AsTA 1 U. 1 To stand or remain on or by, to occupy. 2 To ascend, mount; raTaM, syaMdanaM &c. 3 To use, have recourse to, resort to, practise, take, assume, follow; yaTA yaTA hi sadvfttamAtizWaMtyanasUyakAH Ms. 10. 128 , 2. 133 , 10. 101 ; samADimAsTAya Ku. 5. 2 practising concentration of mind; svarUpaM Ku. 5. 84 assuming his own form; tanuM Mu. 7. 19 ; R. 6. 72 ; kUrmasaMkocaM Pt. 3. 21 contracting himself like a tortoise; padamAtasTuzA Ku. 6. 72 taking a place among; vrataM Ve. 3. 19 ; so strIrUpaM Pt. 3. 31 ; AsTitavizAdaDiyaH Ki. 6. 29 gloomy; Bg. 7. 20 ; K. 165 ; AsTitavizwaraH R. 15. 79 ; suhfdAsTitAyAM saBA yAM Ku. 7. 29 ; vizamagniM jalaM rajjumA sTAsye tava kAraRAt Mb. use; ciMtAmOnamivAsTitA V. 4. 38 lost in moody abstraction. 4 To do, perform, carry out. 5 To recognise, acknowledge, own. 6 To exhibit, aim at. 7 To undertake, promise, agree. 8 To behave. — Caus. 1 To cause to stand. 2 To hold fast, cling to. 3 To collect, obtain. 4 To place in, infix. 5 To show, represent, introduce; praviSya sTApakastadvatkAvyamAsTApayettataH S. D. 283 ; Mv. 1. 13. 6 To step.
AsTA [ AsTA-aN ] 1 Regard, care, respect, consideration, care for (with loc. ); martyezvAsTAparANmuKaH R. 10. 43 ; mayyapyAsTA na te cet Bh. 3. 30 ; 2. 98 ; see anAsTA also. 2 Assent, promise. 3 Prop, support, stay. 4 Hope, confidence; jayalakzmyAM babaMDAsTAM Rāj. T. 5. 245. 5 An effort. 6 State, condition. 7 An assembly. 8 A place or means of abiding.