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asita

á-sita mfn. unbound, [TS. vii]; [ŚBr. xiv.]

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]

of a son of Bharata, [R.]

of a Ṛṣi, [Buddh.]

of a mountain, [MBh. iii, 8364]; [Kathās.]

(ás), a black snake, [AV.]

a Mantra (saving from snakes), [MBh. i, 2188]

(also) the dark half of a lunar month, [L.]

a partic. intoxicating drink, [L.]