The second letter of the Alphabet.

1 Used as a particle or inter- jection showing (a) assent; ‘yes’, ‘verily’. (b) Compassion (anukaṃpā) ‘Ah’. (c) Pain or regret (usually written ās or āḥ q. v.), ‘alas’. (a) Recollection (smaraṇa) ‘Ah’, ‘Oh’; ā evaṃ kilāsīt U. 6. (e) But (used as a disjunctive conjunction). f) And (used as a cumulative con- junction). (g) Sometimes used as an expletive; ā evaṃ manyase. In all these senses ā is treated as a Pragṛhya...

the second vowel of the alphabet corresponding to the a in ṛar. 016015 126,1 22010

ind. a particle of reminiscence Pa1n2. 1-1, 14; Pat. 126,1 22011 ind. also of compassion or pain [ more correctly written 1. ās q.v. ], and of assent L. ([ This particle remains unaltered in orthography even before vowels (which causes it to be sometimes confounded with 1. ās) Pa1n2. 1-1, 14. ]) 016016 126,1 22011.1

m. N. of S3iva śiva L. 126,1 22012 m. grandfather L. 126,1 22013 f. N. of Lakshmi1 lakṣmī L. 016017 126,1 22014