āśā आशा – hope
substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
Dictionary sources
AYI dictionary substantive feminine
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine
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āśā́1 ·f. = āśás (w. gen., loc., or --°).
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ā́śā2 ·f. space, region, quarter (of the sky).
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine
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1. ā-śā, f. wish, desire, hope, expectation, pros- pect; hope personified as the wife of a Vasu: (for 2. āśā see next page.)
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āśā 2 . āśā, f. (fr. rt. 1. aś; for 1. ā-śā see last page under ā-śaṃs), space, region, quarter of the compass, an intermediate region.
Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
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1. ā́śā (von 1. aś) f. Raum, Gegend; Himmelsgegend (auch Zwischengegend nach NIR. 6,1) NAIGH. 1,6. ŚĀNT. 1,19. AK. 1,1,2,2. TRIK. 3,3,425. H. 166. H. an. 2,543. MED. ś. 1. vyāśā̱ḥ parvàtānām (yāthana) ṚV. 1,39,3. de̱vānā̱māśā̱ upà (agāt) ṚV. 1,162,7. indra̱ āśā̀bhya̱spari̱ sarvā̀bhyo̱ abhàyaṃ karat ṚV. 2,41,12. ṚV. 4,37,7. ṚV. 5,10,6. ṚV. 10,17,5. bhu̱va āśā̀ ajāyanta ṚV. 72,4. ṚV. 10,3. āśā̱ diśa̱ ā pṛ̀ṇa VS. 11,63. VS. 17,66. āśā̀māśā̱ṃ vi dyòtatā̱ṃ vātā̀ vāntu di̱śo dìśaḥ AV. 4,15,8. AV. 5,7,9. AV. 6,62,2. AV. 9,2,21. (pṛthivīm) āśā̀māśā̱ṃ raṇyā̀ṃ naḥ kṛṇotu AV. 12,1,43. AV. 12,1,54. āśā̀saṃśita AV. 10,5,29. TS. 4,4,12,5. catàsra̱ āśā̱ḥ pra càrantva̱gnayàḥ TS. 5,7,8,2. gatāstu dakṣiṇāmāśāṃ ye MBH. 3,16221. agastyasevitāmāśāṃ sevamāne divākare R. 3,22,8. RAGH. 4,44. āśāgaja ein Weltelephant, ein Elephant der eine bestimmte Weltgegend zu tragen hat, R. GORR. 1,43,7. R. GORR. 1,43,9. — Die Bedeutung Länge (COLEBR. und LOIS. Breite) bei WILS. beruht auf Missverständniss von AK. 3,4,218: āśā tṛṣṇāpi cāyatā; āyatā ist als adj. mit tṛṣṇā zu verbinden, ŚKDR. paraphrasirt: dīrghākāṅkṣā.
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2. āśā́ (spätere Nebenform von āśas) f. Begehren, Hoffnung, Erwartung, Aussicht ŚĀNT. 1,19. AK. 3,4,218. TRIK. 3,3,425. H. 430. H. an. 2,543. MED. ś. 1. yatsàṃga̱ramàbhi̱dhāvā̀myā̱śām AV. 6,119,3. yāmā̱śāmemi̱ kevàlī̱ sā mè astu AV. 19,4,2. sa eteṣāṃ trayāṇāmāśāṃ neyāt diese drei Dinge lasse er sich nicht beigehen AIT. BR. 3,46. AIT. BR. 7,26. AIT. BR. 7,30. rohiṇyai ha tveva śyetākṣyā āśāṃ neyāt ŚAT. BR. 3,3,1,15. ŚAT. BR. 12,4,3,9. nāmṛtatvasyāśāsti sarvamāyureti zwar ist auf Unsterblichkeit keine Aussicht, aber er erreicht volle Lebensdauer ŚAT. BR. 2,1,3,4. ŚAT. BR. 2,1,4,9; vgl. ŚAT. BR. 14,4,1,33. ŚAT. BR. 14,5,4,2. ŚAT. BR. 14,7,3,3 (= BṚH. ĀR. UP. 1,3,28. BṚH. ĀR. UP. 2,4,2. BṚH. ĀR. UP. 4,5,3). āgataṃ cāśā cādya ca śvaśca ŚAT. BR. 2,3,1,24. ŚAT. BR. 2,3,1,27. im Gegens. zu vitta ŚAT. BR. 6,7,4,7. ŚAT. BR. 11,1,6,23. ŚAT. BR. 11,7,1,2. ŚAT. BR. 14,9,4,11 (= BṚH. ĀR. UP. 6,4,12.) amṛtatvaṃ devebhya āgāyāni — svadhāṃ pitṛbhya āśāṃ manuṣyebhyaḥ CHĀND. UP. 2,22,2. āśā vāva smarādbhūyasyāśeddho vai smaro mantrānadhīte karmāṇi kurute u. s. w. CHĀND. UP. 7,14,1. āśāpratīkṣe du. KAṬHOP. 1,8. āśāmāśaṃsamānānām R. 2,75,35. āśayā yadi māṃ rāmaḥ punaḥ śabdāpayet R. 2,59,7. pitarau — pratīkṣete mamāśayā (in Erwartung meiner) R. GORR. 2,65,35. putradarśanajāmāśāmākāṅkṣantau R. GORR. 2,66,3. mit einem Fluss verglichen BHARTṚ. 3,11 (= ŚĀNTIŚ. 4,26). āśe moghāśe (voc.) BHARTṚ. 3,6. āśāpāśaśatairbaddhāḥ BHAG. 16,12. āśāpāśanibaddha ŚĀNTIŚ. 2,27. āśāgrahagrasta VET. 29,13. dhanāśā jīvitāśā das Begehren nach HIT. I, 105. piśitāśayā aus Verlangen nach Fleisch R. 3,16,28. jayāśā me (meine Hoffnung auf Sieg) tvayi sthitā R. 6,77,4. kiṃcijjīvitāśayā saṃśliṣṭaḥ PAÑCAT. 