काङ्क्षा
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- কাঙ্ক্ষা (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬵᬗ᭄ᬓ᭄ᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
- কাঙ্ক্ষা (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰯𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀗𑁆𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ကာင်္က္ၑာ (Burmese script)
- કાઙ્ક્ષા (Gujarati script)
- ਕਾਙ੍ਕ੍ਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦴꦔ꧀ꦏ꧀ꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂰𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಾಙ್ಕ್ಷಾ (Kannada script)
- កាង្ក្ឞា (Khmer script)
- ກາງ຺ກ຺ຩາ (Lao script)
- കാങ്ക്ഷാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᢛᡬᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘰𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢗᢊᢉᢔᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧑𑦲𑧠𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐵𑐒𑑂𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
- କାଙ୍କ୍ଷା (Odia script)
- ꢒꢵꢖ꣄ꢒ꣄ꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆳𑆕𑇀𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖯𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
- කාඞ්ක්ෂා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩛𑩠 𑪙𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚭𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚶𑚭 (Takri script)
- காங்க்ஷா (Tamil script)
- కాఙ్క్షా (Telugu script)
- กางฺกฺษา (Thai script)
- ཀཱ་ངྐྵཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒰𑒓𑓂𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨊𑨏𑩇𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root काङ्क्ष् (kāṅkṣ). See there for more.
Pronuncation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɑːŋk.ʂɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kɑːŋk.ʂɑː/
Noun
काङ्क्षा • (kāṅkṣā) stem, f
- (at the end of a compound) wish, desire, inclination
Derived terms
- अनुकाङ्क्षा (anukāṅkṣā)
- अभिकाङ्क्षा (abhikāṅkṣā)
- आकाङ्क्षा (ākāṅkṣā)
- प्रकाङ्क्षा (prakāṅkṣā)
- विकाङ्क्षा (vikāṅkṣā)
Descendants
- Pali: कङ्खा (kaṅkhā)
- Prakrit: कंखा (kaṃkhā)
- → Hindi: कांक्षा (kāṅkṣā)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “काङ्क्षा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0268.