Asha, Āsā, Āsa, Asa, Asā, Āśā, Aśa, Āśa: 28 definitions
Introduction:
Asha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Āśā and Aśa and Āśa can be transliterated into English as Asa or Asha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Aas.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Skanda-puranaĀśā (आशा, “hope”) refers to one of the fifty-six vināyakas located at Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), and forms part of a sacred pilgrimage (yātrā), described in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Skanda-purāṇa 4.2.57). He is also known as Āśāvināyaka, Āśāgaṇeśa and Āśāvighneśa. These fifty-six vināyakas are positioned at the eight cardinal points in seven concentric circles (8x7). They center around a deity named Ḍhuṇḍhirāja (or Ḍhuṇḍhi-vināyaka) positioned near the Viśvanātha temple, which lies at the heart of Kāśī, near the Gaṅges. This arrangement symbolises the interconnecting relationship of the macrocosmos, the mesocosmos and the microcosmos.
Āśā is positioned in the Southern corner of the sixth circle of the kāśī-maṇḍala. According to Rana Singh (source), his shrine is located at “Mir Ghat, Hanuman Mandir, D 3 / 79”. Worshippers of Āśā will benefit from his quality, which is defined as “the fulfiller of hopes and aspirations”. His coordinates are: Lat. 25.18575, Lon. 83.00786 (or, 25°11'08.7"N, 83°00'28.3"E) (Google maps)
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is a holy city in India and represents the personified form of the universe deluded by the Māyā of Viṣṇu. It is described as a fascinating city which is beyond the range of vision of Giriśa (Śiva) having both the power to destroy great delusion, as well as creating it.
Āśā, and the other vināyakas, are described in the Skandapurāṇa (the largest of the eighteen mahāpurāṇas). This book narrates the details and legends surrounding numerous holy pilgrimages (tīrtha-māhātmya) throughout India. It is composed of over 81,000 metrical verses with the core text dating from the before the 4th-century CE.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarAsa (अस).—Affix अस (asa) mentioned in the Nirukta in the word अवस (avasa) (अव् (av) + अस (asa)) cf. असो नामकरणः । तस्मान्नावगृह्णन्ति (aso nāmakaraṇaḥ | tasmānnāvagṛhṇanti) NirI.17.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsAsha [ಆಶ ಆಶಾ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Thespesia populnea Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa from the Malvaceae (Mallow) family having the following synonyms: Hibiscus populneus, Abelmoschus acuminatus, Hibiscus blumei. For the possible medicinal usage of asha, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (architecture)Aśa (अश) refers to an “inauspicious thing” [?], according to the Devyāmata (in the section śalyoddhāra-paṭala or “excavation of extraneous substances”).—Accordingly, “[...] If a cow [which has entered the site] urinates or drops dung, there are pieces of silver or gold [beneath the site, respectively]. If a cat urinates or drops dung, [the officiant] should prognosticate a piece of iron or an inauspicious thing (? aśam) [beneath the site,] respectively”.
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Source: archive.org: Hindu MathematicsĀśā (आशा) represents the number 10 (ten) in the “word-numeral system” (bhūtasaṃkhyā), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.—A system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 10—āśā] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the Śāstras, connote numbers.
Ganitashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, gaṇitaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesDaughter of Sakka.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara SamadhiĀsa (आस) refers to a “seat”, according to the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi [i.e., Cakrasamvara Meditation] ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “In the Mandala, an obscured Himalaya, abiding seated in lotus posture, [..] a universal vajra, half moon and sun on the head, destroying darkness, bright, destroying great fear, lord of the seat (āsa-nātha) of the flaming vajra and bell, the semen of two divinities granted, secret non-dual knowledge, clasping a woman in a natural state of emptiness, [...] a helper for crossing over together, the dreadful wilderness of saṃsāra, routing Māra, Śrī Vajrasattva, homage”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureĀśā (आशा) refers to “hopes”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, “The Bhagavān was dwelling in the great city of Vārāṇasī. Providing great benefits he was teaching the Dharma to beings, namely the producer of virtue, fulfilling all hopes and wishes (sarva-āśā-manoratha-paripūrṇa). [He was] in an assembly-gathering, with a great assembly of Nāgas lead by Takṣaka. With a great assembly of Devas and humans”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections1) Āśā (आशा) refers to “desire”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “This world totters to the limit of the world of Brahmā with the fear of the beginning of a frown, and mountains immediately fall asunder by force of [the fact that] the earth is overcome by the weight of the heavy feet, of those heroes who are all led to death by the king of time in [the space of] some days. Nevertheless, desire is intense (āśā—uddhatāśā) only in a living being who is bereft of sense”.
