nikāma

Dictionary meanings for nikāma from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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nikāma

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. [ni kam ghañ] 1 Plentiful copious, abundant; nikājalāṃ strotovahāṃ S. 6. 16.

2 Desirous of. maḥ, maṃ Wish, desire. maṃ ind. 1 According to one's wish or desire, agreeably to desire.

2 To one's satisfaction, to the heart's content; rātrau nikāmaṃ śayita- vyamapi nāsti Ś. 2 ‘I cannot even sleep at ease or comfortably at night.’

3 Very much, exceedingly nikāmaṃ kṣāmāṃgī Māl. 2. 3; often used as the first...

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