asti (2468)

asti
Entry 2468, Page 84, Col. 2

(asti, asti<h>1)
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 don't see any bodily affliction, etc.: asti tāta śarīre pratipīḍāṃ paśyāmi, I do indeed (I cer- tainly 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+ 71] (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.