In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Asthiti (अस्थिति) [=Asthitika?] refers to “that which is without duration”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[According to the Sarvāstivādin].—[...] Thus, the fire that was extinguished yesterday can today give rise to a memory, but it is impossible that this fire be revived by virtue of this memory. If I see that someone is gathering kindling (indhana), I know that they will light the fire and I say to myself that today’s fire is like yesterday’s fire, but it is not possible for the fire to be re-kindled by virtue of this memory that I have of the fire. It is the same for that which is things of the future. Although the present mind (pratyutpanna-citta) is instantaneous (kṣaṇika) and without duration (asthitika), it re-arises in series (saṃtāna) and is able to recognize dharmas. [...]”.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

asthiti (अस्थिति).—f (S) Extinction, obsoleteness, desuetude. 2 Want of standing, endurance, or continuance.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

asthiti (अस्थिति).—f Extinction. Want of endurance.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Asthiti (अस्थिति).—a.

1) Not firm.

2) Having no settled boundary or limit.

-tiḥ f.

1) Want of firmness or fixity (fig. also.).

2) Want of good manners or decorum. अस्थितिः सङ्गीतमुरजध्वनीनाम् (asthitiḥ saṅgītamurajadhvanīnām) K.

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Āsthiti (आस्थिति).—Condition.

Derivable forms: āsthitiḥ (आस्थितिः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Āsthiti (आस्थिति).—(f.; not recorded, but see below), perseverance, persistence: in °ti-kriyā, acting with…, Mahāvyutpatti 1797; = Pali aṭṭhita-kiriyatā, id. (Critical Pali Dictionary), which would be *āsthita- kriyatā. See s.v. asthīkṛtya.

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

Asthiti (अस्थिति).—f.

(-tiḥ) Want of place or condition, want of firm continuance. E. a neg. sthiti staying.

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

Asthiti (अस्थिति):—[=a-sthiti] [from a-sthāna] f. want of order, [Kādambarī]

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

Asthiti (अस्थिति):—[a-sthiti] (tiḥ) 2. f. Unsettledness.

[Sanskrit to German]

Asthiti in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Sthiti, A.

Starts with: Asthitika.

Ends with (+66): Abhinnasthiti, Aikyasthiti, Ailakasthiti, Alamkarasarasthiti, Alamkarasthiti, Aliprasthiti, Anabasthiti, Anavasthiti, Antyavasthiti, Anupasthiti, Anyatrasthiti, Apakvasthiti, Asahayakasthiti, Askhalitasthiti, Asmasthiti, Aspandanasthiti, Atmasthiti, Avasthita, Avasthiti, Avyavasthiti.

Full-text: Avasthana, Avasthan, Asthikritya, Asthitika.

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