cl. 2. Ā. ā́ste (and ā́sate, [AV. xi, 8, 32], &c.; Impv. 2. sg. ās-sva, āsva, and āsasva; 2. pl. ādhvam; p. āsāná, āsat [[R.]], and āsīna [see below]; āsāṃ-cakre [[Pāṇ. iii, 1, 87]]; āsiṣyate; āsiṣṭa; āsitum) to sit, sit down, rest, lie, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Śak.] &c.; to be present; to exist; to inhabit, dwell in; to make one's abode in [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [MBh.] &c.; to sit quietly, abide, remain, continue, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; to cease, have an end, [Pañcat.]; [Daś.]; [Hit.] &c.; to solemnize, celebrate; to do anything without interruption; to continue doing anything; to continue in any situation; to last; (it is used in the sense of ‘continuing’, with a participle, adj., or subst., e.g. etat sāma gāyann āste, ‘he continues singing this verse’; with an indeclinable participle in tvā, ya, or am, e.g. upa-rudhya arim āsīta, ‘he should continue blockading the foe’; with an adverb, e.g. tūṣṇīm āste, ‘he continues quiet’; sukham āsva, ‘continue well’; with an inst. case, e.g. sukhenāste, ‘he continues well’; with a dat. case, e.g. āstāṃ tuṣṭaye, ‘may it be to your satisfaction’) : Caus. āsayati, to cause any one to sit down Comm. on [Pāṇ.] : Desid. Ā. āsisiṣate, [ib.];
[cf. Gk. ἧ(σ)-μαι, ἧς-ται : Lat. âsa changed to âra; â-nus for âs-nus.]
√ (ā- 2. as) P. āsyati, to throw upon, lay or put upon, [TBr.]; [Kāṭh.] : Ā. (Impv. 2. pl. ā́syadhvam) to cause to flow in, pour in [RV. x, 30, 2]; [ŚBr. i]; to put or throw on for one's self, [MaitrS.]
n. (?) mouth, face, (only in abl. and instr.) āsás (with the prep. ā), from mouth to mouth, in close proximity, [RV. vii, 99, 7]
āsā́ and āsayā́ (generally used as an adv.), before one's eyes
1. ā-√ sū, P. ā́-suvati (p. -suvāná) to excite towards ; to throw to, send off towards; to assign to, bring quickly, procure; to yield, grant, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]
ā-√ 3. su P. -sunóti, (Subj. 2. pl. -sunótā, [AV. xx, 127, 7] and ā́-sotā, [RV. ix, 108, 7]) to press out (Soma juice); to distil, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.]
ā-√ sthā P. Ā. -tiṣṭhati, -te, to stand or remain on or by; to ascend, mount; to stay near, go towards, resort to, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]; [Kum.] &c.; to act according to, follow, [R.]; [BhP.]; to undertake, perform, do, carry out, practise, use, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Hariv.]; [BhP.]; [Kathās.] &c.; to side or take part with, be of the opinion of; to maintain, affirm, [Pat.]; to acknowledge; to take care for, have regard for, [MBh.]; [Sarvad.] &c.: Caus. -sthāpayati, to cause to ascend, [Kauś.]; to cause to stay or stop; to arrest, stop, [RV.]; [Kauś.]; to fix into, put into, [AitBr.]; [BhP.]; [Kathās.]; to hurt, [RV.]; to constipate; to strengthen, [Suśr.]; to introduce, [Sāh.]
ā-sthā f. consideration, regard, care, care for (with loc., e.g. mayy āsthā, care for me), [Hit.]; [Ragh.]; [Kathās.] &c.
ā-√ sad P. -sīdati (Ved. also -sadati; Inf. -sádam and -sáde, [RV.]; pf. -sasāda; fut. -satsyati) Ā. (Ved. aor. 1. sg. -satsi and 3. sg. -sādi) to sit, sit down, sit near, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; to preside over, [RV. viii, 42, 1]; to lie in wait for, [RV. x, 85, 32]; to go to, go towards, approach; to meet with, reach, find; to encounter, attack; to commence, undertake, [AV.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]; [Kum.]; [Ragh.] &c.: Caus. -sādayati, to cause to sit down; to set down, put down, place, [RV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [BhP.] &c.; to cause, effect, [BhP.]; to approach, meet with, find, reach, obtain, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Megh.]; [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.] &c.
