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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *áHsat-, from Proto-Indo-European *ń̥-h₁sn̥t-, from *n̥- (“not, un-”) + *h₁sónts (“being, existing”).
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Participle
आसत् • (ā́sat)
- Alternative form of असत् (asat); not existing, not true, unreal, false
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 7.104.13:
- हन्ति रक्षो हन्त्य् आसद् वदन्तम् उभाव् इन्द्रस्य प्रसितौ शयाते ॥
- hanti rakṣo hanty āsad vadantam ubhāv indrasya prasitau śayāte.
- He slays the demon and him who speaks untrue things: both lie entangled in the noose of Indra.
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