The corpus record — Sanskrit

āsīta

octo

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Where it lives

Bhagavad Gita 4 · 4.66/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 33 · 4.36/10k
Aitareya Upanisad 2 · 4.13/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 11 · 2.35/10k
Taittiriya Upanisad 1 · 1.89/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. َسِتِ-

asiti- f. achtzig (RV +). - Mi., ni., Tu 911 (mit Fortsetzern von #q55°, *ais°), TuAdd 911. - Mit asta- zu verbinden. Sicher steht nur, daß as° (vor -i-) und as° (vor -t-) als idg. *ok® bzw. *hek° ‘octo’ ursprungsgleich sind. Versuchen, in asiti- einen hohen Archaismus zu sehen (z.B. Hüb, IF Anzeiger !1 [1900) 46 Anm. 1: idg. *öklati- neben enklit *ok’atö > asta usw., AiGr IH 370), steht in der neueren Literatur die … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. asiti-, p. 192]

2. aśita

aśita mf(ā)n. eaten, AV. xii, 5, 37 and 38 ; ŚBr. i

3. َسِتَ

2. asita mf(ā; Ved. asiknī)n. (sita, ‘white’, appears to have been formed from this word, which is probably original, and not a compound of a and sita; cf. asura and sura), dark-coloured, black, RV. &c.

4. āśita

āśita mfn. ( p.p. of the Caus. of √ 2. aś) fed, boarded, satiated, RV. ; KātyŚr. ; HirGṛ. ; R. &c.

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