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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
āśaआशm. (√ aś), reaching, obtaining (cf. dur°.)
m. (√ aś), food
eating, [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.] &c. (cf. prātar-āśa, sāyam-āśa, &c.; hutāśa, āśrayāśa, &c.)
āśadआशद्ā-√ śad to go, [Vop.] on [Dhātup. xx, 25.]
āśakआशक्ā-√ 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.]
āśasआशस्ā-śás f. (earlier form for 1. āśā́) wish, desire, hope (praise [[Sāy.]]), [RV.]; [AV. vii, 57, 1.]
āśaṃsआशंस्ā-√ 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.
āśaṅkआशङ्क्ā-√ 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.]
āśakaआशकmfn. eating (cf. an°.)
āśanaआशनm. (fr. aśani, g. pārśvādi, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 117]), a king of the Aśanis.
= asana, Terminalia Tomentosa, [L.]
āśaraआशरā-śara m. (√ śṝ), fire, [L.]
a Rākṣasa, [L.]
āśavaआशवSee p. 158, col. 1.
n. (g. pṛthv-ādi, [Pāṇ. v, 1, 122]) quickness, rapidity.
āśayaआशय&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.]
āśaṃsāआशंसाā-śaṃsā f. hope, expectation, desire, wish, [Pāṇ.]; [Ragh.]; [Vikr.]; [Sāh.]
āśaṃsaआशंसā-śaṃsa mfn. expecting (comp.), [Divyāv.]
āśaṃsuआशंसुā-śaṃsu mfn. wishing, hoping, desiring, [Pāṇ.]; [Kauś.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]
āśaṅkāआशङ्काā-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’)
āśaṅkaआशङ्कā-śaṅka n. (as the last word of a Tatpuruṣa compound, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 21], e.g. vacanāśaṅkam, ‘fear of speaking’, &c.)
āśaktaआशक्तā-śakta mfn. very powerful or mighty, able, [L.]
āśaktiआशक्तिā-śakti f. might, power, ability, [L.]
āśastaआशस्तā-śasta See an-ā°.
āśaṃsinआशंसिन्ā-śaṃsin mfn. ifc. announcing, promising, [R.]; [Śak.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]
āśaṅkinआशङ्किन्mfn. fearing, [R.]; [Ragh.]; [Prab.] &c.
suspecting, [Kathās.]
imagining to be, thinking, [Kād.]
doubting, hesitating.
āśaṅkyaआशङ्क्यā-śaṅkya ind.p. having suspected &c.
āśarīkaआशरीकā́-śarīka n. rheumatic pains, [AV. xix, 34, 10.]
āśasanaआशसनā-śásana n. (√ śas), cutting up (a killed animal), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]
āśayāśaआशयाशm. fire, [L.]
(v.l. for āśrayāśa, q.v.)
āśayānaआशयानā-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.])
āśayitṛआशयितृmfn. (fr. the Caus. of √ 2. aś) feeding
protecting
m. (tā) a feeder, protector.
āśaṃsanaआशंसनā-śaṃsana n. wishing for another, wishing, [Sāh.]
āśaṃsitaआशंसितā-śaṃsita mfn. hoped, expected
suspected, feared
told, announced, [R.]; [Kir.]; [BhP.]; [Ragh.]
āśaṃsitṛआशंसितृā-śaṃsitṛ mfn. one who wishes or expects, [L.]
ā-śaṃsitṛ m. one who announces, an announcer.
āśaṅkitaआशङ्कितā-śaṅkita mfn. feared, dreaded
doubted &c.
ā-śaṅkita n. fear, doubt, [Jātakam.]
āśarīramआशरीरम्ā-śarīram ind. to or as far as the body, (all things) including the body, [Kathās. xc, 18.]
āśayāgniआशयाग्निm. the fire of digestion, [Daś.]
āśayatasआशयतस्ā-śayá—tas ind. with intent, [Divyāv.]
āśaṅkanīyaआशङ्कनीयā-śaṅkanīya mfn. to be suspected or doubted
to be feared, [Vedāntas.]
questionable.
āśaṅkānvitaआशङ्कान्वितmfn. apprehensive, doubting
uncertain
afraid.
āśaṅkitavyaआशङ्कितव्यā-śaṅkitavya mfn. = ā-śaṅkanīya, q.v.