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aśअश्(in classical Sanskṛt only) Ā. aśnute (aor. 3. pl. āśiṣata, [Bhaṭṭ.]; perf. ānaśe, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 72.] Vedic forms are: aśnoti, &c.; Subj. aśnavat, &c.; aor. P. ānaṭ (2. & 3. sg., frequently in [RV.]) and Ā. aṣṭa or ā́ṣṭa, 3. pl. āśata (frequently in [RV.]) or ā́kṣiṣur [[RV. i, 163, 10]] Subj. ákṣat [[RV. x, 11, 7]] Pot. 1. pl. aśema Prec. aśyās (2. & 3. sg.) &c. Pot. Ā. 1. sg. aśīya and pl. aśīmahi, Imper. aṣṭu [[VS.]]; perf. ānaṃśa (thrice in [RV.]) or ānāśa [[RV. vi, 16, 26]] or āśa [[RV. viii, 47, 6]], 2. pl. ānaśá, 3. pl. ānaśúḥ (frequently in [RV.]) or āśuḥ [[RV. iv, 33, 4]], Ā. ānaśé, Subj. 1. pl. anaśāmahai [[RV. viii, 27, 22]], Pot. 1. sg. ānasyām, p. ānaśāná [[AV.]]; Inf. aṣṭave, [RV. iv, 30, 19]) to reach, come to, reach, come to, arrive at, get, gain, obtain, [RV.] &c.; (said of an evil, aṃhati, áṃhas, grā́hi) to visit, [RV.]; [AV. vi, 113, 1]; to master, become master of [RV.]; to offer, [RV.]; to enjoy, [MBh. xii, 12136]; to pervade, penetrate, fill, [Naigh.]; [Bhaṭṭ. ii, 30]; to accumulate, [L.] : Desid. aśiśiṣate, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 74] Intens. aśāśyate, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 22]; [Pat.]
aśnā́ti (Pot. aśnīyāt; p. aśnát (see s.v. 1. aśna); aor. Subj. aśīt, [RV. x, 87, 17]; fut. p. aśiṣyát, [ŚBr.], perf. ā́śa, [RV. i, 162, 9] and [iii, 36, 8]; perf. p. āśivas See án-āśvas s.v. án-āśaka; Pass. p. aśyámāna, [AV. xii, 5, 38]) to eat, consume (with acc. [this only in classical Sanskṛt] or gen.), [RV.] &c.; to enjoy, [Bhag. ix, 20], &c. : Caus. āśayati ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 87], Sch.; aor. āśiśat, [ib.] [i, 1, 59], Sch.) to cause to eat, feed, [Mn.]; (with double acc.; cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 52], [Kāś.]), [BhP.]; (cf. ā́śita) : Desid. áśiśiṣati ([Pāṇ. vi, 1, 2], Sch.) to wish to eat, [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.] : Intens. aśāśyate, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 22]; [Pat.]
aśamअशम्á-śam ind. ‘non-welfare’, harm, [AV. ii, 25, 1]; [ŚBr. ii.]
aśanअशन्áśan m. (connected with √ aś) [only áśnā (instr.) and áśnas, perhaps better derived from áśman, q.v., cf. [Whitney's Gr. section 425e]], stone, rock, [RV. x, 68, 8]
a stone for slinging, missile stone, [RV. ii, 30, 4] and [iv, 28, 5]
([NBD.]) the firmament, [RV. i, 164, 1]; [173, 2]; [x, 27, 15] [in the first two of these three passages the form áśnas has before been taken as nom. sg. m. fr. 1. aśna, q.v.]
aśasअशस्a-śás mfn. (√ śaṃs), not blessing or wishing well, cursing, hating, [RV. ii, 34, 9] and [iv, 4, 15.]
aśinअशिन्mfn. reaching far, lasting long, [Nir.]
See √ 1. aś.
aśmaअश्मifc. for 2. áśman, a stone, [Pāṇ. v, 4, 94.]
