asTi n. [ asyate as-kaTin Uṇ. 3. 154 ] 1 A bone (changed to asTa at the end of certain compounds; cf. anasTa, puruzAsTa ). 2 The kernel or stone of a fruit; na kArpAsAsTi na tuzAn Ms. 4. 78. [ cf. L. os ; Gr. osteon ; Zend. asta ; Pers. astah ] Comp. — kft, -tejas, -saMBavaH, -sAraH , — snehaH marrow; Māl. 5. 18. — CalitaM a particular fracture of the bone; ( pArSvayorasTihInodgataM ). — jaH 1 marrow. 2 thunderbolt. — tuMqaH [ asTIva kaWinaM tuMqamasya ] 1 a kind of bird whose mouth or beak is as hard as a bone. 2 a bird. — todaH pain in the bones. — tvac f. periosteum. — Danvan m. N. of Śiva. — paMjaraH ‘a cage of bones’, a skeleton. — prakzepaH throwing the bones of the dead into the Ganges or any holy waters. — BakzaH, -Buk ‘an eater of bones’, a dog. — BaMgaH fracture of the bones. — BUyas ( pb ) a. consisting chiefly of bones, dried up. — BedaH 1 fracturing or breaking a bone. 2 a sort of bone. — BedakaH a bone-breaker. — mAlA 1 a string or wreath of bones. 2 a row of bones. — mAlin m. N. of Śiva. — yuj m. [ asTi yunakti ] a kind of tree ( hastiSuMqAvfkza ). — yogaH the joining of a broken limb. — vigraha a. reduced to a skeleton. — (haH) N. of BfMginM , Śiva's attendant. — SfMKalA , — saMhAraH, -saMhArikA N. of the plant Heliotropium Indicum ( graMTimatIvfkza ). — Seza a. [ asTimAtraM Sezo'sya ] very lean, reduced to a skeleton. — SozaH dryness and decay of the bones. — saMhArakaH 1 bone-seizer. 2 the adjutant bird. — saMcayaH 1 collecting the bones or their ashes after burning a corpse. 2 a heap of bones. — saMDiH 1 a joint, an articulation. 2 uniting a broken bone. — samarpaRaM throwing the bones of the dead body into the Ganges or holy waters. — sTURaH ‘having the bones for its pillars’, the body. — sraMsa a. Ved. causing the bones to fall asunder.