āṣās | आषास् | ASAs
ā-√ ṣās | आ-√ षास् | Ā. -ṣāste | -षास्ते | (aor. 1. pl. ā/-ṣiśāmahi | आ/-षिशामहि |, RV. viii, 24, 1) to desire, wish, ask, pray for; to hope, expect, RV.; AV.; TS.; ŚBr.; AitBr.; BhP.; MBh. &c.; to instruct, order, command, Kathās.; Bhaṭṭ.; to subdue, RV. ii, 28, 9 [ā/-ṣāḍi | आ/-षाडि | = ‘anuṣiśwān kuru | अनुषिश्wआन् कुरु |’, Sāy.]