Asit

Asit meaning

Asit (असित) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, अ, it is a Mesh rashi name (Krittika nakshatra) in the North Indian table.

Dark-coloured, black; name of a Vedic seer

Also used to mean: black, dark, unbounded

Asit (असित) is Sanskrit asita, "dark-coloured, black", the opposite of sita, "white". Monier-Williams also lists it as a name for the planet Saturn and for several ancient figures, chief among them the seer Asita, also called Asita Devala, to whom a group of hymns in the ninth book of the Rig Veda is attributed. A separate word, a-sita, means "unbound", which is why some name lists give Asit as "unbounded". As with Krishna and Shyam, a name meaning "dark" has long been given to boys with pride.

Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 120 · entry asita · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Monier-Williams, asita, p. 120

Famous namesakes

• Asita Devala, Vedic seer

Fits your syllable

First sound अ

Krittika nakshatra, pada 1 · Mesh rashi

North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.

Spellings

Asit · Asita

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