hoping wishing, desiring, longing for Snp.369 (an˚; Snp-a.365 however reads āsayāna), Snp.1090; Thag.528; Ja.iv.18 (= āsiṃsanto C.), Ja.iv.381; Ja.v.391 (= āsiṃsanto C.). See anāsasāna āsaṃsati, āsamāna & āsayāna.

either grd. for *āsaṃsāna or contracted form of ppr. med. of āsaṃsati (= āsiṃsati) for *asaṃsamāna