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kāṅkṣā (also °ṣa-, m. or nt. ? = Pali kaṅkhā; in Skt. only mg. desire ; cf. prec. and next; this word and [Page175-b] relatives are also used as in Skt. , tho much less commonly, cf. dharmakāṅkṣā, desire for dh° , SP 258.6 ; kāṅkṣiṇo, desirous , LV 399.8 ), doubt : °ṣāṃ tatha saṃśayaṃ ca SP 49.1 ( vs ); very common, e.g. SP 61.8 (°ṣāṃ ca śokaṃ ca jahāti); 125.12 ; 223.1 ; 337.2 ; LV 87.13 ; 370.16 ; Mvy 2129 ( foll. by vimati; so also Divy 297.28 ; 328.1 ; RP 57.19 ; Gv 4.26 ; 32.25 ; Sukh 37.12 etc. ; so often Pali kaṅkhā with vimati); Mv i.162.7 (here v.l. kāṅkhā); ii.308.19 ; 374.11 ; 390.23 ; iii.55.11 ; 394.16 (misprinted ka°); Divy 573.5 ; RP 12.10 ; Bhad 54 ; niḥkāṅkṣa (niṣk°), free from doubt , Mvy 364 ; SP 63.8 ; 70.11 ; 71.5 ; tīrṇakāṅkṣa, id. , Mv iii.61.7 ; 62.12 ; Divy 617.14 ; Av i.233.5 ; apparently a-stem, m. or nt. (if not misprint or error of tradition), RP 8.10 (prose!) kāṅkṣa-prahāṇaṃ, riddance of doubt .