असित [ asita ] [ ásita ]2 m. f. n. ( [ sita ] , " white " , appears to have been formed from this word , which is probably original , and not a compound of [ a ] and [ sita ] ; cf. [ asura ] and [ sura ] ) , dark-coloured , blackLit. RV.

[ asita ] m. the planet Saturn Lit. VarBṛS.

a poisonous animal (said to be a kind of mouse) Lit. L.

N. of the lord of darkness and magic Lit. AV. Lit. ŚBr. Lit. ĀśvŚr.

of a descendant of Kaśyapa (composer of Lit. RV. ix , 5-24) , named also Devala ( ( Lit. RAnukr. ) ) or Asita Devala ( ( Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. ) )

N. of a man (with the patron. Vārshagaṇa) Lit. ŚBr. xiv

of a son of Bharata Lit. R.

of a Ṛishi Lit. Buddh.

of a mountain Lit. MBh. iii , 8364 Lit. Kathās.

a black snake Lit. AV.

a Mantra (saving from snakes) Lit. MBh. i , 2188

[ asitā ] f. a girl attending in the women's apartments (whose hair is not whitened by age) Lit. L.

[ asita ] m. the indigo plant Lit. L.

N. of an Apsaras Lit. MBh. i , 4819 Lit. Hariv. 12472

[ asiknī ] f. " the dark one " , the night Lit. RV. iv , 17 , 15 ; x , 3 , 1

a girl attending in the women's apartments Lit. L.

N. of a wife of Daksha Lit. Hariv.

N. of the river Akesines (afterwards called Candra-bhāgā) in the Pañjāb Lit. RV. viii , 20 , 25 and ( [ asiknī́ ] ) Lit. x , 75 , 5.

[ asita ] 2 (also) the dark half of a lunar month, Lit. L.

a partic. intoxicating drink, Lit. L.