# अस्मिता (asmitā)

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अस्मिता (asmitā) is a Sanskrit word meaning egoism, egotism.

- **SLP1:** `asmitA`  **IAST:** asmitā  **Devanagari:** अस्मिता
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/asmita/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Egotism / Sense of I-ness (4 definitions)
- egoism  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 123,2] अस्मि (asmi) — ता (—tā) f. egoism, Yoga-sūtra (Title) Comm. on Śiśupāla-vadha (Title) iv, 55, &c. [ ID=21522 ]
- Egotism  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अस्मिता (asmitā) [Printed book page 0216-c ] अस्मिता (asmitā) Egotism; दृग्दर्शनशक्त्योरेकात्मतेवास्मिता (dṛgdarśanaśaktyorekātmatevāsmitā) Patañjali Sūtra (Work). [ ID=5640 ]
- Egotism  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अस्मिता (asmitā) [Printed book page 089-14 ] अस्मिता (asmitā) f. Egotism. [ ID=4547 ]
- egotism  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > अस्मिता (asmitā) [Printed book page 0108-b ] अस्मिता (asmitā) asmi-tā, f. (abstract noun formed fr. asmi, 1st pers. sing. pres. of 1. as, ‘I am’), egotism. [ ID=7687 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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