āsa आस m. seat (in sv-āsa-sthá, q.v.), [RV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c. the lower part of the body behind, posteriors, [ChUp.] ā́sa m. (√ as), ashes, dust, [AV. ix, 8, 10]; [ŚBr.] ā́sa n. a bow, [L.] āsac आसच् ā-√ sac Ā. -sacate, to seek for, [RV. i, 136, 3], &c. āsad आसद् 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. āsan आसन् āsán n. (defective, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 63]), mouth, jaws, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [TBr.] ā-√ san P. (Impv. 2. sg. ā́-sanuhi, [AV. xiv, 2, 70]) to gain, obtain; (for 1. and āsanya See under 3. ās.) āsañj आसञ्ज् 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.] āsada आसद ā-sada m. approaching, meeting (see dur-°). āsaja आसज ā-sajá mfn. clinging to dragging (a wheel), [RV. v, 34, 6.] āsanā आसना ā́sanā (ā), f. stay, abiding, [L.] āsanī आसनी ā́sanī (ī), f. stay, abiding, sitting, [L.] a shop, a stall, [L.] a small seat, a stool, [Kauś.] āsana आसन 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) halting, stopping, encamping abiding, dwelling, [AV. xx, 127, 8]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [Hit.] &c. seat, place, stool, [KātyŚr.]; [ŚBr. xiv]; [Kum.]; [Mn.] &c. the withers of an elephant, the part where the driver sits, [L.] maintaining a post against an enemy = asana, Terminalia Tomentosa. See 2. √ ās. āsaḍa आसड m. N. of the author of a Comm. on [Megh.] (12th century A.D.). āsava आसव ā-sava m. distilling, distillation, [L.] decoction rum, spirit distilled from sugar or molasses, spirituous liquor in general juice, [MBh.]; [Suśr.]; [Vikr.]; [Prab.]; [Yājñ.] &c. the nectar or juice of a flower, [Śiś. vi, 7] the nectar or juice of the lips (of a woman), [Śāntiś.] ā-savá m. exciting, enlivening, [VS.] āsaṭa आसट m. N. of a king (also -deva),[Inscr.] āsayā आसया See 4. ās. āsaṅga आसङ्ग ā-saṅgá as, m. the act of clinging to or hooking on, association, connection, [Śak.]; [Kum.]; [BhP.] &c. attachment, devotedness, [Sāh.]; [Kathās.] &c. waylaying, [RV.]; [ŚBr.] N. of a man, [RV. viii, 1, 32]; [33] of a son of Śva-phalka, [BhP. ix, 24, 15] a cloak (see citrās°, p. 397) a sword, [L.] one of the 7 islands of Antara-dvīpa, [L.] ā-saṅgá (am), n. a kind of fragrant earth, [L.] ā-saṅgá mfn. uninterrupted, [L.] āsajya आसज्य ā-sajya ind.p. having attached one's self or clinging to, [Kir.] &c. āsakta आसक्त ā-sakta mfn. fixed or fastened to attached to, lying on or upon, [ŚBr.]; [Kum.]; [R.]; [Kathās.] &c. attached strongly to, intent on zealously following or pursuing, [MBh.]; [VarBṛ.]; [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.] &c. wound round, encircled accompanied or furnished with following directly, immediately proceeding from (acc.), [MBh.] n. darkness, [L.] āsakti आसक्ति ā-saktí f. the act of adhering or attaching one's self firmly behind placing behind waylaying, [RV.] devotedness, attachment diligence, application ā-saktí (i), ind. uninterruptedly, wholly, throughout, [ŚBr.] āsandī आसन्दी āsandī́ (ī́), f. a chair or stool (generally made of basket work), [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [TS.] &c. āsanda आसन्द m. (probably fr. √ sad), N. of Viṣṇu, [L.] āsanna आसन्न ā́-sanna mfn. seated down, set down, [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [AitBr.] near, proximate, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Ragh.]; [Megh.]; [Kathās.] &c. reached, obtained, occupied, [BhP.] ā́-sanna n. nearness, vicinity, proximity, [R.]; [Kathās.] &c. end, death, [L.] āsanya आसन्य āsanyà mfn. being in the mouth, [ŚBr. xiv, 4, 1, 8.] āsarvā आसर्वा f. N. of a queen of Kṛṣṇapa, [Inscr.] āsatti आसत्ति ā-satti f. vicinity, proximity intimate union uninterrupted sequence (of words = saṃ-nidhi, q.v.), continual succession, [Sāh.]; [Nyāyak.]; [Ragh.] &c. embarrassment perplexity, [MBh.] reaching, obtaining gain, profit, [L.] āsaṅgam आसङ्गम् ā-saṅgam (am), ind. uninterruptedly, [L.] āsaṅgin आसङ्गिन् mfn. clinging to, attached, [Kād.] āsadana आसदन ā-sadana n. sitting down a seat, [KātyŚr.] reaching, [L.] āsanīkṛ आसनीकृ āsan—°ī-√ 1. kṛ to make a seat of anything (e.g. of a lotus), [Kād.] āsanvat