The Sanskrit term Āśaṃs can be transliterated into English as Asams or Ashams, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āśaṃs (आशंस्).—1 Ā. (rarely P.)

1) To hope for, expect, desire, wish or long for; स्वकार्यसिद्धिं पुनराशशंसे (svakāryasiddhiṃ punarāśaśaṃse) Kumārasambhava 3.57; Bhaṭṭikāvya 14.7,9; आशंसन्ते सुरसमितयः (āśaṃsante surasamitayaḥ) Ś.2.16; M.1; मनोरथाय नाशंसे (manorathāya nāśaṃse) Ś.7.13.

2) To bless, wish well to; एवं ते देवा आशंसन्तु (evaṃ te devā āśaṃsantu) Mṛcchakaṭika 1; इत्याशशंसे करणैरबाह्यैः (ityāśaśaṃse karaṇairabāhyaiḥ) R.14.5.

3) To speak, say.

4) To tell; आशंसता बाणगतिं वृषाङ्के (āśaṃsatā bāṇagatiṃ vṛṣāṅke) Kumārasambhava 3.14.

5) To ask for, beg.

6) To praise.

7) To repeat, recite.

8) To fear, be afraid of. -Caus. To render famous or celebrated.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āśaṃs (आशंस्).—[Middle] (A.) hope or trust in, strive after ([locative], [accusative], [dative], or infin.), try to master ([accusative]), suppose, expect, fear; wish, desire ([accusative] or — & — infin.). beg for ([accusative]); praise, commend, recite, announce, foretell.

Āśaṃs is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and śaṃs (शंस्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āśaṃs (आशंस्):—[=ā-√śaṃs] [Parasmaipada] -śaṃsati ([Aorist] 1. sg. -śaṃsiṣam, [Ṛg-veda x, 44, 5]) [Ātmanepada] -śaṃsate, to hope for, expect;

—to wish to attain, desire;

—to suspect, fear, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Rāmāyaṇa; Mahābhārata; Kathāsaritsāgara; Śakuntalā; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Manu-smṛti] etc.;

—to ask, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to praise, extol, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to tell, speak, recite;

—to announce, [Śakuntalā; Kumāra-sambhava; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Daśakumāra-carita] :

—[Causal] ([imperative] ā-śaṃsaya, [Ṛg-veda i, 29, 1] and [with Wh. and Ro.] [Atharva-veda xix, 64, 4]) to excite, hope for.

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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.

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Partial matches: Shams, A.

Starts with: Ashamsa, Ashamsana, Ashamsartha, Ashamse, Ashamsin, Ashamsita, Ashamsitar, Ashamsitri, Ashamsu.

Ends with: Abhiprashams, Atiprashams, Praprashams, Prashams, Pratyashams, Samashams, Samatiprashams, Sashams, Udashams, Upasashams.

Full-text (+4): Ashamsa, Ashamsin, Ashamsu, Pratyashams, Ashamsana, Asabhanga, Asha, Ashapishacika, Ashanvita, Ashavibhinna, Ashaprapta, Ashahina, Udashams, Ashamsita, Ashabandha, Ashavaha, Asakrita, Ashasta, Ashamsitri, Ashas.

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