[asyate kṣipyate as-un Uṇ. 1. 10; cf. Nir.; sa hi astaḥ śarīre bhavati tasya tatra nityamavasthānaṃ] 1 Breath, life, spir- itual life.

2 Life of departed spirits.

3 Water.

4 Heat.

5 (pl.) (a) The five vital breaths or life- winds in the body; asubhiḥ sthāsnu yaśa- ścicīṣataḥ Ki. 2. 19; parīkṣitaṃ durlabhānasūn prāpitavān K. 175; Bh. 2. 110; (b) wis- dom (prajñā Nir.).

6 The time taken in pronouncing 10...