आसन्वत् āsan—vát mfn. having a mouth (?) showing the mouth present, [AV. vi, 12, 2.] āsapuṭa आसपुट āsa-puṭá m. (fr. 2. āsa + p°) ashes wrapped in a leaf, [TBr.] āsavitṛ आसवितृ ā-savitṛ m. exciting, exciter, [ŚBr.] āsaṃbādha आसंबाध ā-saṃbādha crowded, blocked up, [R.] āsaṃgrah आसंग्रह् ā-saṃ-√ grah (Impv. 2. sg. -sáṃgṛbhāya, [RV. viii, 81, 1]) to seize. āsaṅgima आसङ्गिम ā-saṅgima m. (in surgery) a kind of bandage, [Suśr.] āsaṅginī आसङ्गिनी f. a whirlwind, [L.] āsañjana आसञ्जन ā-sáñjana n. the act of clinging to, being hooked on [ŚBr.] adherence, fixing, fastening to, [AitBr.]; [KātyŚr.] a handle, hook, [ŚBr.] attaching (an Anubandha to an affix), [Pat.] āsañjita आसञ्जित ā-sañjita mfn. fastened on, put on. āsamāpti आसमाप्ति ā-samāpti ind. (from the beginning) to the end, [Rājat.] āsamañja आसमञ्ज m. a descendant of Asamañja, [R. i, 42, 9.] āsanastha आसनस्थ āsana—stha mfn. abiding on a seat, sitting, [Mn.]; [Ratnāv.] āsandikā आसन्दिका f. a little chair, [Kād.] āsanniṣu आसन्निषु āsánn—iṣu (āsánn-), mfn. having arrows in the mouth, [RV. i, 84, 16.] āsaptama आसप्तम ā-saptama mfn. reaching or extending to the seventh, [MuṇḍUp.]; [Yājñ.]; [R.] āsavadru आसवद्रु ā-sava—dru m. N. of the Palmyra tree Borassus Flabelliformis (its juice, on fermenting, affords a spirituous liquor, [L.]) āsaṃgatya आसंगत्य n. (fr. a-saṃgata, [Pāṇ. v, 1, 121]), non-union, non-relation. āsaṃjñika आसंज्ञिक n. unconsciousness, [Mahāvy.] āsaṃjñita आसंज्ञित ā-saṃjñita mfn. (fr. saṃ-jñā), one with whom one has agreed or concerted, [Kām.] āsaṃsāram आसंसारम् ā-saṃsāram ind. (√ sṛ), from the beginning of the world, ever, [Kathās.]; [Bhartṛ.]; [Kāvyād.] till the end of the world, for ever, [Rājat.] āsaphakhāna आसफखान āsapha-khāna m. = Āsaf Khān, [Inscr.] āsanavidhi आसनविधि āsana—vidhi m. the ceremony of offering a seat to a visitor. āsandīsad आसन्दीसद् āsandī—sád mfn. sitting on a chair, [ŚBr. xii, 8, 3, 4.] āsandīvat आसन्दीवत् āsandī—vat m. N. of a country, [Pāṇ.]; [AitBr.]; [ŚBr.] āsaktabhāva आसक्तभाव ā-sakta—bhāva mfn. having one's affection fixed on, being in love with, [Daś.] āsanabandha आसनबन्ध āsana—bandha m. the act of sitting down, [Ragh. ii, 6.] āsanapaṭṭi आसनपट्टि m. a flat seat, [KātyŚr.], Sch. āsannacara आसन्नचर ā-sanna—cara mfn. moving round about in the proximity, [Kum.] āsannakāla आसन्नकाल ā-sanna—kāla m. the hour of death ā-sanna—kāla mfn. one who has reached his time or hour (of death). āsannatara आसन्नतर ā-sanna—tara mfn. nearer āsaṅgakāṣṭha आसङ्गकाष्ठ ā-saṅga—kāṣṭha n. a peg, [Bcar. xi, 45]. āsañjanavat आसञ्जनवत् ā-sañjana—vat mfn. having a handle &c., [KātyŚr.] āsaktacetas आसक्तचेतस् ā-sakta—citta, ā-sakta—cetas, and ā-sakta—manas, mfn. having the mind deeply engaged in or fixed upon (any object), intent on, devoted to, absorbed in. āsaktacitta आसक्तचित्त ā-sakta—citta, ā-sakta—cetas, and ā-sakta—manas, mfn. having the mind deeply engaged in or fixed upon (any object), intent on, devoted to, absorbed in. āsaktamanas आसक्तमनस् ā-sakta—citta, ā-sakta—cetas, and ā-sakta—manas, mfn. having the mind deeply engaged in or fixed upon (any object), intent on, devoted to, absorbed in. āsanamantra आसनमन्त्र āsana—mantra m. a Mantra or sacred formula to be spoken at taking a seat, [T.] āsannakṣaya आसन्नक्षय ā-sanna—kṣaya mfn. one whose ruin is near. āsannayodhin आसन्नयोधिन् āsanna—yodhin mfn. (an arrow) employed in close fight, [MBh.] āsamudrāntam आसमुद्रान्तम् ā-samudrāntam ind. as far as the shore of the ocean (including it), [R.] āsannakālika आसन्नकालिक āsanna—kālika mfn. near in time, [Pāṇ. v, 4, 20], Sch. āsannataratā आसन्नतरता ā-sanna—tara—tā f. greater nearness, [Hit.] āsannavartin आसन्नवर्तिन् ā-sanna—vartin mfn. being or abiding in the neighbourhood or vicinity, [Kathās.] āsannanivāsin आसन्ननिवासिन् ā-sanna—nivāsin mfn. living in the vicinity, a neighbour, [L.] āsannaprasavā आसन्नप्रसवा ā-sanna—prasavā f. a female (of an animal) whose (time of) parturition is near or who is about to bring forth (young ones), [Hit.] āsapiṇḍakriyākarma आसपिण्डक्रियाकर्म ā-sapiṇḍa-kriyā-karma ind. till the Śrāddha or funeral ceremony of which the Sapiṇḍas (q.v.) partake, [Mn. iii, 247.]