2) Āśā (आशा) refers to the “quarters”, according to the Jñānārṇava.—Accordingly, “Rudra, elephants of the quarters (āśā-gaja), gods, demons, aerial spirits, aquatic predators, the planets, the Vyantaras, the guardians of the quarters of the sky, the enemies [of Vāsudeva], Hari, Bala, the chief of the snakes, the lord of the discus (i.e. Viṣṇu) and others who are powerful, the wind, the sun, etc. all themselves having come together are not able to protect an embodied soul even for an instant [when death is] initiated by the servants of Yama”.
Synonyms: Diś.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryĀśā.—(IE 7-1-2), ‘ten’. Note: āśā is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Asha in Niger is the name of a plant defined with Dactyloctenium aegyptium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cynosurus aegyptius L. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Boreali-Americana (1803)
· Chloris Aetnensis (1813)
· Prodromus Plantarum Indiae Occidentalis (1825)
· Enumeratio plantarum horti regii botanici berolinensis.
· Flora Atlantica (1798)
· Fundamenta Agrostographiae (1820)
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryāsā : (f.) wish; desire; hope; longing.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAsā, see āsa. (Page 88)
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Asa, (adj.) (for asaṃ = asanto, a + santo, ppr. of as in meaning “good”) bad J. IV, 435 = VI, 235 (sataṃ vā asaṃ, Acc. sg. with v. l. santaṃ ... , expld- by sappurisaṃ vā asappurisaṃ vā C.); V, 448 (n. pl. f. asā expld. by asatiyo lāmikā C. ; cp. p. 446 V. 319). (Page 86)
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1) Āsa, 4 archaic 3rd sg. perf. of atthi to be, only in cpd. itihāsa = iti ha āsa “thus it has been”. (Page 113)
2) Āsa, 3 the adj. form of āsā (f.), wish, hope. See under āsā. (Page 113)
3) Āsa, 3 (Sk. āśa) food, only in cpd. pātarāsa morning food, breakfast Sn. 387 (pāto asitabbo ti pātar-āso piṇḍapātass’etaṃ nāmaṃ SnA 374); DhA. IV, 211; see further ref. under pātar; and pacchā-āsa aftermath S. I, 74. Can we compare BSk. āsa-pātrī (vessel) Divy 246? Der. fr. āsa is āsaka with abstr. ending āsakattaṃ “cating”, food, in nānā° various food or na + anāsak°) Sn. 249. See also nirāsa, which may be taken either as nir + *āśa or nir + *āsā. (Page 113)
4) Āsa, 1 contr. -form of aṃsa in cpd. koṭṭhāsa part. , portion etc. : see aṃsa1. Can we compare BSk. āsapātrī (see next). (Page 113)
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Āsā, (f.) (cp. Sk. āśaḥ f. ) expectation, hope, wish, longing, desire; adj. āsa (-°) longing for, anticipating, desirous of Vin. I, 255 (°avacchedika hope-destroying), 259; D. II, 206; III, 88; M. III, 138 (āsaṃ karoti); A. I, 86 (dve āsā), 107 (vigat-āso one whose longings have gone); Sn. 474, 634, 794, 864; J. I, 267, 285; V, 401; VI, 452 (°chinna = chinnāsa C.); Nd1 99, 261, 213 sq; Vv 3713 (perhaps better to be read with v. l. SS ahaṃ, cp. VvA. 172); Pug. 27 (vigat° = arahattāsāya vigatattā vigatāso Pug. A 208); Dhs. 1059 (+ āsiṃsanā etc.), 1136; PvA. 22 (chinn° disappointed), 29 (°âbhibhūta), 105; Dāvs. V, 13; Sdhp. 78, 111, 498, 609. (Page 115)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryasā (असा).—a (hā This.) Such; of this kind. 2 ad decl So, thus, in this manner. 3 It often occurs finally with the elision of अ. Ex. gōra garibāṃsa anna dyāvēṃsēṃ vāṭatēṃ parantu anukūḷa nāhīṃ; tō jātō āhē tō rāmacandrapantasā vāṭatō.
