आसत्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আসত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬲᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• আসত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰭𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀲𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အာသတ် (Burmese script)
• આસત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਸਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌸𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦱꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂮𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಸತ್ (Kannada script)
• អាសត៑ (Khmer script)
• ອາສຕ຺ (Lao script)
• ആസത് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘭𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠰᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧍𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐳𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଆସତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢱꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆱𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖭𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ආසත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑪁𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚨𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஆஸத் (Tamil script)
• ఆసత్ (Telugu script)
• อาสตฺ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ས་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒮𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨰𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *áHsat-, from Proto-Indo-European *ń̥-h₁sn̥t-, from *n̥- (“not, un-”) + *h₁sónts (“being, existing”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ː.sɐt/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.s̪ɐt̪/

Participle

आसत् • (ā́sat)

1. Alternative form of असत् (asat); not existing, not true, unreal, false
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.104.13:

     हन्ति रक्षो हन्त्य् आसद् वदन्तम् उभाव् इन्द्रस्य प्रसितौ शयाते ॥

     hanti rakṣo hanty āsad vadantam ubhāv indrasya prasitau śayāte.

     He slays the demon and him who speaks untrue things: both lie entangled in the noose of Indra.

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आसत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 118.