Asiti, Aśiti, Asīti, Ashiti, Aśīti: 15 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Jyotisha
In Buddhism
1. Mahayana
Languages
1. Pali
2. Sanskrit
3. Kannada
See also

Introduction:

Asiti means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit terms Aśiti and Aśīti can be transliterated into English as Asiti or Ashiti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)

Asīti (असीति) refers to “a measure of eighty (guñjas)”, according to Kāśīnātha Upādhye’s Dharmasindhu, a commentary on the Rāma Daivajña’s Muhūrtacintāmaṇi (an astrological work).—Accordingly, “[...] Thus it has has been said in the third Skandha of the sacred Bhāgavata. Its meaning is [as follows]. Eighty guñjas [i.e., asīti-guñja] make one karṣa. The same has the designation of suvarṇa. Four karṣas are one pala. Thus, a vessel should be made of six palas of copper; it should be pierced at the base by means of a needle made of twenty guñjas’ weight of gold and four aṅgulas in length. Through this perforation, by the time a prastha measure of water enters, that bowl sinks in the water, because of the prastha measure of water that filled it. Then that vessel becomes the standard measure for the period of one ghaṭī. There the unit of one prastha contains sixteen palas. [...]”.

Source: academia.edu: Tithikarmaguṇa in Gārgīyajyotiṣa

Aśiti (अशिति) or Aśititithi is the name of the sixth of fifteen tithis (cycle of time) according to the Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna while the Gārgīyajyotiṣa considers Soma as the sixth. The associated deity for Aśiti or Somā according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā is Skanda. A tithi was defined as one thirtieth of a synodic month (c. 29.5 days), resulting in an average tithi being slightly less than a day.

Accordingly, “(21) The sixth tithi is called Somā (Vṛddhi?/Māsā?). It is auspicious for firm acts. One should engage in agricultural works, build houses and temples for deities. (22) One should build or take refuge in buildings such as the city-gates. Journey should be avoided. The deity for this tithi is Kumāra (Skanda)”.

context information

Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Aśīti (अशीति) refers to “eighty (minor marks of beauty)”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, “Now the Bhagavān was residing in the abode of Brahmā. [...] The Bhagavān had a body ornamented with a net of ten million million thousand rays. He was blazing brightly like a golden pillar. He was brilliant like the Sun, displayed the thirty-two marks of beauty and the eighty minor marks of beauty (aśīti-anuvyañjana). He was embellished with a radiance measuring a fathom. He had the body of a Tathāgata, extremely pure, extremely spotless and brilliant”.

context information

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

asīti : (adj.) eighty.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Asīti, (num.) (Sk. aśīti) 80 (on symbolical meaning & frequent application see aṭṭha¹ B 1 c, where also most of the ref’s. In addition we mention the foll. : ) J. I, 233 (°hattha 80 hands, i.e. 80 cubits deep); III, 174 (°sahassa-vāraṇa-parivuta); VI, 20 (vassasahassāni); Miln. 23 (asītiyā bhikkhusahassehi saddhiṃ); Vism. 46 (satakoṭiyo) DhA. I, 14, 19 (mahātherā); II, 25 (°koṭi-vibhava). Cp. ạsītika. (Page 89)

context information

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aśīti (अशीति).—f. [nipātoyam P.V.1.59] Eighty (used in the singular and fem. gender whatever be the number and gender of the noun it qualifies); sometimes in dual and pl.; पिण्डानां तिस्रोऽशीतीः (piṇḍānāṃ tisro'śītīḥ) Manusmṛti 11.22.

Derivable forms: aśītiḥ (अशीतिः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aśīti (अशीति).—f. sing. always

(-tiḥ) Eighty. du. (-tī) Two eighties. pl.

(-tayaḥ) Many eighties.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aśīti (अशीति).— (cf. aṣṭan), card. num., f. Eighty, with genitive of the numbered objects, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 220; in the same case, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 32, 19.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aśīti (अशीति).—[feminine] eighty.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aśīti (अशीति):—[from aśīta] f. eighty, [Ṛg-veda ii, 18, 6; Atharva-veda etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aśīti (अशीति):—(tiḥ) 2. f. Eighty.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Aśīti (अशीति) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aśīi.

[Sanskrit to German]

Asiti in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aśīti (ಅಶೀತಿ):—[adjective] amounting to eighty.

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Aśīti (ಅಶೀತಿ):—[noun] the cardinal number eighty.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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