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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āstikatā (आस्तिकता).—

1) Belief in God and another world; आस्तिक्यशुद्धमवतः प्रियधर्म धर्मम् (āstikyaśuddhamavataḥ priyadharma dharmam) Kirātārjunīya 18.43.

2) Piety, faith, belief; ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यम् (jñānaṃ vijñānamāstikyam) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 18.42; आस्तिक्यं श्रद्दधानता परमार्थेष्वागमार्थेषु (āstikyaṃ śraddadhānatā paramārtheṣvāgamārtheṣu) Śaṅkara.

See also (synonyms): āstikatva, āstikya.

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

Āstikatā (आस्तिकता).—f.

(-tā) Belief in God. E. āstika and tal affix; also with tva affix āstikatvaṃ.

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

Āstikatā (आस्तिकता):—[āstika-tā] (tā) 1. f. Belief in God.

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Astika, Ta.

Ends with: Nastikata.

Full-text: Astikya, Astikatva.

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