1 asti , (there, it) is : ( 1 ) alone or with nāma, in strong asseverations: Mv ii.145.15 (also 18, etc. ), in response to a question, I hope you donʼt see any bodily affliction , etc. : asti tāta śarīre pratipīḍāṃ paśyāmi, I do indeed (I certainly do) see affliction in the body! etc. ; iii.440.7 (without preceding question) asti nāma tvaṃ mohapuruṣo, you are most certainly a man of delusion! ; (in response to a question, as in Mv ii.145.15 ) Jm 17.12 asti deva kiṃcid aham api … samanusmarāmi, O yes indeed, my lord, I too have some remembrance … ! ; Mv i.346.20 and 347.8 [Page085-a] (and i.346.13 where text erroneously api for asti) asti nāma tvaṃ … adinnam anyātakaṃ śālim ādiyasi, you most certainly are taking … ! ; ( 2 ) in Divy 424.27 asti khalu me (printed as a complete sentence): ?perhaps I have it! = I know what I have to do! (followed by: pūrvaṃ rājño 'śokasya gṛhadvāram anuprāptaḥ); ( 3 ) as prior member of noun cpds. ( Pali also atthi-dhamma, -bhāva, and natthi°): asti-dharma, m. , condition of being , and asti-nāsti-bhāva, condition of being and not being : LV 393.7 ( vs ) na ca punar iha kaścid astidharmaḥ, so 'pi na vidyati yasya nāstibhāvāḥ, (8) … tasya na bhot' iha asti-nāsti-bhāvāḥ.
2 asti , noun ( f. ?), property, goods , only in comp. with parityāga or °gin: Gv 332.21 sarvāstiparityāgatayā, by the process of giving away all property (to beggars); 333.24 sarvāstiparityāgī; 540.6 saṛvāstiparityāgena.
1. asti ind. (3. sg. pr. √ 1. as ; g. cA di and svar-Adi , q.v. ) sometimes used as a mere particle at the beginning of fables, Pañcat. ; Kathās.
asti ind. [ as-Satip ] 1 Being, existent, present; as in astikzIrA , °kAya . 2 Often used at the commencement of a tale or narrative in the sense of ‘so it is’, ‘there’, or merely as an expletive; asti siMhaH prativasati sma Pt. 4 ; astyatra nagare… trayaH puruzA devasya SriyaM na sahaMte Mu. 1 , 5 ; asti pUrvamahaM vyomacArI vidyADaro'Bavam Ks. 22. 56 , 1. 27 ; asti tatraBavAn vfzalaM yAjayizyati P. III. 3. 146 is it that &c. — stiH f. N. of a sister of Prāpti, daughter of Jarāsaṃdha and wife of Kaṃsa. Comp. — kAyaH [ asti kAyaH svarUpaM yasya ] a category or predicament (with the Jainas); these categories are 5: — jIva°, pudgala°, Darma° , aDarma° , and AkASa° . — kzIra a. [ asti kzIraM yasya P. II. 2. 24 Vārt. ] having milk. — nAsti ind. doubtful, partly true and partly not; °tvaM , tA doubtful or partial existence.