āṣaṃs | आषंस् | ASaMs
ā-√ ṣaṃs | आ-√ षंस् | P. -ṣaṃsati | -षंसति | (aor. 1. sg. -ṣaṃsiśam | -षंसिशम् |, RV. x, 44, 5) Ā. -ṣaṃsate | -षंसते |, to hope for, expect; to wish to attain, desire; to suspect, fear, RV.; AV.; AitBr.; ĀśvGṛ.; R.; MBh.; Kathās.; Śak.; BhP.; Mn. &c.; to ask, MBh.; BhP.; to praise, extol, BhP.; to tell, speak, recite; to announce, Śak.; Kum.; BhP.; Daś. : Caus. (Impv. ā/-ṣaṃsaya | आ/-षंसय |, RV. i, 29, 1 and [with Wh. and Ro.] AV. xix, 64, 4) to excite, hope for.