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    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 102.
    ākāṅkṣin mfn. (-ṅkṣī-ṅkṣiṇī-ṅkṣi)

    1 Wishing, wishful.

    2 Asking, enquiring, expectant.

    E. ākāṅkṣā and ini aff.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 68, col. 2.
    'ākāṅkṣin -ā-kāṅkṣ + in, adj., f.

    iṇī, Desiring, Rām. 1, 20, 5. — Comp.

    nirākāṅkṣin, i. e. nis-, adj. devoid of

    desire, MBh. 14, 537.

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

    ☞ p. 111, col. 1.
    Ā-kāṅkṣin, ī, iṇī, i, wishing, desirous, wishful,

    hopeful; asking, enquiring, expectant.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 126, col. 3.
    ākāṅkṣin mfn. ifc. wishing, desirous, hoping, expecting, MBh. xii, 4289; R.; Ragh. xix, 57
    ☞ p. 126, col. 3.
    (See a-phalākāṅkṣin.)

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 84, col. 2.
    ākāṅkṣin

    mfn. (-ṅkṣī-ṅkṣiṇī-ṅkṣi)

    1. Wishing, wishful.

    2. Asking, enquiring,
    expectant.

    E. ākāṅkṣā and ini aff.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 305.
    ākāṅkṣin a. 1 Wishing, desiring, expecting; aphalākāṅkṣibhiryajñaḥ Bg.17.11; taṃ bhāvārthaprasavasamayākāṅkṣiṇīnāṃ prajānām | R.19.57. -2 Asking, inquiring.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 585.
    ākāṅkṣin (wie eben) adj. verlangend, wünschend, erwartend; am Ende eines comp.: aphalā° BHAG. 17, 11. rājño darśanākāṅkṣī R. 1, 20, 5. RAGH. 19, 57.
    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1086.
    ākāṅkṣin , jīvitākāṅkṣin MBH. 12, 4289.

    — Vgl. nirākāṅkṣin .

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 158, col. 2.
    °ākāṅkṣin Adj. verlangend , wünschend , erwartend KĀD. II,49,15.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 590, col. 2.
    ākāṅkṣin tri0 ākāṅkṣati ā + kāṅkṣa—ṇini . icchā-
    vati “aphalākāṅkṣibhiryajñovighidṛṣṭoya ijyate . yaṣṭavyame
    veti manaḥ samādhāya sa sātvikaḥ” gotā . striyāṃ ṅīp .
    “taṃ bhāvārthaprasavasamayākāṅkṣiṇīnāṃ prajānām” raghuḥ .