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ākāṅkṣā

ākāṅkṣ P. Ā. kāṅkṣati, te, to desire, long for, endeavour to gain (with acc. ), AitBr. ; Mn. x, 121 , &c., (rarely with gen. ), Mn. ii, 162 ; ( perf. cakāṅkṣa, R. ; Ragh. ) to expect, wait for or till, Lāṭy. ; MBh. xiv, 1279 , &c.; to endeavour to reach a place, turn to ( acc. ), Mn. iii, 25

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1. ākāṅkṣ

ākāṅkṣ P. Ā. kāṅkṣati, te, to desire, long for, endeavour to gain (with acc. ), AitBr. ; Mn. x, 121 , &c., (rarely with gen. ), Mn. ii, 162 ; ( perf. cakāṅkṣa, R. ; Ragh. ) to expect, wait for or till, Lāṭy. ; MBh. xiv, 1279 , &c.; to endeavour to reach a place, turn to ( acc. ), Mn. iii, 258 ; (in Gr. ) to require some word or words to be supplied for the completion of the sense, Pāṇ. , Sch.

2. ākāṅkṣa

ākāṅkṣa mfn. (in Gr. ) requiring a word or words to complete the sense, Pāṇ. viii, 2, 96 and 104

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