SaNk cl. 1. Ā. ( Dhātup. iv, 12 ) Sa/Nkate ( ep. also P. ; aor. 2. sg. aSaNkIs , aSaNkizwa , SaNkizWAs , SaNkiTAs , MBh. &c. inf. SaNkitum , ib. ; ind.p. ; -SaNkya , ib. ; Gr. also pf. SaSaNke fut. SaNkitA , SaNkizyate ), to be anxious or apprehensive, be afraid of ( abl. ), fear, dread, suspect, distrust ( acc. ), Br. ; MBh. ; to be in doubt or uncertain about ( acc. ), hesitate, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to think probable, assume, believe, regard as (with two acc. ), suppose to be ( SaNke , ‘I think’, ‘I suppose’, ‘it seems to me’), ib. ; (in argumentative works) to ponder over or propound a doubt or objection: Pass. SaNkyate ( aor. aSaNki ), to be feared or doubted &c.: Caus. SaNkayati , to cause to fear or doubt, render anxious about ( loc. ), Mālav.