Abhilashana, Abhilaṣaṇa: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Abhilaṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Abhilasana or Abhilashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAbhilaṣaṇa (अभिलषण).—Desiring, longing.
Derivable forms: abhilaṣaṇam (अभिलषणम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhilaṣaṇa (अभिलषण):—[=abhi-laṣaṇa] [from abhi-laṣ] n. craving after, desiring.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhilaṣaṇa (अभिलषण):—[tatpurusha compound] 1. n.
(-ṇam) Wishing, desiring. E. laṣ with abhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ. 2. m. f. n.
(-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇam) Covetous (?) (according to Hemach.'s Dhātupar. s. v. laṣ: bhūṣākrodhārthetyane abhilaṣaṇaḥ, the quoted Sūtra corresponding with Pāṇ. Iii. 2. 151.; but it does not appear how the radical laṣ with abhi belongs to the category bhūṣārtha or krodhārtha). E. laṣ with abhi, kṛt aff. yuc.
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