'Aasti' ?

Martin Gansten Martin.Gansten at TEOL.LU.SE
Sat Feb 24 10:37:45 UTC 2001


>>tatprabhumuulaat ayutadvaya-aastilaabhavaan 'on account of his master, he
>>earns twenty thousand aasti-s.')
>
>How about: 'from his master, he comes to own [lit. becomes the possessor
>of] a property of twenty thousand [currency units understood].'

You're right; that could be it. Thank you. The meaning 'property' is
supported by another passage which I just came across in the same text:
g.rhak.setraadi-aastiv.rddhiz ca saukhya.m ca phala.m bhavet.

Best,
Martin Gansten





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