आस्तिक (āstika) is a Sanskrit word meaning believing in the existence of God or another world, pious, faithful, astika, a believer in sacred tradition, God, or another world, name of a sage or saint, one who believes in God and another world. Its 14 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Believer in God/afterlife/tradition (theist/orthodox), Believing, pious, faithful (general quality), Name of the sage Āstīka.
Etymology
E. अस्ति who is, and वुञ् affix; from an expression of his father, (he is in the womb,) pronouncing his conception to have taken place before there were any external indications of it. mfn. ( -कः-की-कं ) A believer, pious, faithful
Believer in God/afterlife/tradition (theist/orthodox)
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believing in the existence of God or another world
(H1) [Printed book page 161,1] आस्तिक (āstika)mf(ई (ī))n. (fr.अस्ति (asti), ‘there is or exists’, Pāṇini (Author) iv, 4, 60), one who believes in the existence (of God, of another world, &c.) [ID=28119]
आस्तिक (āstika) [Printed book page 0269-c] आस्तिक (āstika)a. (की (kī)f.) [अस्ति परलोकः (asti paralokaḥ)इति मतिर्यस्य, ठक् (iti matiryasya, ṭhak)] 1 One who believes in God and another world; यन्नास्त्येव (yannāstyeva)तदस्ति वस्त्विति मृषा जल्पद्भिरेवास्तिकैः (tadasti vastviti mṛṣā jalpadbhirevāstikaiḥ)Prabodhacandrodaya (Bombay) 2.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A believer in sacred tradition.
आस्तिक (āstika) [Printed book page 0269-c] आस्तिक (āstika)a. (की (kī)f.) [अस्ति परलोकः (asti paralokaḥ)इति मतिर्यस्य, ठक् (iti matiryasya, ṭhak)] 2 A believer in sacred tradition.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The name of a saint.
2. A believer, pious, or faithful.
आस्तिक (āstika) [Printed book page 127] आस्तिक (āstika) m. (-कः (-kaḥ)) The name of a Muni or saint.
E. अस्ति (asti) who is, and वुञ् (vuñ) affix; from an expression of his father, (he is in the womb,) pronouncing his conception to have taken place before there were any external indications of it. mfn. (-कः (-kaḥ)-की-कं (-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ)) A believer, pious, faithful.
E. अस्ति (asti) as before, saying that there is a GOD, &c. in opposition to the नास्तिक (nāstika) an atheist, and ठक् (ṭhak) aff.
[ID=6075]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The name of a sage.
2. A believer in God or a deist.
आस्तिक (āstika) [Printed book page 103-a] आस्तिक (āstika)(कः) ((kaḥ)) 1. m. The name of a Muni; a believer in God; a deist. [ID=5455]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Believing in God and another world. 2. Pious and faithful.
आस्तिक (āstika) [Printed book page 113-27] आस्तिक (āstika)a. (f. की (kī)) 1. One who believes in God and another world; 2. believing, pious, faithful, आस्तिक (āstika)ः श्रद्धधानश्च (āstikaḥ śraddhadhānaśca)Yaj. i.268. [ID=5632]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The name of a saint.
2. A believer, pious, or faithful.
आस्तिक (āstika) [Printed book page 104-a] आस्तिक (āstika)
m. (-कः (-kaḥ)) The name of a Muni or saint.
E. अस्ति (asti) who is and वुञ् (vuñ) affix; from an expression of his father, (he is in the womb,) pronouncing his conception to have taken place before there were any external indications of it.
mfn. (-कः (-kaḥ)-की-कं (-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ)) A believer, pious, faithful.
E. अस्ति (asti) as before, saying that there is a God, &c. in opposition to the नास्तिक (nāstika) an atheist, and ठक् (ṭhak) aff.
[ID=6073]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A believer, religious, or pious
आस्तिक (āstika) [Printed book page 0093-b] आस्तिक (āstika)āstika,i. e.asti, third ps. of
the pres. of 1. as, + ika,m. A believer,
religious, pious, Rām. 2, 109, 37.
[ID=1808]
— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A believer in sacred tradition, God, or another world.
2. Pious, faithful, or believing.
3. Name of a sage or saint.
आस्तिक (āstika) [Printed book page 0135-c] आस्तिक (āstika)āstika, as, ī, am (fr. asti, 3rd pers. sing. of rt. 1. as), a believer in sacred tradition; one who believes in God and another world; believing, pious, faithful; (as), m., N. of a Muni or saint, more correctly written āstīka, q. v. —Āstika-tā, f. or āstika-tva, am, n. belief in God. [ID=9685]
