Usually means: Believes in authority of Vedas.
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  1. Astika: Wordnik
  2. astika: Wiktionary
  3. Astika (Hinduism), Astika (beer), Astika (disambiguation), Astika (mythology), Astika: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (astika)

noun:  (Hinduism) A philosophical school or individual accepting certain tenets fundamental to Hinduism, by various definitions:
noun:  The supreme authority of the Vedas.
noun:  The existence of atman (roughly "soul").
noun:  The existence of ishvara (a supreme deity).

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