संस्‍कृतशब्‍दकोशः

Monier–Williams

आस्तिकार्थद — {āstikârtha-da} m. 'granting Āstika's request', N. of the king Janamejaya (who at the request of the sage Āstika [see {āstīka}] excepted the Nāga Takshaka from the destruction to which he had doomed the serpent-race)