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√ 1 , aṃś, “attain”

av

1 aś, aṃś

2 aś

Present

V. aśnóti aśnuté etc. V.+

IX ? aśniyāt, aśnīs M

Future

Simple Future: aśiṣyate aśnuviṣyāmahe ŚB1

Periphrastic Future: aśitā, aṣṭā

Aorist

√-Ao: ā́ṣṭa ā́śata aṣṭa V.B., aśyā́t aśītá etc. V.B.S., aṣṭu V. āśi

Th Ao: aśema RV., aśemahi SV

RAo: āśiśat

-s-Ao: ākṣi V., ákṣat RV. (cf. √ 1 akṣ )

-iṣ-Ao: āśiṣṭa

Perfect

ānáṃśa ānaśús etc. V.+, ānaśé etc. V.+ (ānāśa ānaśma ānaśyām anáśāmahai RV., ānaśadhve S.) āśatus etc. āśāthe etc. RV

Causative

āśaya -

Desiderative

aśiśṣa-

Intensive

aśāśya-

Verbal Nouns

aṣṭum K.; áṣṭave V.B., aṣṭavai JB.S.; aśitum E.; -aṣṭa V.B

Derivatives

áṃśa V.+

 

aśana B.+

 

-aśnuva AGS.

 

-āśa ŚŚS.

 

áṣṭi V.+

 

aśī - VS1.

 

-aśnuvín VS.

 

ā́śā V.+

 

Compare √ 1 akṣ and √ 2 naś (to which latter the forms ānaṭ etc. are here referred). Derivatives more doubtfully referable to this root are:

áśan RV.

 

áśman V.+

 

áśva V.+

 

āśú V.+

 

aśáni V.+

 

áśri V.+

 

áṣṭrā V.+

 

ā́śīyas B.

 

áśna RV.

 

áśru V.+

 

āśiná RV.

 

ā́śiṣṭha V.B.U.

 

Meanings

aśnóti aśnuté 1 v attain, reach, come to, arrive at (A); obtain, get, befall, betide; overcome; offer, bring.

 

abhi reach, obtain, overwhelm.

upa obtain, get.

vi reach, attain, get; fill, penetrate.

sam attain, get, receive; fall to one's share.