Ā-kāṅkṣa, as, ā, am, desiring, wishing; (in gram.) requiring a word or words to complete the sense; (ā), f. desire, wish; (in gram.) the requiring of a word or period for the completion of the sense; looking at or towards; purpose, intention; enquiry, asking; the significancy of a word.
ākāṅkṣaa.1 Desiring, wishing. -2 (In gram.) Requiring some words to complete the sense; aṅgayuktaṃ tiḍākāṅkṣam P.VIII.2.96,104. -kṣā 1 Desire, wish; bhakta˚ Suśr., bhrāntyāliṅgya mayā rahasyamuditaṃ tatsaṅgamākāṅkṣayā Amaru. 46. -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); ākāṅkṣā 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 ākāṅkṣā. -3 Looking at or towards. -4 Purpose, intention. -5 Inquiry. -6 The significancy of a word. -7 Expectancy. asatyāmākāṅkṣāyāṃ saṃnidhānamakāraṇam, ŚB. on MS.6.4.23.
ākāṅkṣa (von kāṅkṣ mit ā) adj. verlangend, wünschend; gramm. eine Ergänzung (zur Vervollständigung des Sinnes) erfordernd: tiṅein verbum finitum, das ein anderes verbum finitum (einen zweiten Satz) zur Vervollständigung des Sinnes erfordert P. 8, 2, 96. 104.