feminine · apekkhā 1 · apekkhā 2
hope
Apekkhā and Apekhā (feminine) [Sanskrit apekṣā, from apa + īkṣ. The spelling is either kkh or kh, they are both used promiscuously, a tendency towards kh prevailing, as in upekhā, sekha] — attention, regard, affection for (locative); desire, longing for (with locative) S I 77; III 132; V 409 (mātā-pitusu); Vin IV 214; Snp 38 (= vuccati taṇhā etc. Nidd II §65; = taṇhā sineha Pj II 76); Ja I 9, 141; Thag 558; Dhp 345 (puttesu dāresu ca = taṇhā Dhp-a IV 56); Dhs 1059, 1136 (= ālayakaraṇa-vasena apekkhatī ti apekkhā As 365, cf. BMPE 257 note 3). Frequently as adjective (-°or in combination with sa° and an°), viz. Vin III 90 (visuddha°); S I 122 (otara°); sa° A III 258, 433; IV 60 f.; an° without consideration, regardless, indifferent S V 164; A III 252, 347, 434; Snp 200 (anapekkhā honti ñātayo); Ja I 9. Cf. anapekkhin and apekkhavant; also BHS avekṣatā.
regard, attention, longing for (locative)
(fem, fem, abstr, from apekkhati) longing; desire; expectation (for) hope, desire, expectance [lit.] looking out Construction: apa + √ikkh + ā
(fem, fem, abstr, from apekkhati) interest (in); enthusiasm (for); passion (for) passion, interest [lit.] looking out Construction: apa + √ikkh + ā