The Sanskrit term Abhikāṅkṣā can be transliterated into English as Abhikanksa or Abhikanksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Abhikāṅkṣā (अभिकाङ्क्षा):—Desire

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhikāṅkṣā (अभिकाङ्क्षा).—Wish, desire, longing.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhikāṅkṣā (अभिकाङ्क्षा).—f.

(-ṅkṣā) Wish, desire. E. abhi, and kāṅkṣā desire.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhikāṅkṣā (अभिकाङ्क्षा).—[abhi-kāṅkṣ + ā], f. Desire, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 48, 15 (svargam abhikaṅkṣā, Desire of getting into heaven, with accus. like its verbal base).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhikāṅkṣā (अभिकाङ्क्षा).—[feminine] wish, desire ([accusative] or —°).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhikāṅkṣā (अभिकाङ्क्षा):—[=abhi-kāṅkṣā] [from abhi-kāṅkṣ] f. longing for, desire (with [accusative] or ifc.)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhikāṅkṣā (अभिकाङ्क्षा):—[tatpurusha compound] f.

(-ṅkṣā) Wish, desire. E. kāṅkṣ with abhi, kṛt aff. a.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Abhikāṅkṣā (अभिकाङ्क्षा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Abhikaṃkhā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Abhikanksha in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Kanksha, Abhi.

Full-text: Abhikamkha, Kanksh.

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