Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. (ºśīḥ, ºśīrbhyāṃ &c.) [ā- śās-kvip, ata itvam] A blessing, bene- diction. (It is thus defined: vātsalyādyatra mānyena kaniṣṭhasyābhidhīyate. iṣṭā- vadhārakaṃ vākyamāśīḥ sā parikītiṃtā..). āśis is sometimes distinguished from vara, the former being taken to be merely an expression of one's good wishes which may or may not be realized; while a vara is a boon which is more permanent in character and surer of...