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ākaṅkhati

pr 3rd sg of ākaṅkhati (verb)

1. wishes; wants; desires; aspires (for)

Etymology. ā + kaṅkha + ti; from √kaṅkh 'wish for'; Sanskrit ākāṅkṣati [ākāṅkṣ]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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