ākāṅkṣā-kāṅkṣ, cl. 1. P. A. -kāṅkṣati,-te, -ṣitum, to desire, long for, hope for, endeavour to gain, expect (with acc.); to endeavour to reach a place, turn to; (in gram.) to require some word or words to be supplied for the completion of the sense.
ā-√ kāṅkṣ 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.
ākāṅkṣ 1 U. 1 To desire, long or wish for, expect; pratyāśvasantaṃ ripurācakāṅkṣa R.7.47,5.38; Ms. 2.162,10.121; Y.1.153; ākāṅkṣantīṃ nayanasalilotpīḍaruddhāva- kāśām (tāṃ paśya) Me.91. -2 To try to reach a place, turn to; dakṣiṇāṃ diśamākāṅkṣan Ms.3.258. -3 To require, need. -4 (In gram.) To require some word or words to be supplied for the completion of the sense; see ākāṅkṣā below.