nāstika

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[apte] a. or --kaḥ [nāsti paralokasta- tsādhanamadṛṣṭaṃ tatsākṣīśvaro vā iti matirasya ṭhan] An atheist, unbeliever, one who denies the authority of the Vedas and a future life or the existence of a supreme ruler or creator of the universe; Śi. 16. 7; Ms. 2. 11; 8. 22.

[mw] &c, see under 2. n/a. 068645 538,2 106300

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a. or --kaḥ [nāsti paralokasta- tsādhanamadṛṣṭaṃ tatsākṣīśvaro vā iti matirasya ṭhan] An atheist, unbeliever, one who denies the authority of the Vedas and a future life or the...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

94

Texts Appeared In

25

Monier-Williams: nA stika &c. See under 2. na/ .

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 39 41.5%
2. Kūrmapurāṇa 8 8.5%
3. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 5 5.3%
4. Rāmāyaṇa 4 4.3%
5. Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra 4 4.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: nāstikaḥ

  draṣṭuṃ śakyam ayodhyāyāṃ nāvidvān na ca nāstikaḥ

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: nāstiko

  na nāstiko nānṛtako na kaścid abahuśrutaḥ

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: nāstikā

  nāstikā bahubhujaḥ savilāsā gītahāsamṛgayākalilolāḥ