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→Definition and meaning of term "Asthi"
=== Etymology and derivation ===
=== Etymology and derivation ===
The word Asthi is a combination of two Sanskrit words "as” and “kthin”. They together give the meaning “stability”. It denotes a bone or the kernel of a fruit.
The word Asthi is a combination of two Sanskrit words "as” and “kthin”. They together give the meaning “stability”.<ref>Jha Srujan. Shabdakalpadruma online application</ref> It denotes a bone or the kernel of a fruit.<ref>Monier Williams (1899), “अस्थि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary,new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 122.</ref>
=== Definition ===
=== Definition ===