Astika mf( I )n. ( fr. asti , ‘there is or exists’, Pāṇ. iv, 4, 60 ), one who believes in the existence (of God, of another world, &c.)
Astika a. ( kI f. ) [ asti paralokaH iti matiryasya, Wak ] 1 One who believes in God and another world; yannAstyeva tadasti vastviti mfzA jalpadBirevAstikEH Prab. 2. 2 A believer in sacred tradition. 3 Pious, faithful, believing; AstikaH SraddaDAnaSca Y. 1. 268. — kaH or AstIkaH N. of a Muni.