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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 111, col. 1.
    Ā-kāṅkṣaṇīya or ā-kāṅkṣitavya, as, ā, am,

    to be desired or expected, desirable.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 84, col. 2.
    ākāṅkṣaṇīya

    mfn. (-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) Desirable, to be desired or expected.

    E. āṅ
    before kāṅkṣi to desire, anīyar affix; also ākāṅkṣitavya

    mfn. (-vyaḥ-vyā-vyaṃ)
    and ākāṅkṣya

    mfn. (-ṅkṣyaḥ-ṅkṣyā-ṅkṣyaṃ)

    with tavya and yat affs.