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astika

astika noun: the supreme authority of the Vedas.

Noun

astika (uncountable)

  1. (Hinduism) The supreme authority of the Vedas.
    Antonyms:
    nastika
  2. (Hinduism) The existence of atman (roughly "soul").
    Antonyms:
    nastika
  3. (Hinduism) The existence of ishvara (a supreme deity).
    Antonyms:
    nastika

astika meaning in Hindi and Marathi

astika in Hindi

an astika
आस्तिक āstik

astika in Marathi

an astika
आस्तिक āstik

Antonyms of astika

Origin of astika

From Sanskrit आस्तिक (āstika, “orthodox, believing, pious, faithful”), from अस्ति (asti, “to be, exist”) + -क (-ka).

Questions about astika

What does astika mean?
Astika means the supreme authority of the Vedas.
What is astika in Hindi?
Astika in Hindi is आस्तिक (āstik). See Astika meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is astika?
Astika is a noun.

Words near astika in the dictionary

  1. astigmic
  2. astigmics
  3. astigmism
  4. astigmometer
  5. astigmometers
  6. astika
  7. astilbe
  8. astilbes
  9. astilbin
  10. Astill
  11. astin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: astika (page history and authors); आस्तिक (Hindi) (page history and authors); आस्तिक (Marathi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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