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āśā (आशा).—f (S) Hope; expectation with desire. Pr. āśā amara āhē Hope is immortal. 2 Desire; longing after. Ex. pērū pāhilē tēvhāṃ mājhī āśā tyāñjavara gēlī. 3 Fondness for; attachment to. This is a lax use. Ex. ātāṃ hyā phāṭakyā aṅgarakhyā- cī āśā kaśāsa dharatōsa ēkhādyāsa dēūna ṭāka. āśēcī nirāśā hōṇēṃ g. of s. To be disappointed.
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āsa (आस) [or आंस, āṃsa].—m (akṣa S) An axle.
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āsa (आस).—f (āśā S) Hope. v dhara, ghē, lāga. Pr. śrvāsa tōṃ āsa Dum spiro spero. Pr. āsa kā bā nirāsa kī mā In prosperity a father, in adversity a mother. 2 At top-playing. The hitting of a top within the ring: also the hit state.
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āsā (आसा) [or आसाणा, āsāṇā].—m (See asaṇā) A wild tree.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishasā (असा).—a Such. ad Thus. asātasā a So so, ordinary, insignificant. ad Some way or other.
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āśā (आशा).—f Hope; desire. Fondness for.
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āsa (आस).—f Hope.
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āsa (आस).—m An axle.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryĀśa (आश).—a. One who eats, eater (mostly as the last member of comp.); e. g. हुताश, आश्रयाश (hutāśa, āśrayāśa) &c. &c.
-śaḥ [aś-ghañ] Eating (as in prātarāśa); पिशिताशदोषः (piśitāśadoṣaḥ) Rām.5.5.8.
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Āśā (आशा).—[āsamantāt aśnute ā-aś-ac]
1) (a) Hope, expectation, prospect; तामाशां च सुरद्विषाम् (tāmāśāṃ ca suradviṣām) R.12.96; आशा हि परमं दुःखं नैराश्यं परमं सुखम् (āśā hi paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ nairāśyaṃ paramaṃ sukham) Subhāṣ.; त्वमाशे मोघाशे (tvamāśe moghāśe) Bhartṛhari 3.6; so °भग्न, °निराश (bhagna, °nirāśa) &c. (b) Wish, desire (in Bhartṛhari 3-45 āśā is compared to a river).
2) False hope or expectation.
3) Space, region, quarter of the compass, direction; अगस्त्याचरितामाशामनाशास्यजयो ययौ (agastyācaritāmāśāmanāśāsyajayo yayau) R.4.44; Kirātārjunīya 7.9; Mark also the pun on the word आशा (āśā) (a direction, a desire) in आशापूरैककर्मप्रवणनिजकरप्राणिताशेषविश्वः (āśāpūraikakarmapravaṇanijakaraprāṇitāśeṣaviśvaḥ) (sūryaḥ) Nāg.3.18.
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Āsa (आस).—[ās-ghañ]
1) A seat.
2) A bow (-sam also); स सासिः सासुसूः सासः (sa sāsiḥ sāsusūḥ sāsaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 15.5.
3) Ashes.
-sam 1 Seat or lower part of the body.
2) Proximity.
Derivable forms: āsaḥ (आसः).
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Āsā (आसा) or Āsa (आस).—(Instr. and abl. of ās) Before one's eyes, by word of mouth, personally; in close vicinity.
Derivable forms: , āsaḥ (आसः).
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Āsā (आसा).—Ved. Proximity, nearness; आसया (āsayā) near, in the presence of.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryĀśa (आश).—= aṃśa, see maitrāsa-tā.
