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Entry काङ्क्षित

काङ्क्षितkāṅkṣitap. p.Wished, desired.
1. Wished, desired.
2. Expected.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ता, -तम् A wish, desire; अहं त्वरण्ये वत्स्यामि न मे राज्यस्य काङ्क्षिता Rām.2.34.28.
In the Gita1·32

येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च ॥

yeṣāmarthe kāňkṣitaṁ no rājyaṁ bhogāḥ sukhāni ca. — What is kingdom to us, O Govinda, what enjoyment, what even life? Those kinsmen for whose sake we desire kingdom, enjoyments and pleasures are… 1·32
- काङ्क्षितम्kāṅkṣitamaccusative singular of the past participial adjective kāṅkṣita (desired).
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