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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for आशा

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. आशाāśā(a) Hope, expectation, prospect; तामाशां च सुरद्विषाम् R.12.96; आशा हि परमं दुःखं नैराश्यं परमं सुखम् Subhāṣ.…

    [आसमन्तात् अश्नुते आ-अश्-अच्]

    1. (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).
    2. False hope or expectation.
    3. 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.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अन्वित, -जनन Adjective hopeful, inspiring hope; वचोभिराशाजननैः V.3.9.

    • -कृत Adjective attended with the hope of success.

    • -गजः a guardian elephant of a quarter or point of the compass; see अष्टदिग्गज.

    • -तन्तुः a thread of hope, slender hope; चिरादाशातन्तुस्त्रुटतु Māl.4.3,9.26.

    • -पालः

      1. a guardian or regent of the regions or quarters; see अष्टदिक्पाल.
      2. A chief ruling over 1 villages. Śukra.1.191.

    • -पिशाचिका deceptive or illusive hope, phantom of hope.

    • -पुरगुग्गुलुः or -संभवः a kind of Bdellium.

    • -प्राप्त Adjective successful (Equivalent to प्राप्ताश).

    • -बन्धः

      1. 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.
      2. consolation.
      3. a spider's web.

    • -भङ्गः disappointment.

    • -वह Adjective inspiring hope. (-हः) Name of a son of heaven.

    • -वासस् Adjective Naked; Bh.

    • -विभिन्न Adjective disappointed in expectation.

    • -हीन Adjective despairing, despondent.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. आशाāśā1 (in comp.)
    1. 1 (in compound)
    2. 2 (in compound)
    3. feminine wish, desire, hope, expectation, prospect AV. S3Br. ChUp. R. S3ak. Katha1s. Pan5cat. etc.
    4. feminine Hope personified as the wife of a Vasu वसु Hariv.
    5. feminine as the daughter-in-law of Manas मनस् Prab.
    6. feminine (for 2. /आशा see sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order)
    7. feminine (√1. अश्; for 1. आश्/आ see आ-√शंस्), space, region, quarter of the heavens fg-veda AV. TS. R. MBh. Ragh. etc.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. आशाāśā[âsấ] f. id. (w. g., lc., or --˚): in. in the expectation or hope of; -ganana, a. in spiring hope…
    1. [âsấ] feminine; also equal for the same (with genitive, locative, or --˚): instrumental in the expectation or hope of; -ganana, adjective in spiring hope; -pisâk-ikâ, -î, feminine; also equal for demon of (Equivalent tocruel and delusive) hope; -bandha, masculine bond of hope; cobweb; -vat, adjective hopeful; hoping for (dative, locative); -vibhinna, perfect passive participle cut off from hope, disappointed.
    2. [ấsâ] feminine; also equal for space; region, quarter; -ka kravâla, neuter encircling horizon; -mukha, neuter point of the compass; -vâsas, neuter the quarters as a garment: with vas,Equivalent togo about naked; -vigaya, masculine conquest of the world.
    Source: Macdonell

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