ā-√ sev (rarely P.) Ā. -sevati, -te, to frequent; to abide in, inhabit, dwell on [R.]; [BhP.]; [Kāvyād.]; to attend to, serve; to honour; to take the part of, side with, [BhP.] &c.; to enjoy (sexual intercourse); to indulge in, like; to perform assiduously, practise, [MBh.]; [Suśr.]; [Megh.]; [Kum.] &c.
ā-√ sṛj P. (Impv. 2. sg. ā́-sṛja) Ā. (pf. 3. pl. ā́-sasṛjire) to pour out upon, pour in [RV.]; to admit (a stallion to a mare), [RV. ix, 97, 18]; to adorn, decorate, [RV. v, 52, 6]; to carry near; to procure, [KātyŚr.]
ā-√ sic P. Ā. -siñcati, -te, to pour in, fill up, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [KātyŚr.] &c.; to pour on, be sprinkle, water, wet, [BhP.]; [Kathās.]; &c. : Caus. -secayati, to pour in or on [ĀśvGṛ.] & [ĀśvŚr.]; [Mn.]
ā-síc f. pouring in or towards
an oblation of Soma or butter (poured out towards or for the gods), [RV. ii, 37, 1] and [vii, 16, 11.]
ā-√ sru P. -sravati, to flow near or towards; to flow, stream, flow from, [BhP.]; [Sarvad.]; to spring a leak; to flow off, go off, deteriorate, [AV. v, 19, 8]; [ii, 29, 7] : Caus. -srāvayati and -sravayati, to cause to flow; to bleed, cup, [Kām.]; to impel, [Sarvad.]
āsyà mfn. belonging to the mouth or face, belonging to that part of the mouth or face, belonging to that part of the mouth which is the organ of uttering sounds or letters, [Pāṇ.]; [Siddh.], [Kāś.] &c.
ā-√ sañj P. -sajati, to fasten on, attach, fix; to fasten on one's self, put on (as dress, armour, &c.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [KātyŚr.]; [R.]; [Kum.] &c.; to fix one's self to, adhere to, [Kir. xiii, 44]; to take up, [MBh.] &c.; to take hold of, cling to, [AV.]; [MBh.]; [ŚBr.]; [BhP.] &c.: Caus. -sañjayati, to cause to attach or put or fix on [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Ragh.]; to employ, [MBh.] : Pass. -sajyate, to adhere, cohere, be attached: Desid. -sisaṅkṣati, to wish to attach, [ŚBr. i, 6, 1, 12]; [15.]
ā́sana n. (but āsaná, [ŚBr.]) sitting, sitting down, [KātyŚr.]; [Mn.]
sitting in peculiar posture according to the custom of devotees, (five or, in other places, even eighty-four postures are enumerated; see padmāsana, bhadrāsana, vajrāsana, vīrāsana, svastikāsana: the manner of sitting forming part of the eightfold observances of ascetics)
ā-sedha m. arrest, custody, legal restraint of four kinds, (kālāsedha, limitation of time; sthānāsedha, confinement to a place; pravāsāsedha, prohibition against removal or departure; karmāsedha, restriction from employment), [ib.]
ā-√ svad P. -svadati, to eat, consume, [MBh.] : Caus. -svādayati, to taste, enjoy, eat with a relish, [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]; [VarBṛ.]; [Suśr.]; [Pañcat.] &c.
ā-sphotā f. N. of several plants, viz. Jasminum Sambac ([Suśr.]), Clitoria Ternatea (of two kinds, with white and blue flowers, [Bhpr.]), Echites Frutescens, Echites Dichotoma, [L.]