āsa (3066)

āsa
Entry 3066, Page 110, Col. 2

(Asa, Asa)
āsa¦, m. (only known in Vedic cpd. sv-āsa-stha), seat: Gv 474.18 (vs) śūrāṇa teṣam ayam āsu (n. sg.) sudur- jayānām, this is the seat of those heroes… Meter does not permit emendation to āvāsa, which is used in parallel lines 2, 10, etc.; other parallels vihāra; all three are virtual synonyms. Prakritic contraction of āvāsa to āsa is im- probable. For āsa = aṃśa see maitrāsa-tā.