cikīrṣā

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] Desire of doing(any- thing), will, wish, desire.

Appears in 13 texts

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Desire of doing(any- thing), will, wish, desire.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

43

Texts Appeared In

9

DCS: for one's own sake; for one's self

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 30 69.8%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 4 9.3%
3. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2 4.7%
4. Saundarānanda 2 4.7%
5. Buddhacarita 1 2.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: cikīrṣayā

  jāyātmajārthapaśubhṛtyagṛhāptavargān puṣṇāti yatpriyacikīrṣayā vitanvan

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: cikīrṣayā

  dīptiyuktān mahotsāhān kṣatradharmacikīrṣayā

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: cikīrṣayā

  atha jyeṣṭhāṃ surāḥ sarve devatārthacikīrṣayā