आकाङ्क्ष्

{ ākāṅkṣ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

आ-√ काङ्क्ष्    P. Ā. -काङ्क्षति, °ते, to desire, long for, endeavour to gain (with acc.), [AitBr.]; [Mn. x, 121, &c.], (rarely with gen.), [Mn. ii, 162];

( perf. -चकाङ्क्ष, [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.

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आ √ काङ्क्ष्

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

आकाङ्क्ष् [ākāṅkṣ]   1 [U.]
   To desire, long or wish for, expect; प्रत्याश्वसन्तं रिपुराचकाङ्क्ष [R.7.47,5.38;] [Ms. 2.162,1.121;] [Y.1.153;] आकाङ्क्षन्तीं नयनसलिलोत्पीडरुद्धाव- काशाम् (तां पश्य) [Me.91.]
   To try to reach a place, turn to; दक्षिणां दिशमाकाङ्क्षन् [Ms.3.258.]
   To require, need.
   (In gram.) To require some word or words to be supplied for the completion of the sense; see आकाङ्क्षा below.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : आशास्, इष्