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Āśā (आशा).—(1) name of one of four daughters of Indra: Mahāvastu ii.58.22 ff.; all four are among eight devakumārikā in the northern quarter, Mahāvastu iii.309.9 = Lalitavistara 391.4; (2) name of a [Page109-b+ 71] female lay-disciple (upāsikā): Gaṇḍavyūha 99.12 ff. In meaning 1 cer- tainly a personification of āśā hope: the other three are Śraddhā, Śrī, and Hrī, qq.v.
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Āsa (आस).—m. (only known in Vedic [compound] sv-āsa-stha), seat: Gaṇḍavyūha 474.18 (verse) śūrāṇa teṣam ayam āsu (n. sg.) sudur- jayānām, this is the seat of those heroes… Meter does not permit emendation to āvāsa, which is used in parallel lines 2, 10, etc.; other parallels vihāra; all three are virtual synonyms. Prakritic contraction of āvāsa to āsa is im- probable. For āsa = aṃśa see maitrāsa-tā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀśā (आशा).—f.
(-śā) 1. Hope, desire. 2. Length. 3. A quarter, a region. E. āṅ before aśū to expand, ac and ṭāp affs.
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Āsa (आस).—ind.
(-āḥ) An interjection, ah! oh! &c. implying. 1. Recollection. 2. Anger. 3. Menace. 4. Pain. 5. Affliction.
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Āsa (आस).—m.
(-saḥ) A bow. E. as to send or throw, affix ghañ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀśa (आश).—[-āśa], i. e. 2. aś + a, m. Eating, e. g. prātar-, m. Breakfast, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 76, 19; havya- (vb. hu) and huta- (vb. hu), m. Agni, or fire.
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Āśā (आशा).—f. I. i. e. 1. aś + a, A quarter, a region, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 22, 8. Ii. i. e. ā-śaṃs, 1. Desire, [Hitopadeśa] [distich] 105. 2. Hope, [Daśakumāracarita] 191, 5.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀśa (आश).—1. [masculine] acquiring (only —°).
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Āśa (आश).—2. [masculine] food.
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Āśā (आशा).—1. [feminine] = āśas ([with] [genetive], [locative], or —°).
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Āśā (आशा).—2. [feminine] space, region, quarter (of the sky).
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Āsa (आस).—1. [masculine] ashes, dust.
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Āsa (आस).—2. [masculine] seat, proximity; [ablative] [adverb] (from) near.
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Āśā (आशा).—help to, cause to partake of ([locative]).
Āśā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and śā (शा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Asa (अस):—[=a-sa] ([Pāṇini 6-1, 132]) not he, [Śiśupāla-vadha i, 69] (cf. a-tad.)
2) Āśa (आश):—[from āś] 1. āśa m. (√1. aś), reaching, obtaining (cf. dur.)
3) 2. āśa m. (√2. aś), food
4) eating, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra etc.] (cf. prātar-āśa, sāyam-āśa, etc.; hutāśa, āśrayāśa, etc.)
5) Āśā (आशा):—[=ā-śā] [from ā-śaṃs] 1. ā-śā f. wish, desire, hope, expectation, prospect, [Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Rāmāyaṇa; Śakuntalā; Kathāsaritsāgara; Pañcatantra] etc.
6) [v.s. ...] Hope personified as the wife of a Vasu, [Harivaṃśa]
7) [v.s. ...] as the daughter-in-law of Manas, [Prabodha-candrodaya]
8) [v.s. ...] (for 2. āśā See sub voce)
9) 2. āśā f. (√1. aś; for 1. āśā See ā-√śaṃs), space, region, quarter of the heavens, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Rāmāyaṇa; Mahābhārata; Raghuvaṃśa etc.]
10) Āsa (आस):—[from ās] 1. āsa m. seat (in sv-āsa-stha q.v.), [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.
11) [v.s. ...] the lower part of the body behind, posteriors, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad]
12) 2. āsa m. (√2. as), ashes, dust, [Atharva-veda ix, 8, 10; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
13) n. a bow, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Āśā (आशा):—(śā) 1. f. Hope; side.