143,7. VID. 222. hanta dvitīyamidamāśājananam ŚĀK. 104,17. na cāhamāśāḥ kuryāṃ te R. 3,66,18. kṛtāśāśca vratāśāśca MBH. 3,1196. āśāṃ kālavatīṃ dadyātkālaṃ vighnena yojayet er setze seine Hoffnung auf die Zeit MBH. 1,5629. śiśāvasminnetāḥ — dadhatyāśāmeṣo 'smān jīvayediti KATHĀS. 3,17. jagrāha — āśāṃ ca priyasaṃgame KATHĀS. 9,67. pūrayitvārthanāmāśām ŚĀNTIŚ. 2,21. pūritāśa der Jmdes Hoffnung erfüllt hat KATHĀS. 26,22. āśāṃ nārhasi me hantum SĀV. 3,11. āśāmiva vyapagatām R. 5,18,8. āśāṃ pratihatāmiva R. 5,21,11. āśāṃ ca suradviṣām . — vāṇaiściccheda RAGH. 12,96. yenāśāḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtāḥ nairāśyamavalambitam HIT. I, 137. bhagnāśa BHARTṚ. 2,82. HIT. I, 56. hatāśa PRAB. 11,1. AMAR. 66. niścitāśā (das feste Verlangen habend) sthitāsmīha citārohe sahāmunā KATHĀS. 25,142. nirāśa adj. f. ā keine Hoffnung habend, verzweifelnd R. 5,32,24. VID. 160. KATHĀS. 26,22. mit dem dat.: putralābhāya MBH. 2,721. loc.: jīvite MBH. 3,16240. mit der Ergänzung comp.: mano babhūvendumatīnirāśam RAGH. 6,2. durāśa adj. f. ā mit dessen Aussichten es schlimm bestellt ist PRAB. 48,5. Die Hoffnung personif. ist Gemahlin eines Vasu HARIV. 7740. die Schwiegertochter des Manas PRAB. 89,16.
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2. āśā , āśāmanāśāṃ kṛtvā hi sukhaṃ svapiti piṅgalā so v. a. weil sie allen Hoffnungen entsagt hat MBH. 12,6520; vgl. āśāṃ nirāśāṃ kṛtvā MBH. 12,6647. tvatsutāśayā auf deinen Sohn die Hoffnung setzend KATHĀS. 15,19. pūrayatyāśām VARĀH. BṚH. S. 45,2. — Vgl. durāśā, nirāśa.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine
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1. ā́śā f. — 1〉 Raum, Gegend. — 2〉 Himmelsgegend.
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2. āśā́ f. — 1〉 Wunsch, Erwartung, Hoffnung. Die Ergänzung im Gen., Loc. (Spr. 7664) oder oder im Comp. vorangehend. Instr. in Erwartung von Etwas, hoffend auf Chr. 182,26. Chr. 248,23. Spr. 7619. āśāṃ kṛtvā (so ist wohl zu lesen Chr. 94,24) dass. — 2〉 personif. als [Page1-190-c] Gattin eines Vasu und als Schwiegertochter des Manas.
Apte 1890 substantive feminine
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āśā [āsamaṃtāt aśnute ā-aś-ac] 1 (a) Hope, expectation, prospect; tāmāśāṃ ca suradviṣāṃ R. 12. 96; āśā hi paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ nairāśyaṃ paramaṃ sukhaṃ Subhāṣ.; tvamāśe moghāśe Bh. 3. 6; so bhagna, ˚hata, ˚nirāśa &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; agastyācaritāmāśāmanāśāsyajayo yayau R. 4. 44; Ki. 7. 9. Comp. — anvita, -janana a. hopeful, inspiring hope; V. 3. 9. — kṛta a. attended with the hope of success. — gajaḥ a guardian elephant of a quarter or point of the compass; see aṣṭadiggaja. — taṃtuḥ a thread of hope, slender hope; Māl. 4. 3, Māl. 9. 26. — pālaḥ a guardian or regent of the regions or quarters; see aṣṭadikpāla. — piśācikā deceptive or illusive hope, phantom of hope. — puragugguluḥ or — saṃbhavaḥ a kind of Bdellium. — prāpta a. successful (= prāptāśa). — baṃdhaḥ 1 the tie or bond of hope, confidence, trust, expectation; gurvapi virahaduḥkhamāśābaṃdhaḥ sāhayati Ś. 4. 15; Ve. 6. 25; V. 3; U. 3; Me. 10. 2 consolation. 3 a spider's web. — bhaṃgaḥ disappointment. — vaha a. inspiring hope. — (haḥ) N. of a son of heaven. — vibhinna a. ([Page 0264-a]) disappointed in expectation. — hīna a. despairing, despondent.
Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine
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1. āśā́ f. dass. (mit Gen., Loc. o. —˚). āśayā o. āśāṃ kṛtvā in Erwartung von, in Hoffnung auf.
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2. ā́śā f. Raum, Himmelsgegend.
Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine
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āśā āśā f. espérance. āśāvat a. qui espère; qui vit dans l'espérance.
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