Genitive of possessor; यन्ममास्ति हरस्व तत् Pt.4.76; यस्य नास्ति स्वयं प्रज्ञा 5.7; न हि तस्यास्ति किंचित् स्वम् Ms.8.417; नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य Bg.2.66.
- To fall to the share of, to happen to or befall anyone (with Genitive); यदिच्छामि ते तदस्तु Ś.4. तस्य प्रेत्य फलं नास्ति Ms.3.139 he cannot enjoy or get.
- To arise, spring out, occur; आसीच्च मम मनसि K.142 (this) occurred to my mind.
- To become; तां दृष्ट्वा दशविस्तारामासं विंशतियोजनः Rām.; also शुक्लीस्यात् राजसात् स्यात् etc. Sk.
- To lead or tend to, turn out or prove to be (with Dative); स स्थाणुः स्थिरभक्ति- योगसुलभो निःश्रेयसायास्तु वः V.1.1; संगतं श्रीसरस्वत्योर्भूतयेऽस्तु सदा सताम् 5.24; Often times with Dative alone without अस्; यतस्तौ स्वल्पदुःखाय Pt.1.
- To suffice (with Dative); सा तेषां पावनाय स्यात् Ms.11.85; अन्यैर्नृपालैः परिदीयमानं शाकाय वा स्याल्लवणाय वा स्यात् Jagannātha.
- To stay, reside, dwell, live हा पितः क्वासि हे सुभ्रु Bk.6.11.
- To take place, happen.
- To be in a particular relation, to be affected (with Locative); किं नु खलु यथा वयमस्यामेवमियम- प्यस्मान् प्रति स्यात् Ś.1. अस्तु well, let it be; एवमस्तु, तथास्तु so be it, amen. The form आस joined to roots in forming their periphrastic perfect is sometimes separated from the root and used by itself; तं पातयां प्रथममास पपात पश्चात् R.9.61,16.86. [Compare Latin est and Greek esti. with अस्ति; esse; Zend. āsti; Pers. hast, ast] With अति to be over, excel, surpass.
Derived forms and compounds
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-अनु to be at hand; reach.
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-अपि
- (with Locative or an Adverb of place)
- to be in anything.
- to belong to, be closely connected with.
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-अभि
- to belong to, to fall to one's share; यन्मममाभि- ष्यात् Sk.
- to be over.
- to excel, surpass.
- to domineer or to tyrannize over, rule over.
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-आविस् to arise, spring up, be visible; आचार्यकं विजयि मान्मथ- माविरासीत् Māl.1.26.
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-उप to be near to or in.
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-परि
- to be in the way.
- to surpass.
- to pass or spend (time).
- to pervade.
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-प्र
- to be in front of.
- to be in extraordinary degree, to preponderate, excel, surpass.
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-प्रति
- to be equal to, be a match for.
- to rival, emulate, vie with.
- to be a representative of, stand in place of.
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-प्रादुस् to appear, spring up; प्रादुरासीत्तमोनुदः Ms.1.6; R.11.15.
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-व्यति (Atmanepada व्यतिहे, व्यतिसे; व्यतिस्ते) to excel, surpass, be above or superior to, out-weigh; अन्यो व्यतिस्ते तु ममापि धर्मः Bk.2.35.
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-अस्
- II.4. Parasmaipada (अस्यति, आस, आस्थत्, असितुम्, अस्त)
- To throw, cast, hurl, discharge, shoot (with Locative of the mark); हस्ते बिभर्ष्यस्तवे Śvet. Up.3.6; तस्मिन्नास्थदिषीकास्त्रम् R.12.23; Bk.15.91, 14.77; sometimes with Dative or Genitive दस्यवे हेतिमस्य Rv.1.13.3.
- To drive away, remove.
- To frighten or scare away.
- To throw or take away, let go, leave, give up; as in अस्तमान, अस्तशोक, अस्तकोप see अस्त.
- To fight with; युयोध बलिरिन्द्रेण तारकेण गुहोऽ- स्यत Bhāg.8.1.28. -With अति to shoot beyond or at, overpower (with arrows); अत्यस्त having shot beyond, having surpassed or excelled; joined in Accusative (Tat purusha comp.; ParasmaipadaII.1.24.) -अभिप्र to throw over or upon, hurl at.
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-परिनि to stretch.
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-अस्
- III. 1 U (असति-ते, असित).
- To go.
- To take or receive, seize.
- To shine (The examples usually cited to illustrate this sense are: निष्प्रभश्च प्रभूरास भूभृताम् R.11.81; तेनास लोकः पितृमान् विनेत्रा 14.23; लावण्य उत्पाद्य इवास यत्नः Ku.1.35. But the sense of दिदीपे or 'shone' is far-fetched, though Vāmana is disposed to take it. It seems preferable to regard आस in these instances as equivalent to बभूव, either taking it, as Śākaṭāyana does, as an indeclinable तिडन्तप्रति- रूपकमव्ययम्, or considering it, as Vallabha does, as an ungrammatical form used against the rules of grammar, प्रामादिकः प्रयोगः; see Malli. on Ku.1.35).
Source: Apte
