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.]]