(in comp. for áśman).
aśnaअश्नáśna mfn. (√ 2. aś), voracious [[RV. i, 164, 1] and [173, 2]] See áśan at end
áśna (as), m. N. of a demon, [RV. ii, 14, 5]; [20, 5]; [vi, 4, 3.]
m. (cf. áśan), a stone, [RV. viii, 2, 2]
a cloud, [Naigh.]
aśniअश्निmfn. ‘eating’, only in the comp.
aśrīअश्रीf. = áśri, [ṢaḍvBr.]
a-śrī f. ill-luck (personified as a goddess), [Kathās.]
aśraअश्रifc. for áśri (q.v.) e.g. caturaśra, try-aśra, qq.vv.
for asra (a tear, blood) q.v.
aśriअश्रिáśri f. the sharp side of anything, corner, angle (of a room or house), edge (of a sword), [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]
often ifc., e.g. aṣṭāśri, trir-áśri, cátur-aśri, śatāśri, q.v. (cf. aśra);
[cf. Lat. acies, acer; Lith. assmů].
aśruअश्रुáśru n. (us m. only once, [ŚBr. vi] and once, [R.]) a tear, [RV. x, 95, 12] and [13]; [AV.] &c. with √ muc, or √ kṛ [[MBh. xii, 12491]] or √ vṛt, Caus. [[R.]] to shed tears
[supposed to stand for daśru fr. √ daṃś: cf. Gk. δάκρυ; Lat. lacryma for dacryma; Goth. tagrs; Eng. tear; Mod. Germ. Zähre].
aśvāअश्वाáśvā f. (g. ajādi, q.v.) a mare, [RV.] &c.
aśvaअश्वáśva m. (2. rarely 3 [RV.]) (√ aś, [Uṇ.]) ifc. f. a horse, stallion, [RV.] &c.
the horse (in the game of chess)
the number ‘seven’ (that being the number of the horses of the sun)
the archer (in the Zodiac), [VarBṛ.]
a particular kind of lover (horse-like in strength), [L.]
N. of a teacher (with the patron. Sāmudri), [ŚBr. xiii]
of a son of Citraka, [Hariv. 1921]
of a Dānava, [MBh. i, 2532]
[Zd. aspa; Lat. equus; Gk. ἵππος, &c.]
Nom. P. aśvati, to behave like a horse, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 11], Sch.
aśākhāअशाखाa-śākhā f. N. of a grass, [L.]
aśāyaअशायNom. Ā. (impf. aśāyata) to reach, [RV. x, 92, 1.]
Nom. Ā. See √ 1. aś.
aśīlaअशीलa-śīla mf(A)n. ill-behaved, vulgar, [MBh. xii, 4619]; [R.] &c.
a-śīla n. bad manners, depravity, [Kathās.]
aśītaअशीतa-śīta mfn. not cold, warm, hot.
mfn. ifc. ‘the eightieth’, see arvāg-aśītá.
aśītiअशीतिaśītí f. eighty, [RV. ii, 18, 6]; [AV.] &c.
aśaucaअशौचa-śauca n. (= āśauca, q.v., [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 30]) impurity, contamination, defilement (contracted by the death of a relation, or by the commission of prohibited acts, &c.), [Mn. xi, 183]
uncleanness, [Pañcat.]; [Vet.]
a-śauca See a-śuci.
aśūlāअशूलाa-śūlā f. the tree Vitex Alata, [L.]
aśaṭhaअशठa-śaṭha mf(A)n. not false, sincere, honest, [Mn. iii, 246]; [MBh. xii, 12550], &c.
aśamaअशमa-śama m. disquietude, uneasiness, [L.]
‘not resting’, in comp. with
aśanāअशनाáśanā f. = aśanāyā́, q.v., [ŚBr. xi]; [ChUp.]
aśanīअशनीf. = aśáni, the thunderbolt, [ŚBr. xi] (voc.), [R. iii, 35, 40.]
aśanaअशनmfn. reaching, reaching across, [Nir.]
áśana n. eating, [ŚBr.] &c.
food, [ŚBr.] &c. (often ifc., e.g. mūla-phalāśana mf(A)n. having roots and fruit for food, [Mn.] &c.)
See √ 1. and √ 2. aś.
for 2. asana, q.v.
aśaniअशनिaśáni f. (rarely m., [R.]; [Pāṇ.], Sch.) the thunderbolt, a flash of lightning, [RV.] &c.
the tip of a missile, [RV. x, 87, 4]
(in astronomy) a subdivision of the phenomena called Ulkās, [VarBṛS.]
a hailstone, [Kauś.]
aśáni m. one of the nine names of Rudra, [PārGṛ.]
