I. 2 P. [asti, āsīt, astu, syāt; defective in non-conjugational tenses, its forms being made up from the root bhū]. 1 To be, live, exist (showing mere existence); nāsadā- sīnno sadāsīt Rv. 10. 129. 1; śruti- dvaidhaṃ tu yatra syāt Ms. 2. 14; śapathe nāsti pātakaṃ 8. 112; na tvevāhaṃ jātu nāsaṃ Bg. 2. 12; āsīdrājā nalo nāma Nala. 1. 1; Ms. 5. 79; na as not to be, to be lost, disappear, perish, nāyamastī- [Page0208-a+...

cl.2 P. /asti (2. sg. /asi, 1. sg. /asmi; pl. sm/asi or sm/as, sth/a, s/anti; (rarely A1. e.g. 1.pl. smahe MBh. xiii, 13); Subj. /asat; Imper. astu, 2. sg. edhi (fr. as-dhi cf. Pa1n2. 6-4, 119); Pot. sy/āt; impf. /āsīt, rarely ās [ only in RV. x; cf. Pa1n2....

cl.4 P. /asyati (p. /asyat; impf. /āsyat, A.V. [ cf. parās and vy-as ]; fut. p. asiṣy/at; aor. āsthat [ Nir. ii, 2 Pa1n2. 7-4, 17; cf. vy-as ]; perf. P. āsa [ cf. parās ] A1. āse [ cf. vy-as ]; Ved. Inf. /astave VS.) to throw, cast, shoot at (loc. dat., or... n. (2. as), throwing, sending, a shot RV. i, 112, 21; 130, 4; AV. 117,2 20355 mfn. one who throws or discharges L. 117,2 20356 f. a missile, an arrow RV....

asati,te = aṣ q.v. 014824 117,2 20358