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Results for विकाङ्क्षा

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

विकाङ्क्षाvikāṅkṣā1 False assertion (विसंवाद); दुःखोपायस्य मे वीर विकाङ्क्षा परिवर्तते Mb.7.8.16.
1. 1 False assertion (विसंवाद); दुःखोपायस्य मे वीर विकाङ्क्षा परिवर्तते Mb.7.8.16.
2. To be desireless.
3. Hesitation; न मे विकाङ्क्षा जायेत त्यक्तुं त्वां पापनिश्चयाम् Rām.2.73.18.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

विकाङ्क्षाvikāṅkṣāf. see वि-√काङ्क्ष् .
1. feminine see वि-√काङ्क्ष् .
2. feminine (confer, compare वि-काङ्क्ष, page and participle 950, column 1) hesitation, irresolution indecision as to (infinitive mood or genitive case) MBh. R.
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