Where does “తథాస్తు” come from?
తథాస్తు (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit तथास्तु, from Sanskrit अस्तु, from Sanskrit अस्ति, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hásti, from Sanskrit हस्तिन्, from Sanskrit हस्त, from Proto-Indo-Aryan źʰástas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰástas — hand; take, give in exchange.
తథాస్తు (Telugu): so be it
Definitions
- so be it
Ancestry of “తథాస్తు”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | तथास्तु | so be it, let it be done |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अस्तु | let it be, be it so, okay |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अस्ति | to be; to live; to exist, be present |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hásti | to be |
| 5 | Sanskrit | हस्तिन् | an elephant |
| 6 | Sanskrit | हस्त | the hand; an elephant's trunk; the forearm |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | źʰástas | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ʰástas | hand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰés-to- | hand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰes- | hand; take, give in exchange |