N. of Śiva, [MBh. xiii]
aśáni (ayas), m. pl. N. of a warrior tribe, (g. parśv-ādi, q.v.)
aśataअशतá-śata n. not a full hundred, [ŚBr. iv.]
aśevaअशेवá-śeva mf(A)n. not causing pleasure, pernicious, [RV. vii, 34, 13]; [x, 53, 8.]
aśeṣaअशेषa-śeṣa mf(A)n. without remainder, entire, perfect, all
a-śeṣa m. non-remainder, [KātyŚr.]
aśṛtaअशृतá-śṛta mfn. uncooked, [ŚBr.]
aśikhaअशिखa-śikha mfn. having no topknot of hair, [L.]
aśiśuअशिशुá-śiśu mf(a/-SiSvI, but according to Pāṇ. iv, 1, 62, also Ved. a-SiSu)n. childless, without young ones, [RV. i, 120, 8] and [iii, 55, 6.]
aśikaअशिकv.l. for asika, q.v.
aśilaअशिलa-śila mfn. stoneless, [R.]
aśiraअशिरm. (√ 2. aś) ‘consumer’, fire, [L.]
the sun, [L.]
N. of a Rākṣasa and f(A). of his wife, [L.]
n. a diamond, [L.]
aśitaअशितaśitá mf(A/)n. eaten, [AV. xii, 5, 37] and [38]; [ŚBr. i]
aśitá (am), n. the place where anybody has eaten, [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 68], [Kāś.]
aśitá aśitavyà, &c. See √ 2. aś.
aśitṛअशितृaśitṛ́ m. an eater, [ŚBr. ii.]
aśivaअशिवá-śiva mf(A)n. unkind, envious, pernicious, dangerous, [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.] &c.
á-śiva m. N. of a demon causing disease, [Hariv. 9560]
á-śiva n. ill-luck, [RV. i, 116, 24]; [x, 23, 5]; [MBh.] &c.
aśmanअश्मन्m. an eater, [AV. xviii, 4, 54.]
áśman m. (once aśmán, [ŚBr. iii]), a stone, rock, [RV.] &c.
a precious stone, [RV. v, 47, 3]; [ŚBr. vi]
any instrument made of stone (as a hammer &c.), [RV.] &c.
thunderbolt, [RV.] &c.
a cloud, [Naigh.]
the firmament, [RV. v, 30, 8]; [56, 4]; [vii, 88, 2]
[cf. Zd. asman; Pers. aṣmān; Lith. akmů; Slav. kamy].
aśnatअश्नत्aśnát mfn. eating, consuming, [RV. vii, 67, 7] & [viii, 5, 31] &c.; (cf. án-aśnat.)
aśocaअशोचa-śoca mfn. ? = an-ahaṃkṛti, [L.]
aśokāअशोकाa-śokā f. N. of a medicinal plant, [L.]
a female name, (g. śubhrādi, q.v.)
N. of one of the female deities of the Jainas, [L.]
aśokaअशोकa-śoka mf(A)n. (√ śuc), not causing sorrow N.; [Lalit.]
not feeling sorrow, [Nalod.]
a-śoka m. the tree Jonesia Asoka Roxb. (a tree of moderate size belonging to the leguminous class with magnificent red flowers), [MBh.] &c.
N. of a minister of king Daśaratha, [R. i, 7, 3]
of a well-known king (in Pāṭaliputra), [MBh.]; [Buddh.] &c.
a-śoka n. the blossom of the Aśoka plant, [Vikr.], (cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 166]; [Siddh.])
quicksilver, [L.]
á-śoka mfn. (√ 3. śuc), without heat, [ŚBr. xiv.]
aśubhaअशुभa-śubha mfn. not beautiful or agreeable, disagreeable
inauspicious, [Vet.]
bad, vicious (as thought or speech), [MBh. i, 3077] seq. &c.
a-śubha m. N. of a lexicographer
á-śubha n. a shameful deed, sin, [ŚBr. ii]; [Bhag.] &c.
