1. Iccهَ
(-˚) adjective wishing, longing, having desires, only in pāp˚ having evil desires SN.i.50 SN.ii.156; an˚ without desires SN.i.61, SN.i.204; Snp.707; app id. Snp.628, Snp.707.
the adj. form of icchā
The corpus record — Pali
icchā
Iccha
(-˚) adjective wishing, longing, having desires, only in pāp˚ having evil desires SN.i.50 SN.ii.156 ; an˚ without desires SN.i.61 , SN.i.204 ; Snp.707 ; app id. Snp.628 , Snp.707 . the adj. form of icchā
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Where it lives
- Dhammapada 1 · 1.9/10k
- Sutta Nipata 2 · 0.99/10k
- Digha Nikaya 7 · 0.49/10k
What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary
2. Icchā
feminine wish, longing, desire DN.ii.243; DN.iii.75; SN.i.40 (˚dhūpāyito loko), SN.i.44 (naraṃ parikassati) AN.ii.143; AN.iv.293 sq.; AN.iv.325 sq.; v.40, v.42 sq.; Snp.773 Snp.872; Dhp.74, Dhp.264 (˚lobha-samāpanna); Mnd.29, Mnd.30; Pp.19; Dhs.1059, Dhs.1136; Vb.101, Vb.357, Vb.361, Vb.370; Ne.18 Ne.23, Ne.24; Asl.363; Dhs-a.250 (read icchā for issā? See Dhs trsl.100); Snp-a.108; Pv-a.65, Pv-a.155; Sdhp.242, Sdhp.320.
- -āvacara moving in desires MN.i.27 (pāpaka); Ne.27
- -āvatiṇṇa affected with desire, overcome by covetousness Snp.306.
- -pakata same Vin.i.97; AN.iii.119, AN.iii.191, AN.iii.219 sq. Pp.69; Mil.357; Vism.24 (where Bdhgh however takes it as “icchāya apakata” and puts apakata = upadduta)
- -vinaya discipline of one’s wishes DN.iii.252, AN.iv.15 AN.v.165 sq.
fr. icchati, iṣ2
In the wild
- icchā Dhammapada 74 (dhp74:6)
- Icchā Digha Nikaya 19 (dn19:46.17)
- icchā Digha Nikaya 22 (dn22:18.34)
- icchā Digha Nikaya 22 (dn22:18.38)
- icchā Digha Nikaya 22 (dn22:18.41)
- icchā Digha Nikaya 22 (dn22:18.43)
6 of 10 attestations shown.
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