Dictionary meanings for asita from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. 1 Unbound(Ved).
2 [na sitaḥ śubhraḥ] Not white, black, dark-blue, dark-coloured; asitā moha- rajanī Śānti. 3. 4; Y. 3. 166; ºlocanā, ºnayanā &c. taḥ 1 The dark or blue colour.
2 The dark fortnight of a lunar month.
3 N. of the planet Saturn.
4 A black snake.
5 N. of the sage devala.
6 N. of a being presid- ing over darkness and magic. tā 1 The Indigo plant.
2 A girl at- tending upon the harem...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mfn. unbound TS. vii; S3Br. xiv. 015233 120,3 20963
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (A; Ved. /asiknI) n. (sita, white, appears to have been formed from this word, which is probably original, and not a compound of a and sita; cf. asura and sura), dark-coloured, black RV. &c 120,3 20964 m. the planet Saturn VarBr2S. 120,3 20965 m. a poisonous animal (said to be a kind of mouse) L. 120,3 20966 m. N. of the lord of darkness and magic AV.; S3Br.; A1s3vS3r. 120,3 20967
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