(connected with √ kam) cl. 1. P. kāṅkṣati (cakāṅkṣa, akāṅkṣīt, [Dhātup. xvii, 16]), ep. also Ā. °te, to wish, desire, long for, hope for (with acc.), expect, wait for, await (with acc.), strive to obtain, look for anything (dat.), [ĀśvŚr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [Bhag.]; [Megh.]; [Suśr.] : Caus. kāṅkṣayati, acakāṅkṣat, [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 1], Vārtt. 1: Desid. cikāṅkṣiṣati: Intens. cākāṅkṣyate and cākāṃṣṭi.