आस्तिक-नास्तिक āstik-nāstik

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

āstik and nāstik, faithful and unfaithful, having or not the religious disposition taught by God in the murlī.

Usual translation

  1. theist and atheist
  2. atheist or theist

Origin of the definition

आस्तिक āstik (sanskrit)

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.

नास्तिक nāstik (sanskrit)

'Saying (or one who says) nāsti, "it is notʼ"; denying, atheistical, unbelieving.
One who denies the authority of the Vedas, or who expresses doubts as to the authenticity of the Purāṇas.
One who denies a future state.
An atheist, unbeliever, infidel.
(Bābā) Not having the religious disposition taught by God in the murlī: human beings in the copper and iron ages.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

4 occurrences

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Created
Monday 15 May 2023
Updated
Tuesday 9 July 2024