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Results for आस्थाय

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आस्थायāsthāyaind.p. having recourse to, using, employing
1. indeclinablepage and participle having recourse to, using, employing
2. having ascended
3. standing, standing by.
In the Gita7·20

तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥

taṁ taṁ niyamamāsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā. — Men are led away by various outer desires which take from them the working of the inner knowledge; they resort to other godheads and they set up this… 7·20
- आस्थायāsthāyaindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root sthā (to stand, stay) with the prefix ā (resorting to) 7:20.
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आस्थायिकाāsthāyikāf. access, audience
1. feminine access, audience
2. feminine (exempli gratia, 'for example' आस्थायिकां दा, to give an audience.)
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Apte Dictionary

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

आस्थायिकाāsthāyikāAn audience.

An audience.

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