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Ashvas, Āś: 4 definitions

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Ashvas means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Āś can be transliterated into English as Asvas or Ashvas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āś (आश्वस्).�2 P.

1) To breathe; सुखमाश्वसन्त� गिरय� (sukhamśanti giraya�) Mv.5.51 are lying at ease.

2) To breathe freely, recover breath, take courage, take heart, rest secure, be at ease; प्रत्ययादाश्वसत्यः (ٲⲹśٲⲹ�) Meghadūta 8; दूरस्थोऽस्मीति नाश्वसेत� (dūrastho'smīti nśet) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.37; Bhaṭṭikvya 4.38,5.23.

3) To revive.

4) To have confidence in. -Caus.

1) To encourage, comfort, console, cheer up; Bhagavadgīt (Bombay) 11.5; आश्वास्य पाययित्व� � परिप्लाव्य � वाजिनः (śvsya pyayitv ca pariplvya ca vjina�) Mahbhrata (Bombay) 4.67,19. तद� संकीर्तनेनाश्वासयाम्यात्मानम� (tad saṃkīrtanenśvsaymytmnam) V.3; R.12. 5,14.58,15.45; Meghadūta 115; V.5.16.

2) To refresh, gratify; छायाश्वासितयथिकजनसार्थ� (śٲⲹٳ󾱰첹ᲹԲٳ�) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.

3) To conciliate.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āś (आश्वस्) or Paryś or Pratyś.�& get breath, recover, become quiet. [Causative] quiet, comfort.

Āś is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and ś (श्वस�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āś (आश्वस्):—[=-√ś�] [Parasmaipada] -śiti and -śati ([imperative] 2. sg. -śihi and -śa [Mahbhrata vi, 490]; [imperfect tense] -aśīt [Bhaṭṭi-kvya] and -aśat [Kathsaritsgara xxxiii, 129]) [Ātmanepada] -śate, to breathe, breathe again or freely;

—to take or recover breath, take heart or courage;

—to revive, [Mahbhrata; Rmyaṇa; Kathsaritsgara; Bhgavata-purṇa] etc.:

‰ڰ䲹ܲ -śvsayati, to cause to take breath;

—to encourage, comfort;

—to calm, console, cheer up, [Mahbhrata; Suśruta; Raghuvaṃśa; Kumra-sambhava etc.]

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Āś (आश्वस्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ā.

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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