á-śubha m. misfortune, harm, mischief, [Suśr.]; [VarBṛS.] &c.
aśuciअशुचिa-śuci mfn. ([Pāṇ. vi, 2, 161]) impure, foul, [Mn.] &c.
aśunaअशुनá-śuna n. ([AV. xiv, 2, 16]) for śū́na ([RV. iii, 33, 13]) q.v.
aśuṣaअशुषaśúṣa mfn. (√ 2. aś), consuming, voracious, [RV.] [‘not causing to dry up, not extinguished’, [Sāy.], as if fr. √ śuṣ].
aśvinअश्विन्aśvín mfn. possessed of horses, consisting of horses, [RV.]
mounted on horseback, [MārkP.]
aśvín (ī́), m. a cavalier
horse-tamer, [RV.]
aśvín (ínā or inau), m. du. ‘the two charioteers’, N. of two divinities (who appear in the sky before the dawn in a golden carriage drawn by horses or birds; they bring treasures to men and avert misfortune and sickness; they are considered as the physicians of heaven), [RV.] &c.
a N. of the Nakṣatra presided over by the Aśvins, [VarBṛS.]
the number, ‘two’, [ib.]; [Sūryas.]
(for aśvi-sutau) the two sons of the Aśvins, viz. Nakula and Sahadeva, [MBh. v, 1816]
aśvín (í), n. (= aśva-vat n. q.v.) richness in horses, [RV. i, 53, 4.]
aśvyaअश्व्यáśvya mfn. (3, rarely 2) (g. apūpādi, q.v.) belonging to or coming from horses, [RV.]; [ŚBr. xiv]
consisting of horses, [RV.]
áśvya n. a number of horses, possession of horses, [RV.]
aśvyá as, m. (3) ‘son of Aśva’, N. of Vaśa, [RV. i, 112, 10]; [viii, 46, 21] and [33]
N. of another man, [RV. viii, 24, 14]
aśābdaअशाब्दa-śābda mfn. not based on a Vedic text, [Jaim.]
aśāmyaअशाम्यa-śāmya mfn. unappeasable, [Hariv. 4207.]
aśāntaअशान्तá-śānta mfn. unappeased, indomitable, violent, wild, [MaitrS.]; [ŚBr.]; [BhP.]
restless, unresigned, [L.]
unconsecrated, not sacred, [ŚBr.]
aśāntiअशान्तिa-śānti f. restlessness, anxiety, [L.]
non-cessation, [Suśr.]
aśāsatअशासत्a-śāsat mfn. not punishing, [Mn. ix, 254.]
aśāsyaअशास्यa-śāsyá mfn. 4. unblamable, [RV. viii, 33, 17]
not to be punished, [MBh. v, 3542.]
aśaikṣaअशैक्षa-śaikṣa m. ‘no longer a pupil’, an Arhat, [Buddh.]
aśīrṇaअशीर्णa-śīrṇa mfn. unimpaired, [L.]
aśīryaअशीर्यá-śīrya mfn. indestructible, [ŚBr. xiv.]
aśauryaअशौर्यa-śaurya n. want of heroism.
aśūdraअशूद्रá-śūdra m. not a Śūdra, [VS. xxx, 22]; [KātyŚr.]
aśūnyaअशून्यa-śūnya mf(A)n. not empty, [KātyŚr.] &c.
not vain or useless, [Rājat.]
aśaṅkaअशङ्कa-śaṅka mfn. fearless, [Hit.]
secure, certain, to be relied on [MBh. xii, 4169]
aśabdaअशब्दá-śabda mfn. soundless, [ŚBr. xiv]; [Āp.]; [TPrāt.]
not Vedic, [Jaim.]
aśaktaअशक्तa-śakta mfn. unable, incompetent (with Inf. or loc. or dat.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
aśaktiअशक्तिa-śakti f. inability, incapability.
aśakyaअशक्यa-śakya mfn. impossible, impracticable, [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.
impossible to be composed (as a book, [Mn. xii, 94]) or to be executed (as an order, [Kathās.]), not to be overcome, invincible, [R. vi, 17, 8]; [Pañcat.]
aśaninअशनिन्mfn. = aśáni-mat, q.v., [MBh. xiii, 1157.]
aśapatअशपत्á-śapat mfn. not cursing, [AV. vi, 37, 3] and [vii, 59, 1.]
aśastaअशस्तá-śasta mfn. ‘ineffable’ or ‘unwished’, [AV. vi, 45, 1.]
aśastiअशस्तिá-śasti f. not wishing well, curse, [RV. vi, 68, 6]
(generally personified) a curser, hater, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]
aśatruअशत्रुa-śatrú mfn. one who has no adversary or whom no enemy defies (especially said of Indra), [RV.]
