Ashas, Aśas, Āśas, Āśās: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Aśas and Āśas and Āśās can be transliterated into English as Asas or Ashas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAśas (अशस्).—a. Ved.
1) Not blessing, not praising.
2) Cursing, hating; रुद्रा अशसो हन्तना वधः (rudrā aśaso hantanā vadhaḥ) Ṛgveda 2.34.9.
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Āśas (आशस्).—a. Ved. [आ-शंस्-क्विप् (ā-śaṃs-kvip)] Hoping. f.
1) Praise.
2) Desire; यदाशसा वदतो मे विचुक्षुभे (yadāśasā vadato me vicukṣubhe) Av.7.57.1.
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Āśās (आशास्).—2 Ā.
1) To bless, pronounce or give a blessing; ऋक्छन्दसा आशास्ते (ṛkchandasā āśāste) Ś.4; किमन्यदाशास्महे केवलं वीरप्रसवा भूयाः (kimanyadāśāsmahe kevalaṃ vīraprasavā bhūyāḥ) Uttararāmacarita 1.
2) To desire, wish, hope, expect; यस्य भवान् मङ्गलमाशास्ते (yasya bhavān maṅgalamāśāste) Ve.6; Manusmṛti 3.8; सर्वमस्मिन्वयमाशास्महे (sarvamasminvayamāśāsmahe) Ś.7; आशासत ततः शान्तिम् (āśāsata tataḥ śāntim) Bhaṭṭikāvya 17.1.
3) To order, command, relate (P. also in this sense).
4) To praise.
5) To subdue; आ नो जीवान् वरुण तासु शाधि (ā no jīvān varuṇa tāsu śādhi) Ṛgveda 2.28.9.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAśas (अशस्).—[adjective] cursing, hating, foe.
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Āśas (आशस्).—[feminine] wish, expectation, hope.
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Āśās (आशास्).—[Middle](A.) wish, pray or hope for ([accusative]); expect from ([ablative]); ±āśi/ṣam & āśiṣas make supplication, utter wishes for ([dative] or [locative]).
Āśās is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and śās (शास्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Aśas (अशस्):—[=a-śas] mfn. (√śaṃs), not blessing or wishing well, cursing, hating, [Ṛg-veda ii, 34, 9 and iv, 4, 15.]
2) Āśas (आशस्):—[=ā-śas] [from ā-śaṃs] f. (earlier form for 1. āśā) wish, desire, hope (praise [Sāyaṇa]), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda vii, 57, 1.]
3) Āśās (आशास्):—[=ā-√śās] [Ātmanepada] -śāste ([Aorist] 1. [plural] ā-śiṣāmahi, [Ṛg-veda viii, 24, 1]) to desire, wish, ask, pray for;
—to hope, expect, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Mahābhārata] etc.;
—to instruct, order, command, [Kathāsaritsāgara; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];
—to subdue, [Ṛg-veda ii, 28, 9] ([ā-śādhi = ‘anuśiṣṭān kuru’ [Sāyaṇa]])
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Āśās (आशास्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āsāsa.
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