# अस्तेय (asteya)

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अस्तेय (asteya) is a Sanskrit word meaning not stealing, honesty, abstaining from theft. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Not Stealing / Non-Theft, Honesty (derived from not stealing).

- **SLP1:** `asteya`  **IAST:** asteya  **Devanagari:** अस्तेय
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/asteya/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Not Stealing / Non-Theft (5 definitions)
- not stealing  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 122,2] अ - स्तेय (a-steya) n. not stealing, Manu-smṛti (Title); Yājñavalkya (Author) &c. [ ID=21310 ]
- not stealing  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अस्तेय (asteya) [Printed book page 035-2 ] अस्तेय (asteya) á-steya, n. not stealing. [ ID=3256 ]
- non-theft, honesty  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अस्तेय (asteya) [Printed book page 077-a ] अ - स्तेय (a-steya) ( यं ) ((yaṃ)) 1. n. Idem. [ ID=4087 ]
- abstaining from theft  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अस्तेय (asteya) [Printed book page 088-20 ] अस्तेय (asteya) n. The not stealing. [ ID=4495 ]
- non-theft, honesty  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अस्तेय (asteya) [Printed book page 055 ] अस्तेय (asteya) n. non-theft, honesty. [ ID=3837 ]

### Honesty (derived from not stealing) (2 definitions)
- Honesty  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अ (a) स्तेय (steya) (asteya) [Printed book page 098 ] अ (a) स्तेय (steya) (asteya) n. ( - यं (-yaṃ) ) Honesty. E. अ (a) neg. स्तेय (steya) theft. [ ID=4712 ]
- Honesty  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अ (a) स्तेय (steya) (asteya) [Printed book page 080-b ] अ (a) स्तेय (steya) (asteya) n. ( - यं (-yaṃ) ) Honesty. E. अ (a) neg. स्तेय (steya) theft. [ ID=4710 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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