ásita mf(A; Ved. a/siknI)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.
ásita m. the planet Saturn, [VarBṛS.]
a poisonous animal (said to be a kind of mouse), [L.]
N. of the lord of darkness and magic, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvŚr.]
of a descendant of Kaśyapa (composer of [RV. ix, 5]-[24]), named also Devala [[RAnukr.]] or Asita Devala [[MBh.]; [Hariv.]]
N. of a man (with the patron. Vārṣagaṇa), [ŚBr. xiv]