ākāṃkṣa

ākāṃkṣa a.

1 Desiring, wishing.

2 (In gram.) Requiring some words to complete the sense; aṃgayuktaṃ tiṅākāṃkṣaṃ P. VIII. 2. 96, 104.

— kṣā

1 Desire, wish; bhakta° Suśr., Amaru. 41.

2 (In gram. &c.) The presence of a word necessary to complete the sense, one of the three elements necessary to convey a complete sense or thought (the other two being yogyatā and āsatti); ākāṃkṣā pratītiparyavasānavirahaḥ S. D. 2 the absence of the completion of a sense; see Bhāṣā P. 82, 84 and T. S. 49; in the ex. gauraśvaḥ puruṣo hastī there is ākāṃkṣā.

3 Looking at or towards.

4 Purpose, intention.

5 Inquiry.

6 The significance of a word.