आसत्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *áHsat-, from Proto-Indo-European *ń̥-h₁sn̥t-, from *n̥- (not, un-) + *h₁sónts (being, existing).

Pronunciation

Participle

आसत् • (ā́sat)

  1. alternative form of असत् (ásat); not existing, not true, unreal, false
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.104.13:
      हन्ति रक्षो हन्त्य् आसद् वदन्तम् उभाव् इन्द्रस्य प्रसितौ शयाते ॥
      hanti rakṣo hanty āsad vadantam ubhāv indrasya prasitau śayāte.
      He slays the demon and him who speaks untrue things: both lie entangled in the noose of Indra.

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