a. Wishing or desiring for (with acc., loc. or in comp.); desirous, covetous, greedy of; yadāryamasyā- mabhilāṣi me manaḥ Ś. 1. 22; jalābhilā- ṣī jalamādadānāṃ R. 2. 6; 3. 36; Me. 78; jayamatrabhavānnūnamarātiṣvabhilāṣukaḥ Ki. 11. 18; Śi. 15. 59.