ā-√ śaṃs P. -śaṃsati (aor. 1. sg. -śaṃsiṣam, [RV. x, 44, 5]) Ā. -śaṃsate, to hope for, expect; to wish to attain, desire; to suspect, fear, [RV.]; [AV.]; [AitBr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [R.]; [MBh.]; [Kathās.]; [Śak.]; [BhP.]; [Mn.] &c.; to ask, [MBh.]; [BhP.]; to praise, extol, [BhP.]; to tell, speak, recite; to announce, [Śak.]; [Kum.]; [BhP.]; [Daś.] : Caus. (Impv. ā́-śaṃsaya, [RV. i, 29, 1] and [with [Wh. and Ro.]] [AV. xix, 64, 4]) to excite, hope for.