Phalakanksha, Phalākāṅkṣā, Phala-akanksha: 6 definitions
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Phalakanksha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Phalākāṅkṣā can be transliterated into English as Phalakanksa or Phalakanksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryphalākāṅkṣā (फलाकांक्षा).—f (S) Desire or hope of fruit (or reward) in one's working.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishphalākāṅkṣā (फलाकांक्षा).—f Desire of fruit or reward.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPhalākāṅkṣā (फलाकाङ्क्षा).—expectation of (good) results; see फलापेक्षा (phalāpekṣā).
Phalākāṅkṣā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms phala and ākāṅkṣā (आकाङ्क्षा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPhalākāṅkṣā (फलाकाङ्क्षा).—f.
(-ṅkṣā) Hope or expectation of favourable consequences. E. phala and ākāṅkṣā desire.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPhalākāṅkṣā (फलाकाङ्क्षा):—[from phala > phal] f. hope or expectation of favourable consequences, [ib.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPhalākāṅkṣā (फलाकाङ्क्षा):—[phalā+kā+ṅkṣā] (ṅkṣā) 1. f. Hope, desire or expectation of fruit.
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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