asuH [ asyate kzipyate as-un Uṇ. 1. 10 ; cf. Nir. ; sa hi astaH SarIre Bavati tasya tatra nityamavasTAnaM ] 1 Breath, life, spiritual life. 2 Life of departed spirits. 3 Water. 4 Heat. 5 ( pl. ) ( a ) The five vital breaths or lifewinds in the body; asuBiH sTAsnu yaSaScicIzataH Ki. 2. 19 ; parIkzitaM durlaBAnasUn prApitavAn K. 175 ; Bh. 2. 110 ; ( b ) wisdom ( prajYA Nir. ). 6 The time taken in pronouncing 10 long syllables. 7 A sixth part of a pala q. v. — n. — (su) 1 Reflection, thought. 2 Heart, mind. 3 Grief. Comp. — DAraRaM -RA sustenance of life, life, existence. — nItaH the lord of spirits. — (taM) the world of spirits. — nItiH f. the life or the world of the spirits (personified as a female deity invoked for the preservation of life.). — BaMgaH 1 destruction or loss of life; malinamasuBaMgepyasukaraM Bh. 2. 28. 2 danger or fear about life. — Bft m. a living being, a creature. — sama a. as dear as life, dearly loved. — (maH) a husband, lover; muhurasusamamAGnatI nitAMtaM Śi. 7. 17.