Ashitaki, Āśītakī: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Āśītakī can be transliterated into English as Asitaki or Ashitaki, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryĀśītakī (आशीतकी) or Aśitaka or Aśīta.—q.v.
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Āśītakī (आशीतकी).—or ās°, also written aśītaka, aśīta, aśitaka, asita, the a-stems being probably m. (Mahāvastu ii.231.13); the Pali equivalent is āsītika, m. (not °kā, f., as stated in [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary]), name of some plant; occurs, regularly in composition with -parvāṇi (as in Pali with -pabbāni, Majjhimanikāya (Pali) i.80.11 = 245.27), in the account of the Bodhisattva's emaciated state after his long fast, his members being compared to the joints of this plant. The reading asita(ka) is probably due to popular etymology, association with asita black; kāla, q.v., occurs in the context, and note kālāśītako (perhaps read °ke with v.l.) Mahāvastu ii.231.13. Other cases, all in composition with parvāṇi: Lalitavistara 254.7 āsītakī-; 255.21 āśītakī- (all mss.; Lefm. inexplicably reads āsitakī- here!); Mahāvastu ii.126.18 aśītaka- (v.l. asita-); in 125.12 Senart omits the word with one ms., but the other ms. has aśita-parvāṇi; 128.5 aśitaka- (one ms., the other omits, Senart em. aśītaka-); 129.7 aśīta- (v.l. asita-). The evidence points, on the whole, to āśītaka- or °kī- as the original form.
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Āsītakī (आसीतकी).—see āśī°.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀsītakī (आसीतकी):—f. a kind of plant, [Lalita-vistara]
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