adjective (& neuter?)
desire
Icchā (feminine) [from icchati, iṣ 2 ] wish, longing, desire D II 243; III 75; S I 40 (°dhūpāyito loko), 44 (naraṃ parikassati); A II 143; IV 293 f.; 325 f.; V 40, 42 f.; Snp 773, 872; Dhp 74, 264 (°lobha-samāpanna); Nidd I 29, 30; Pp 19; Dhs 1059, 1136; Vibh 101, 357, 361, 370; Nett 18, 23, 24; As 363; As 250 (read icchā for issā? See BMPE 92, note 1); Pj II 108; Pv-a 65, 155; Saddh 242, 320. -āvacara moving in desires M I 27 (pāpaka); Nett 27; -āvatiṇṇa affected with desire, overcome by covetousness Snp 306; -pakata same Vin I 97; A III 119, 191, 219 f.; Pp 69; Miln 357; Vism 24 (where Buddhaghosa however takes it as "icchāya apakata" and puts apakata = upadduta); -vinaya discipline of one's wishes D III 252, A IV 15; V 165 f.
wish, desire
(fem, fem, abstr, from icchati) wish; desire; longing desire, wish, longing Construction: iccha + ā