आस्तिक āstik

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · adj.

Earlier definition

Definition

Religious, pious, devout, faithful.
A theist, a believer in a deity, future state, &c.
(Bābā) Having the religious disposition taught by God in the murlī: the deities in the golden and silver ages, the brāhmaṇ.

Usual translation

  1. theist

Origin of the definition

आस्तिक āstika a:stik (nm) a theist; (a) devout, having a religious disposition; ~ता theism, devoutness.

S آستك आस्तिक āstik, adj. & s.m. Religious, pious, devout; faithful; — a believer in a deity, future state, &c.

आस्तिक āstik. One who realizes God in a true sense.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

182 occurrences

In 94 on 2386 murlis

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Avyakts

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In 6 on 1112 murlis

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Created
Thursday 17 June 2021
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Tuesday 9 July 2024