'Aasti' ?

Fri Feb 23 21:33:23 UTC 2001

Martin Gansten,
Aasti is a loan - word from Telugu language(Dravidian). It denotes property.

Prof. Noorjahan Begum

>From: Martin Gansten <Martin.Gansten at TEOL.LU.SE>
>Reply-To: Indology <INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK>
>To: INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK
>Subject: 'Aasti' ?
>Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 22:08:17 +0100
>
>From my South Indian astrological texts, here is another word I haven't
>been able to find in available dictionaries: aasti. From the context, it
>would appear to be a monetary term: the native of such-and-such a horoscope
>will earn so-and-so many aasti-s, etc. Could this perhaps be a Dravidian
>loan-word? All suggestions appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Martin Gansten

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