*Asati (& Asanāti q. v.) [Sk. aśnāti, aś to partake of, to eat or drink cp. aŋśa share, part] to eat; imper. asnātu J v 376; fut. asissāmi Th 1, 223; Sn 970. -- ppr. med. asamāna J v.59; Sn 239. ger. asitvā Miln 167; & asitvāna J iv.371 (an˚). pp. asita (q. v.). See also the spurious forms asmiye & añhati (añhamāna Sn 240), also āsita1.