Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. 1 Desiring, wishing.
2 (In gram.) Requiring some words to complete the sense; aṃgayuktaṃ tiṅā- kāṃkṣaṃ P. VIII. 2. 96, 104. kṣā 1 Desire, wish; bhaktaº Suśr., Amaru. 41.
2 (In gram. &c.) The presence of a word necessary to complete the sense, one of the three elements necessary to convey a complete sense or thought (the other two being yogyatā and āsatti); ākāṃkṣā pratīti- paryavasānavirahaḥ S. D. 2 the...