आशाāśāa guardian or regent of the regions or quarters; see अष्टदिक्पाल.
Derived forms and compounds
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-पालः
- a guardian or regent of the regions or quarters; see अष्टदिक्पाल.
- A chief ruling over 1 villages. Śukra.1.191.
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-पिशाचिका deceptive or illusive hope, phantom of hope.
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-पुरगुग्गुलुः or -संभवः a kind of Bdellium.
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-प्राप्त Adjective successful (Equivalent to प्राप्ताश).
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-बन्धः
- the tie or bond of hope, confidence, trust, expectation; गुर्वपि विरहदुःखमाशाबन्धः साहयति Ś.4.16; Ve.6.25; V.3; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3; Me.1.
- consolation.
- a spider's web.
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-भङ्गः disappointment.
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-वह Adjective inspiring hope. (-हः) Name of a son of heaven.
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-वासस् Adjective Naked; Bh.
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-विभिन्न Adjective disappointed in expectation.
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-हीन Adjective despairing, despondent.
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आशा āśā
- आसमन्तात् अश्नुते आ-अश्-अच्
- (a) Hope, expectation, prospect; तामाशां च सुरद्विषाम् R.12.96; आशा हि परमं दुःखं नैराश्यं परमं सुखम् Subhāṣ.; त्वमाशे मोघाशे Bh.3.6; so denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedभग्न, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedनिराश etc. (b) Wish, desire (in Bh.3-45 आशा is compared to a river).
- False hope or expectation.
- Space, region, quarter of the compass, direction; अगस्त्याचरितामाशामनाशास्यजयो ययौ R.4.44; Ki.7.9; Mark also the pun on the word आशा (a direction, a desire) in आशापूरैककर्मप्रवणनिजकरप्राणिताशेषविश्वः (सूर्यः) Nāg.3.18.
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-अन्वित, -जनन Adjective hopeful, inspiring hope; वचोभिराशाजननैः V.3.9.
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-कृत Adjective attended with the hope of success.
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-गजः a guardian elephant of a quarter or point of the compass; see अष्टदिग्गज.
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-तन्तुः a thread of hope, slender hope; चिरादाशातन्तुस्त्रुटतु Māl.4.3,9.26.
