search `asti' in `Apte Dic'
meanings of "asti" [1]
ind.
1.being;
2.often used at the commencement of a tale or narrative in the sense of 'so it is', 'there', or merely as an expletive
#08252
meanings of "asti" [2]
f.{i-stem}
1.name of a sister of praapti, daughter of jaraasandha and wife of kaMsa
#08253