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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry इच्छा

  1. इच्छाicchāWish, desire, inclination of mind, will; इच्छया according to one's desire, at will.

    [इष् भावे श]

    1. Wish, desire, inclination of mind, will; इच्छया according to one's desire, at will.
    2. Willingness.
    3. (In Mathematics) A question or problem.
    4. (In Grammar) The form of the Desiderative.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -दानम् fulfilment of a wish.

    • -निवृत्तिः Feminine suppression of desire, indifference to worldly desires.

    • -फलम् the solution of a question or problem.

    • -रतम् desired sports, favourite pastimes; नीता रात्रिः क्षणमिव मया सार्धमिच्छारतैर्या Me.89.

    • -रूपम्

      1. Desire (personified).
      2. The first manifestation of divine power.

    • -वसु Adjective 'possessing wealth according to wish', epithet of Kubera.

    • -संपद् Feminine fulfilment of one's wishes.

    In the Gita13·7

    इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतना धृतिः ।

    icchā dveṣaḥ sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ saṅghātaścetanā dhṛtiḥ, — Liking and disliking, pleasure and pain (these are the principal deformations of the Kshetra); consciousness, collocation, persistence; these, briefly… 13·7
    • इच्छाicchānominative singular of the feminine noun icchā (liking, desire).
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Headwords under इ

Part 1 of 2 इ – इभ्यAll parts
  1. इ – इभ्य
  2. इभ्यक – इहल