As a deity name
Name 657 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 921 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a-satī [in seven times asat and five times āsat with lengthening of the accentuated vowel] not being, not existing, unreal
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "asate" is the dative of "asat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
a-sat mf(a-satī)n. [in RV. seven times asat and five times āsat with lengthening of the accentuated vowel] not being, not existing, unreal, RV. vii, 134, 8; AV.; Up.; Kum. iv, 12
untrue, wrong, RV.
Caveats
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