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noun
Not astika, see there for more.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hinduism, uncountable
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History
Borrowed from Sanskrit नास्तिक (nāstika, “heterodox”), from नस्ति (nasti, “to not exist”), negative of अस्ति (asti, “exists”).
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