āśā आशा ā-śā́ f. wish, desire, hope, expectation, prospect, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.]; [R.]; [Śak.]; [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.] &c. Hope personified as the wife of a Vasu, [Hariv.] as the daughter-in-law of Manas, [Prab.] (for 2. ā́śā See s.v.) ā́śā f. (√ 1. aś; for 1. āśā́ See ā-√ śaṃs), space, region, quarter of the heavens, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [R.]; [MBh.]; [Ragh.] &c. āśās आशास् ā-√ śās Ā. -śāste (aor. 1. pl. ā́-śiṣāmahi, [RV. viii, 24, 1]) to desire, wish, ask, pray for; to hope, expect, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.]; [BhP.]; [MBh.] &c.; to instruct, order, command, [Kathās.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to subdue, [RV. ii, 28, 9] [ā́-śādhi = ‘anuśiṣṭān kuru’, [Sāy.]] āśāḍha आशाढ = āṣāḍha, q.v., [L.] āśāśa आशाश ā—°śāśa mfn. filling the regions, of the sky, [Śiś.] āśāra आशार ā-śāra m. (√ śri), shelter, refuge. āśāsti आशास्ति ā-śāsti f. a prayer, [Mcar.] āśāsya आशास्य ā-śāsya mfn. to be wished, desirable Comm. on [Kum.]; [Mālav.] ā-śāsya n. wish, benediction, [Ragh.] āśāvat आशावत् ā-śā—vat mfn. hoping, having hope, trusting, [Hit.]; [Mn.]; [Suśr.] āśāgaja आशागज āśā—gaja m. elephant of the quarter (one of the supposed four [or eight] mythical elephants which support the world, standing in the quarters [and intermediate points] of the compass), [R.] āśāhīna आशाहीन ā-śā—hīna mfn. one who has lost all hope, desponding, despairing. āśākṛta आशाकृत ā-śā—kṛta mfn. ‘formed into expectation’, attended with the expectation (of being gratified) or with hope of success, [R.] āśāmukha आशामुख āśā—mukha n. (= diṅ-m°), [Mṛcch.] āśāpāla आशापाल āśā—pati, m. ([Naiṣ.]) and āśā—pālá, m. guardian or lord of the regions or quarters, [AV.]; [TS.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] &c. āśāparā आशापरा āśā—parā f. N. of a goddess. āśāpati आशापति āśā—pati, m. ([Naiṣ.]) and āśā—pālá, m. guardian or lord of the regions or quarters, [AV.]; [TS.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] &c. āśāpurā आशापुरा āśā—purā f. N. of one of the 139 mothers of Gujarāt (who satisfies the hopes of wives by giving children), [RTL. 227]. āśāpura आशापुर āśā—pura n. N. of a town āśāsana आशासन ā-śāsana n. asking, praying or craving for Comm. on [Nyāyam.] āśātanā आशातना ā-śātanā f. injury, violation, [Śīl.] temptation, ib. āśāvaha आशावह ā-śā—vaha m. bringing hope N. of the sun, [MBh.] of a Vṛṣṇi, [MBh.] āśāvarī आशावरी , and āśā°varītarī, f. a partic. Rāgiṇī or musical mode, [L.] āśābhaṅga आशाभङ्ग ā-śā—bhaṅga m. disappointment. āśābandha आशाबन्ध ā-śā—bandha m. band of hope, confidence, trust, expectation a spider's web, [Megh. 10.] āśādāman आशादामन् āśā—dāman m. N. of a king. āśāditya आशादित्य āśā°ditya m. N. of a commentator. āśānvita आशान्वित ā-śā°nvita mfn. having hope. āśāraiṣin आशारैषिन् āśāraiṣín mfn. seeking shelter, [AV. iv, 15, 6.] āśāvāsas आशावासस् āśā—vāsas mfn. having the sky's regions as a garment = naked, [Bhartṛ.] āśāpālīya आशापालीय āśā—pālīya n. N. of the hymn, [AV. i, 31], [Kauś.] āśāprāpta आशाप्राप्त ā-śā—prāpta mfn. successful, possessing the object hoped for. āśāsanīya आशासनीय ā-śāsanīya mfn. to be wished or craved for Comm. on [Nyāyas.] āśāvijaya आशाविजय āśā—vijaya m. conquering the world, [Kād.] āśāsaṃśita आशासंशित āśā—saṃśita (√ śi) mfn. sharpened by the quarters of the sky, [AV. x, 5, 29.] āśāvibhinna आशाविभिन्न ā-śā—vibhinna mfn. disappointed in expectation. āśāpiśācikā आशापिशाचिका ā-śā—piśācikā f. fallacious hopes, [Pañcat.] āśāvarītarī आशावरीतरी āśāvarī, and āśā°varītarī, f. a partic. Rāgiṇī or musical mode, [L.] āśācakravāla आशाचक्रवाल āśā—cakravāla n. the whole horizon, [Kād.] āśāpuraguggulu आशापुरगुग्गुलु āśā—pura—guggulu m. a kind of bdellium, [L.] āśāpurasambhava आशापुरसम्भव āśā—pura—sambhava m. a kind of bdellium, [L.]