The Sanskrit term Āśvas can be transliterated into English as Asvas or Ashvas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āśvas (आश्वस्).—2 P.

1) To breathe; सुखमाश्वसन्ति गिरयः (sukhamāśvasanti girayaḥ) Mv.5.51 are lying at ease.

2) To breathe freely, recover breath, take courage, take heart, rest secure, be at ease; प्रत्ययादाश्वसत्यः (pratyayādāśvasatyaḥ) Meghadūta 8; दूरस्थोऽस्मीति नाश्वसेत् (dūrastho'smīti nāśvaset) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.37; Bhaṭṭikāvya 4.38,5.23.

3) To revive.

4) To have confidence in. -Caus.

1) To encourage, comfort, console, cheer up; Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 11.5; आश्वास्य पाययित्वा च परिप्लाव्य च वाजिनः (āśvāsya pāyayitvā ca pariplāvya ca vājinaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 4.67,19. तदा संकीर्तनेनाश्वासयाम्यात्मानम् (tadā saṃkīrtanenāśvāsayāmyātmānam) V.3; R.12. 5,14.58,15.45; Meghadūta 115; V.5.16.

2) To refresh, gratify; छायाश्वासितयथिकजनसार्थः (chāyāśvāsitayathikajanasārthaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.

3) To conciliate.

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

Āśvas (आश्वस्) or Paryāśvas or Pratyāśvas.—& samā get breath, recover, become quiet. [Causative] quiet, comfort.

Āśvas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and śvas (श्वस्).

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

Āśvas (आश्वस्):—[=ā-√śvas] [Parasmaipada] -śvasiti and -śvasati ([imperative] 2. sg. -śvasihi and -śvasa [Mahābhārata vi, 490]; [imperfect tense] -aśvasīt [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] and -aśvasat [Kathāsaritsāgara xxxiii, 129]) [Ātmanepada] -śvasate, to breathe, breathe again or freely;

—to take or recover breath, take heart or courage;

—to revive, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] etc.:

—[Causal] -śvāsayati, to cause to take breath;

—to encourage, comfort;

—to calm, console, cheer up, [Mahābhārata; Suśruta; Raghuvaṃśa; Kumāra-sambhava etc.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Āśvas (आश्वस्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āsasa.

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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: Shvas, A.

Starts with (+61): Ashvasa, Ashvasada, Ashvasadhana, Ashvasadhanasana, Ashvasadharman, Ashvasadin, Ashvasahasta, Ashvasahini, Ashvasaka, Ashvasakara, Ashvasamkhya, Ashvasana, Ashvasanapara, Ashvasanashila, Ashvasanashilata, Ashvasane, Ashvasaneyi, Ashvasani, Ashvasaniya, Ashvasaprashvasa.

Ends with: Abhiprashvas, Adashvas, Anashvas, Aparashvas, Apashvas, Dashvas, Parashvas, Paryashvas, Prashvas, Pratyashvas, Prodashvas, Samashvas, Saptashvas, Upashvas, Utashvas, Varadashvas.

Full-text (+1): Anashvas, Ashasha, Ashvasin, Ashvasana, Pratyashvas, Paryashvas, Ashvasa, Samashvasa, Upassasa, Ashvasanashilata, Ashvasanashila, Ashvasya, Ashvasita, Samashvasana, Ashvasani, Prashvas, Ashvasaka, Samashvas, Assasati, Assasa.

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