asmadasmad, the plural base of the 1st personal pronoun (said to be fr. 2. as, ‘to throw’, Uṇ-sūt. I. 138; or fr. 1. as, ‘to be’), nom. sing. aham, ‘I,’ du. āvām, ‘we two,’ pl. vayam, ‘we;’ acc. pl. asmān, inst. asmābhis, dat. asmabhyam, abl. asmat or asmattas, gen. asmākam, loc. as-māsu. Native grammarians derive the sing. as well as plur. from the base, asmad. The form asme, common to all oblique cases of the plur., is confined to the Vedas; and sometimes a form asmāka is used for the gen. asmākam. The form nas for acc., dat., and gen. is enclitic. The form asma is met with in the Vedas as well as the asmad of the classical language, especially at the beginning of compounds [cf. Gr. ἄμμες fr. ἄσμες Goth. unsa for usna; Mod. Germ. unser]. —Asma-trā, ind., Ved. to us, with us, among us. —Asmatrāñc, āṅ,ācī, āk, Ved. turned towards us. —Asmad-rāta, as,ā, am, Ved. given by us. —Asma-druh, -dhruk,k, k, Ved. forming a plot against us or me, inimical. —Asmad-vidha, as, ā, am, or asmādṛśa, as,ī, am, or asmādṛś, k, k, k, similar, or like us or me; one of us. —Asme-hiti, is, f., Ved. errand or message for us.
asmadpron. [as-madik Uṇ. 1. 136] A pronominal base from which several cases of the 1st personal pronoun are derived; it is also abl. pl. of the word. — m. The individual soul, the embodied soul; yūyaṃ vayaṃ vayaṃ yūyamityāsīnmatirāvayoḥ .kiṃ jātamadhunā yena yūyaṃ yūyaṃ vayaṃ vayaṃ .. Bh. 3. 65 (quite estranged from each other). Comp.—druha. Ved. forming a plot against us or me, inimical. —vidha, asmādṛśaa. similar or like us.
asmadpron. [as-madik Uṇ.1.136] A pronominal base from which several cases of the 1st personal pronoun are derived; it is also abl. pl. of the word. m. The individual soul, the embodied soul; yūyaṃ vayaṃ vayaṃ yūyamityāsīnmatirāvayoḥ | kiṃ jātamadhunā yena yūyaṃ yūyaṃ vayaṃ vayam || Bh.3.65 (quite estranged from each other). -Comp. -druha. Ved. forming a plot against us or me, inimical; yo asmadhrug durmanmā kaśca venati Rv.8.60.7. -vidha, asmādṛśaa. similar or like us.