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asta

mfn. (perf. Pass. p. √ 2. as), thrown, cast, [Ragh. xii, 91]

(án- neg.), [ŚBr. iii]

(only in comp.) thrown off, left off, set aside, given up (as grief, anger, a vow, &c.), [VP.]; [Kathās.] &c.

ásta n. home, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]

ásta m. setting (as of the sun or of luminaries), [VarBṛS.]; [Sūryas.]

‘end, death’, see asta-samaya below

the western mountain (behind which the sun is supposed to set), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

(in astron.) the seventh lunar mansion, [VarBṛ.]

ásta m. astam-√ i, astaṃ-√ gam (also Caus. See astaṃ-gamita below), or √ prāp [[Kathās.]], to go to one's eternal home, cease, vanish, perish, die, [ŚBr. xiv]; [MBh.] &c.

astaṃ-√ nī [-nayati], to lead to setting, cause to set, [MBh. iii, 17330]