a. Relating to, or treat- ing of, the sage āstīka. kaḥ N. of an old saint, son of Jaratkāru; (at whose intercession King Jana- mejaya spared the Nāga Takṣaka from the destruction to which he had doomed the serpent race). Mb. gives the following etymology of the name; nāma cāsyābhavatkhyātaṃ loke- ṣvāstīka ityuta. astītyuktvā gato yasmātpitā garbhasthameva tam... kaṃ A section (parva) of the first book of the...

m. N. of a Muni muni (the son of Jaratka1ru jaratkāru and Bhagini1 bhaginī Jaratka1ru jaratkāru) MBh.; Hariv. 161,2 28126 mfn. relating to or treating of the Muni muni A1stika āstika 161,2 28127 mfn. (āstīkaṃ parva, a section of the first book of the Maha1-bha1rata mahā-bhārata.) 019883 161,2 28128