ākāṇkś | आकाण्क्श् | AkANkz
ā-√ kāṇkś | आ-√ काण्क्श् | P. Ā. -kāṇkśati | -काण्क्शति |, ˚te | ˚ते |, to desire, long for, endeavour to gain (with acc.), AitBr.; Mn. x, 121, &c., (rarely with gen.), Mn. ii, 162; (perf. -cakāṇkśa | -चकाण्क्श |, R.; Ragh.) to expect, wait for or till, Lāṭy.; MBh. xiv, 1279, &c.; to endeavour to reach a place, turn to (acc.), Mn. iii, 258; (in Gr.) to require some word or words to be supplied for the completion of the sense, Pāṇ., Sch.