Asat
From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
By Jit Majumdar
- not true; unreal; not genuine
- false; fake; illusory; dishonest
- in Hindu philosophies, the quality or state of ‘non-being’ or ‘non-essential’, the negation of all existence.
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