without opposition from enemies, [RV. v, 2, 12]
a-śatrú (us), m. the moon, [L.]
a-śatrú (ú), n. condition of having no enemy, [AV. vi, 40, 2.]
aśayyaअशय्यa-śayya m. ‘having no bed’, a partic. class of ascetics, [R.]
aśeṣamअशेषम्a-śeṣam ind. entirely, wholly, [Kum. v, 82]
aśeṣasअशेषस्a-śéṣas mfn. without descendants, [RV. vii, 1, 11.]
aśṛṅgaअशृङ्गa-śṛṅga mf(I)n. without horns, [PBr.]; [Rājat.]
having no top, [L.]
aśirasअशिरस्a-śiras mfn. headless, [Mn. ix, 237.]
aśitraअशित्रn. food, [Kāṭh.] (cf. prāśitrá.)
aśiṣṭhaअशिष्ठá-śiṣṭha mfn. (superl.) ‘eating most’ (as an equivalent for aśītama), [ŚBr.]
See √ 2. aś.
aśiṣṭaअशिष्टa-śiṣṭa mfn. (√ śās), untrained, badly trained, ill-behaved, rude, [Āp.]; [MBh.] &c.
á-śiṣṭa mfn. (√ śiṣ), not left, [AV. ii, 31, 3.]
aśiṣyaअशिष्यa-śiṣya mfn. not to be taught (as a person), not deserving to, or not capable of being instructed, [MBh. v, 1009]; [Pañcat.]
(a thing) that need not be taught or which it is unnecessary to teach, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 53.]
aślāghāअश्लाघाa-ślāghā f. modesty, [Nir. iv, 10.]
aślīkaअश्लीकa-ślīka mfn. unpropitious, [Mn. iv, 206.]
a-ślīka See 2. a-śrī.
aślīlaअश्लीलa-ślīlá mfn. = a-śrīrá, q.v., [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.]
(especially said of speech) coarse, vulgar, [Kāṭh.]; [PBr.]; [MBh.] &c.
a-ślīlá (am), n. rustic language, low abuse, [Daś.]; [Sāh.] &c.
a-ślīlá See [ib.]
aśleṣāअश्लेषाa-śleṣā f. sg. pl. (= aśleṣā́, q.v.) N. of the seventh (in later times the ninth) lunar mansion (containing five stars), [MBh. xiii, 3262]; [Jyot.]; [VarBṛS.]
aśloṇaअश्लोणá-śloṇa mf(A)n. not lame, [AV.]
aśmādiअश्मादिa g. of [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 80.]
aśmajaअश्मजaśma—ja n. ‘rock-born’, bitumen, [L.]
iron, [L.] (cf. [Mn. ix, 321.])
aśmakīअश्मकीf. N. of several women, [Hariv.] &c.
aśmakaअश्मकm. (g. ṛśyādi, q.v.) N. of a son of Vasiṣṭha and Madayantī, [MBh.]; [VP.]
N. of a warrior tribe, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 173]; [R.] &c. (cf. avanty-aśmakās)
aśmarīअश्मरीf. ([Pāṇ. iv, 2, 80]), (in comp. sometimes aśmari, [Suśr.]) strangury, stone or gravel (the disease), [Suśr.] &c.
aśmatāअश्मताaśma—tā f. the state (hardness) of a stone, [Kathās.]
aśmayuअश्मयु(prob.) m. a ray of light (= mayūkha), [L.]
aśocyaअशोच्यa-śocya mfn. id., [MBh.] &c.
a-śocya n. impers. id., [Hariv. 6062.]
aśoṣyaअशोष्यa-śoṣya mfn. not to be dried up, not drying up, permanent (as a pond), [Bhag. ii, 24]; [VarBṛS.]
a-śoṣya See a-śuṣka.
aśrātaअश्रातá-śrāta mfn. uncooked, [RV. x, 179, 1.]
aśrīkaअश्रीकa-śrīka mfn. unlucky, [MBh. iii, 12261.]
aśrīraअश्रीरa-śrīrá mf(A/)n. unpleasant, ugly, [RV.]
aśrīvīअश्रीवीaśrīvī́ = asrīvī́, q.v., [MaitrS.]
aśramaअश्रमa-śramá mfn. indefatigable, [RV. vii, 69, 7]
id., [RV. vi, 21, 12]