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आकांक्ष (AkAMkSa)

 
Apte 1890
English
आकांक्ष a. 1 Desiring, wishing.
2 (In gram.) Requiring some words to complete the sense
अंगयुक्तं तिङाकांक्षं P. VIII. 2. 96, 104.
क्षा 1 Desire, wish
भक्त° 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 योग्यता and आसत्ति)
आकांक्षा प्रतीतिपर्यवसानविरहः S. D. 2 the absence of the completion of a sense
see Bhāṣā P. 82, 84 and T. S. 49
in the ex. गौरश्वः पुरुषो हस्ती there is आकांक्षा.
3 Looking at or towards.
4 Purpose, intention.
5 Inquiry.
6 The significance of a word.