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Borrowed from Sanskrit अस्तव्यस्त (astavyasta). Equivalent to अस्त (ast, “thrown (here)”) + व्यस्त (vyast, “thrown (there)”).
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /əst̪.ʋjəst̪/, [ɐst̪.wjɐst̪]
अस्तव्यस्त • (astvyast) (indeclinable)
- chaotic, disturbed, scattered here-and-there