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अस्ति
अस्ति
See also: असत्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).
Verb
अस्ति • (ásti) (class 2 present, root अस्)
- to be
- to live
- to exist, be present
- to take place, happen
- to abide, dwell, stay
- to belong to (+ genitive or dative)
- to fall to the share of. happen to any one (+ genitive)
- to be equal to (+ dative)
- to turn out, tend towards any result, prove (with dative)
- to become
- to be (i.e. used as copula, but not only with adjective, but also with adverb)
Conjugation
Present conjugation of अस्ति
present tense (gaṇa #2 / parasmaipada) | |||
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person | singular | dual | plural |
1st person | (अहम्) अस्मि ((aham) asmi) | (आवाम्) स्वः ((āvām) svaḥ) | (वयम्) समः ((vayam) samaḥ) |
2nd person | (त्वम्) असि ((tvam) asi) | (युवाम्) स्थः ((yuvām) sthaḥ) | (यूयम्) स्थ ((yūyam) stha) |
3rd person | (सः/स, तत्, सा) अस्ति ((saḥ/sa, tat, sā) asti) | (तौ, ते, ते) स्तः ((tau, te, te) staḥ) | (ते, तानि, ताः) सन्ति ((te, tāni, tāḥ) santi) |
References
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 122