[āsamaṃtāt aśnute ā-aś-ac] 1 (a) Hope, expectation, prospect; tāmāśāṃ ca suradviṣāṃ R. 12. 96; āśā hi paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ nairāśyaṃ paramaṃ sukhaṃ Subhāsh.; tvamāśe moghāśe Bh. 3. 6; so bhagna, ºhata, ºnirā- śa &c. (b) Wish, desire (in Bh. 3. 25 āśā is compared to a river).

2 False hope or expectation.

3 Space, region, quarter of the compass, direction; agastyācaritāmāśāmanāśā- syajayo yayau R. 4. 44; Ki. 7. 9....

f. (1. aś; for 1. āś/ā, see ā-śaṃs), space, region, quarter of the heavens RV.; AV.; TS.; R.; MBh.; Ragh. &c 019479 157,2 27436 m. elephant of the quarter 157,2 27437 m. (one of the supposed four [ or eight ] mythical elephants which support the world, standing in the quarters [ and intermediate points ] of the compass) R. 019480 157,2 27438 n. the whole horizon Ka1d. 019481 157,2 27439