1. As ind. (an interjection implying joy, anger, menace, pain, affliction, recollection) Ah! Oh! &c.
2. As cl. 2. Ā. A/ste (and A/sate , AV. xi, 8, 32 , &c.; Impv. 2. sg. As-sva , Asva , and Asasva ; 2. pl. ADvam ; p. AsAna/ , Asat [ R. ], and AsIna [see below]; AsAM-cakre [ Pāṇ. iii, 1, 87 ]; Asizyate ; Asizwa ; Asitum ) to sit, sit down, rest, lie, RV. ; AV. ; ŚBr. ; Mn. ; MBh. ; Śak. &c.; to be present; to exist; to inhabit, dwell in; to make one's abode in RV. ; AV. ; VS. ; MBh. &c.; to sit quietly, abide, remain, continue, RV. ; AV. &c.; to cease, have an end, Pañcat. ; Daś. ; Hit. &c.; to solemnize, celebrate; to do anything without interruption; to continue doing anything; to continue in any situation; to last; (it is used in the sense of ‘continuing’, with a participle, adj. , or subst. , e.g. etat sAma gAyann Aste , ‘he continues singing this verse’; with an indeclinable participle in tvA , ya , or am , e.g. upa-ruDya arim AsIta , ‘he should continue blockading the foe’; with an adverb, e.g. tUzRIm Aste , ‘he continues quiet’; suKam Asva , ‘continue well’; with an inst. case, e.g. suKenA ste , ‘he continues well’; with a dat. case, e.g. AstAM tuzwaye , ‘may it be to your satisfaction’) : Caus. Asayati , to cause any one to sit down Comm. on Pāṇ. : Desid. Ā. Asisizate , ib. ;
4. As n. (?) mouth, face, (only in abl. and instr. ) Asa/s (with the prep. A ), from mouth to mouth, in close proximity, RV. vii, 99, 7
As I. 2 A. ( Aste, AsAMcakre, Asizwa ; AsituM, Asita ) 1 To sit, lie, rest; etadAsanamAsyatAM V. 5 ; AsyatAmiti coktaH sannAsItABimuKaM guroH Ms. 2. 193. 2 To live, dwell; tAvadvarzARyAsate devaloke Mb. ; yatrAsmE rocate tatrAyamAstAM K. 196 ; kurUnAste Sk. ; yatrAmftAsa Asate Rv. 9. 15. 2 ; Bk. 4. 6 , 8. 79. 3 To sit quietly, take no hostile measures, remain idle; AsAnaM tvAmutTApayati dvayam Śi. 2. 57. 4 To be, exist. 5 To be contained in; jagaMti yasyAM savikASamAsata Śi. 1. 23. 6 To abide, remain, continue or be in any state, be doing anything, last; oft. used with present participles to denote a continuous or uninterrupted action; vidArayanpragarjaMScAste Pt. 1 kept on, continued, tearing up and bellowing; used in this sense also with an adj., subst., indeclinable, past part., an adverb ( tUzRIM &c.), or with the instr. of a noun; suKenAste &c. 7 To lead to, result in (with dat. ); AstAM mAnasatuzwaye sukftinAM nItirnavoQeva vaH H. 1. 212. 8 To cease, have an end. 9 To solemnize, celebrate. 10 To let go, lay or put aside; AstAM tAvat let it aside, let it go, to say nothing of, not to mention; K. 18. — Caus. To cause to sit, seat, fix; Asayatsalile pfTvIM Sk. — Desid. Asisizate To wish to sit &c. II. 4 P. [ Asyati, AsituM ] 1 To enclose, border. 2 To admit (as water) into.