Pāli Dictionary

akaṅkha

aprefixkaṅkhrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Antonyms

sakaṅkha

doctrine

  • free from doubt; rid of uncertainty

  • Snp 5.5

    yaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vedagum'ābhijaññā, akiñcanaṃ kāmabhave asattaṃ, addhā hi so ogham'imaṃ atāri, tiṇṇo ca pāraṃ akhilo akaṅkho.

  • free from desire

  • Snp 5.5

    yaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vedagum'ābhijaññā, akiñcanaṃ kāmabhave asattaṃ, addhā hi so ogham'imaṃ atāri, tiṇṇo ca pāraṃ akhilo akaṅkho.

ākaṅkhā

approximate

āprefixkaṅkhrootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

kaṅkh1wish for

mind

  • longing; wish; desire

ākaṅkhati

approximate

āprefixkaṅkhrootasuffix

via inflected form ākaṅkha · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

kaṅkh1wish for

Synonyms

icchati, pāṭikaṅkhati, pattheti, patthayati, jigiṃsati

Antonyms

nākaṅkhati

general

  • 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.

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

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