Pāli Dictionary

ākaṅkhati

āprefixkaṅkhrootasuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

kaṅkh1සඳහා ප්රාර්ථනා කරන්න

Synonyms

icchati, pāṭikaṅkhati, pattheti, patthayati, jigiṃsati

Antonyms

nākaṅkhati

general

  • කැමැති වන්නේය; ආශා කරන්නේය; පතන්නේය

  • to wish; to want; to desire; to aspire for

  • MN 6

    ākaṅkheyya ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu, sabrahmacārīnaṃ piyo ca assaṃ manāpo ca garu ca bhāvanīyo cā'ti, sīlesv'ev'assa paripūrakārī ajjhattaṃ cetosamatham'anuyutto anirākatajjhāno vipassanāya samannāgato brūhetā suññ'āgārānaṃ.

  • SN 2.2

    bhikkhu siyā jhāyī vimuttacitto, ākaṅkhe ce hadayass'ānupattiṃ, lokassa ñatvā udayabbayañ'ca, sucetaso anissito tadānisaṃso'ti.

  • කැමැති විය යුතු; පතනු ලැබිය යුතු; ආශා කළ යුතු

  • desirable; should be sought after; to be wished for

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