ásu m. (√ 1. as), Ved. breath, life, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.
life of the spiritual world or departed spirits, [RV. x, 15, 1]
(in astron.) ‘respiration’, = four seconds of sidereal time or one minute of arc, [Sūryas.]
= prajñā, [Naigh.]
(in later language only ásavas) the vital breaths or airs of the body, animal life, [AV.]; [Mn. iii, 217], &c.
n. grief, [L.]
(= citta) the spirit, [L.]