āśa आश m. (√ aś), reaching, obtaining (cf. dur°.) m. (√ aś), food eating, [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.] &c. (cf. prātar-āśa, sāyam-āśa, &c.; hutāśa, āśrayāśa, &c.) āśad आशद् ā-√ śad to go, [Vop.] on [Dhātup. xx, 25.] āśak आशक् ā-√ śak P. (only [RV.]; aor. Subj. ā́-śakat, [viii, 32, 12]; pf. 3. pl. ā́-śekus, [x, 88, 17], &c.) to stimulate; to bring near, invite; to aid, help; to give a share of, let partake: Desid. Ā. -śikṣate, to let partake; to give, bestow, confer, [RV.] & [TBr.] āśas आशस् ā-śás f. (earlier form for 1. āśā́) wish, desire, hope (praise [[Sāy.]]), [RV.]; [AV. vii, 57, 1.] āśaṃs आशंस् ā-√ śaṃs P. -śaṃsati (aor. 1. sg. -śaṃsiṣam, [RV. x, 44, 5]) Ā. -śaṃsate, to hope for, expect; to wish to attain, desire; to suspect, fear, [RV.]; [AV.]; [AitBr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [R.]; [MBh.]; [Kathās.]; [Śak.]; [BhP.]; [Mn.] &c.; to ask, [MBh.]; [BhP.]; to praise, extol, [BhP.]; to tell, speak, recite; to announce, [Śak.]; [Kum.]; [BhP.]; [Daś.] : Caus. (Impv. ā́-śaṃsaya, [RV. i, 29, 1] and [with [Wh. and Ro.]] [AV. xix, 64, 4]) to excite, hope for. āśaṅk आशङ्क् ā-√ śaṅk Ā. -śaṅkate (seldom P. -saṅkati) to suspect, fear, doubt, hesitate, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Kathās.]; [Hit.] &c.; to expect, suppose, conjecture, think, imagine, [Ragh.]; [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.] &c.; (in grammatical and philosophical discussions) to object, state a possible objection ; to mistrust, [Bhaṭṭ.] āśaka आशक mfn. eating (cf. an°.) āśana आशन m. (fr. aśani, g. pārśvādi, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 117]), a king of the Aśanis. = asana, Terminalia Tomentosa, [L.] āśara आशर ā-śara m. (√ śṝ), fire, [L.] a Rākṣasa, [L.] āśava आशव See p. 158, col. 1. n. (g. pṛthv-ādi, [Pāṇ. v, 1, 122]) quickness, rapidity. āśaya आशय &c. See 3. ā-√ śī. ā-śayá m. resting-place, bed, [ŚBr.] seat, place an asylum, abode or retreat, [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [Pañcat.]; [Bhag.] &c. a receptacle any recipient any vessel of the body (e.g. raktāśaya, ‘the receptacle of blood’ i.e. the heart; āmāśaya, the stomach &c.), [Suśr.] the stomach the abdomen, [Suśr.] the seat of feelings and thoughts, the mind, heart, soul, [Yājñ.]; [R.]; [Kathās.] &c. thought, meaning, intention, [Prab.]; [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.] disposition of mind, mode of thinking (in Yoga phil.) ‘stock’ or ‘the balance of the fruits of previous works, which lie stored up in the mind in the form of mental deposits of merit or demerit, until they ripen in the individual soul's own experience into rank, years, and enjoyment’ ([Cowell]'s translation of [Sarvad. 168, 16 ff.]) the will pleasure virtue vice fate fortune property a miser, niggard, [L.] N. of the plant Artocarpus Integrifolia, [L.] āśaṃsā आशंसा ā-śaṃsā f. hope, expectation, desire, wish, [Pāṇ.]; [Ragh.]; [Vikr.]; [Sāh.] āśaṃsa आशंस ā-śaṃsa mfn. expecting (comp.), [Divyāv.] āśaṃsu आशंसु ā-śaṃsu mfn. wishing, hoping, desiring, [Pāṇ.]; [Kauś.]; [Bhaṭṭ.] āśaṅkā आशङ्का ā-śaṅkā f. fear, apprehension doubt, uncertainty distrust, suspicion danger objection, [Kathās.]; [R.]; [Śiś.] &c. (often ifc., e.g. vigatāśaṅka mfn. ‘fearless; doubtless’; baddhāśaṅka mfn. ‘filled with anxiety’) āśaṅka आशङ्क ā-śaṅka n. (as the last word of a Tatpuruṣa compound, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 21], e.g. vacanāśaṅkam, ‘fear of speaking’, &c.) āśakta आशक्त ā-śakta mfn. very powerful or mighty, able, [L.] āśakti आशक्ति ā-śakti f. might, power, ability, [L.] āśasta आशस्त ā-śasta See an-ā°. āśaṃsin आशंसिन् ā-śaṃsin mfn. ifc. announcing, promising, [R.]; [Śak.]; [ĀśvGṛ.] āśaṅkin आशङ्किन् mfn. fearing, [R.]; [Ragh.]; [Prab.] &c. suspecting, [Kathās.] imagining to be, thinking, [Kād.] doubting, hesitating. āśaṅkya आशङ्क्य ā-śaṅkya ind.p. having suspected &c. āśarīka आशरीक ā́-śarīka n. rheumatic pains, [AV. xix, 34, 10.] āśasana आशसन ā-śásana n. (√ śas), cutting up (a killed animal), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] āśayāśa आशयाश m. fire, [L.] (v.l. for āśrayāśa, q.v.) āśayāna आशयान ā-śáyāna mfn. lying round, surrounding, [RV. i, 21, 11], &c. (said of Vṛtra, who surrounds the water = ὠκεανός; see [Kaegi, Der Ṛgveda, p. 177, l. 28 ff.]) āśayitṛ आशयितृ mfn. (fr. the Caus. of √ 2. aś) feeding protecting m. (tā) a feeder, protector. āśaṃsana आशंसन ā-śaṃsana n. wishing for another, wishing, [Sāh.] āśaṃsita आशंसित ā-śaṃsita mfn. hoped, expected suspected, feared told, announced, [R.]; [Kir.]; [BhP.]; [Ragh.] āśaṃsitṛ आशंसितृ ā-śaṃsitṛ mfn. one who wishes or expects, [L.] ā-śaṃsitṛ m. one who announces, an announcer. āśaṅkita आशङ्कित ā-śaṅkita mfn. feared, dreaded doubted &c. ā-śaṅkita n. fear, doubt, [Jātakam.] āśarīram आशरीरम् ā-śarīram ind. to or as far as the body, (all things) including the body, [Kathās. xc, 18.] āśayāgni आशयाग्नि m. the fire of digestion, [Daś.] āśayatas आशयतस् ā-śayá—tas ind. with intent, [Divyāv.] āśaṅkanīya आशङ्कनीय ā-śaṅkanīya mfn. to be suspected or doubted to be feared, [Vedāntas.] questionable. āśaṅkānvita आशङ्कान्वित mfn. apprehensive, doubting uncertain afraid. āśaṅkitavya आशङ्कितव्य ā-śaṅkitavya mfn. = ā-śaṅkanīya, q.v.