2) Āsa (आस):—(saḥ) 1. m. A bow.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Āśa (आश) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Āsa, Āsā.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Āśā (आशा):—(nf) hope; ~[janaka] hopeful; promising; ~[hīna] disgusted, disappointed, hopeless; —[ṭūṭanā] to lose hope;—[pūjanā] to have (one’s) hope fulfilled; —[bāṃdhanā] to have (one’s) hope raised; —[kī kiraṇa] [phūṭanā] ray of hope to emerge; ~[oṃ para tuṣārapāta honā] to have all hopes dashed to the ground; ~[oṃ para pānī phiranā] to dash one’s hope; to have (one’s) hopes shattered/dashed to the ground.
2) Āsa (आस) [Also spelled aas]:—(nf) hope; expectations; support;—[ṭūṭanā] to lose hope, to be disappointed;—[takanā] to look forward hopefully;—[toḍanā] to disappoint/despond;—[baṃdhānā] to extend assurances; to arouse hopes;—[pūranā] to have fulfilment of hope; to be gratified—[lagānā] to look hopefully (to).
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Asa (अस) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Asat.
2) Āsa (आस) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Aśva.
3) Āsa (आस) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Āśa.
4) Āsa (आस) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Āsa.
5) Āsa (आस) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Āsya.
6) Āsā (आसा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Āśā.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAsa (ಅಸ):—
1) [noun] the state or fact of being very lean; an emaciated body.
2) [noun] physical inability to perform normal work; weakness.
3) [noun] ಅಸವಲ್ಲದ [asavallada] asavallada not weak; not emaciated; strong; 2. not small or insignificant; ಅಸವಲ್ಲದಕೆಲಸ [asavalladakelasa] asavallada kelasa a difficult act or proposition; ಅಸವಲ್ಲದದೆವ್ವ [asavalladadevva] asavallada devva a strong evil-spirit; 2 (fig.) a person causing irritation or discomfort incessantly; ಅಸವಲ್ಲದರೋಗ [asavalladaroga] asavallada rōga a serious disease; ಅಸವಲ್ಲದವ [asavalladava] asavalladava a physically strong man.
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Asa (ಅಸ):—
1) [noun] a congruent association.
2) [noun] fame; renown.
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Asa (ಅಸ):—
1) [noun] speed; swiftness; quickness.
2) [noun] haste; rashness.
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Asa (ಅಸ):—[noun] the act of sifting good from bad; purification.
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Asa (ಅಸ):—[noun] (only in composition) one whose profession is washing otheṛs clothes, linens etc.; a washerman.
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Asa (ಅಸ):—[noun] the life principle; spirit.
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Asa (ಅಸ):—
1) [noun] the act or fact of controlling; power to direct or regulate; control.
2) [noun] a being able; power to do; ability; strength.
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Āśa (ಆಶ):—[noun] = ಆಶಾ [asha].
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Āśā (ಆಶಾ):—[noun] an avenue tree, Thespesia populanea ( = Hibiscus populanea) of Malvaceae family; umbrella tree; Indian tulip.
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Āsā (ಆಸಾ):—[noun] a rod or staff held by persons with high authority; a sceptre.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with (+409): Asabala, Asabhanga, Asad, Asada, Asadi, Asadisa, Asaka, Asakrita, Asala, Asali, Asaliha, Asalika, Asama, Asamara, Asambara, Asamke, Asana, Asani, Asanika, Asanipata.
Ends with (+1660): Abasa, Abdhijhasha, Abhasa, Abhibhuyayasha, Abhikramanasha, Abhikshnasha, Abhilasa, Abhiyasha, Abhramkasha, Abhrankasha, Abhravakasha, Abhyakasha, Abhyasa, Abhyavakasha, Adbhutasamkasha, Adhipasha, Adhovasha, Adhyatmaprakasha, Adityasamkasha, Adrimasha.
Full-text (+808): Ashas, Durasha, Ashahina, Ashaprapta, Ramathadhvani, Jivitasa, Nirasa, Ashanvita, Dhanasa, Nirashaka, Ashabandha, Ashivrate, Ashamukha, Nairashya, Snehasha, Anyadasha, Havyasa, Narasa, Bhutari, Mashasha.
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