Āsā (f.) [cp. Sk. āśaḥ f.] expectation, hope, wish, longing, desire; adj. āsa ( -- ˚) longing for, anticipating, desirous of Vin i.255 (˚avacchedika hope -- destroying), 259; D ii. 206; iii.88; M iii.138 (āsaŋ karoti); A i.86 (dve āsā), 107 (vigat -- āso one whose longings have gone); Sn 474, 634, 794, 864; J i.267, 285; v.401; vi.452 (˚chinna = chinnāsa C.); Nd1 99, 261, 213 sq; Vv 3713 (perhaps better to be read with v. l. SS ahaŋ, cp. VvA 172); Pug 27 (vigat˚ = arahattāsāya vigatattā vigatāso Pug A 208); Dhs 1059 (+ āsiŋsanā etc.), 1136; PvA 22 (chinn˚ disappointed), 29 (˚âbhibhūta), 105; Dāvs v.13; Sdhp 78, 111, 498, 609.