'Aasti' ?

[Srini Pichumani]

"aasti" in colloquial Tamil usage typically means the inheritance that you get
from your parents.

-Srini.

Martin Gansten wrote:

> 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