a. [spṛh-anīyar] To be desired or longed for, enviable, de- sirable; aho batāsi spṛhaṇīyavīrya. Ku. 3. 20; vaṃdyā tvameva jagataḥ spṛhaṇīyasiddhiḥ Māl. 10. 21; paraspareṇa spṛhaṇīyaśobhaṃ na cedidaṃ dvaṃdvamayojayiṣyat R. 7. 14, Ku. 7. 66; U. 6. 40.