Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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āsasāna : [adj.] wishing; desiring.
Source
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A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]
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Āsasāna [either grd. for *āsaŋsāna or contracted form of ppr. med. of āsaŋsati (= āsiŋsati) for *asaŋsamāna] hoping, wishing, desiring, longing for Sn 369 (an˚; SnA 365 however reads āsayāna), 1090; Th 1, 528; J iv.18 (= āsiŋsanto C.), 381; v.391 (= āsiŋsanto C.). See anāsasāna, āsaŋsati, āsamāna & āsayāna.
Source
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Related
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aśāsat , āsāsati , asaścat , asaścivas , aśasta , āsāsamāna , aśas , asarvavīra , asarvavibhakti , asarvatraga-kleśa