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).

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Participle

आसत् • (ā́sat) (Vedic)

  1. alternative form of असत् (ásat); not existing, not true, unreal, false
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.104.13:
      हन्ति॒ रक्षो॒ हन्त्य् आस॒द् वद॑न्तम् उ॒भाव् इन्द्र॑स्य॒ प्रसि॑तौ शयाते ॥
      hánti rákṣo hánty ā́sad vádantam ubhā́v índrasya prásitau śayāte.
      He slays the demon and him who speaks untrue things: both lie entangled in the noose of Indra.

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