Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

icchā इच्छा – wish; will; intention

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine

wish; will; intention

Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

icchā ·f. wish, desire; °-- & instr. according to one's wish, voluntarily, intentionally.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

Icchā, f. wish, desire, inclination; (in mathematics) a question or problem; (in gram.) the desiderative form; icchayā, according to one's wish or desire; icchāṃ ni-grah, to suppress one's desire.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

icchā́ (von iṣ, icchati) f. Wunsch, Verlangen, Neigung P. 3,3,101. VOP. 26,191. AK. 1,1,7,27. AK. 3,4,9,41. H. 430. Gegens. dveṣa Abneigung BHAG. 7,27. BHAG. 13,6. mokṣa icchāsti P. 1,4,45, Sch. mit dem inf. VOP. 5,15. amātyairviniyukto 'haṃ rājye nātmecchayā R. 4,9,4. ātmasukhecchayā M. 5,45. vilāduttaraṇecchayā R. 4,52,18. icchayā nach Wunsch, nach eigener Neigung M. 3,32. M. 5,103. M. 11,124. YĀJÑ. 2,12. PRAB. 101,8. icchayātmanaḥ M. 9,95. M. 11,73. svayecchayā M. 9,175. PAÑCAT. I, 369. svecchayā PAÑCAT. I,87,11. HIT. 17,15. VET. 29,15. madicchayā KATHĀS. 5,7. vigatecchābhayakrodha BHAG. 5,28. janmani kleśabahule kiṃ nu duḥkhamataḥ param . icchāsaṃpadyato nāsti yatrecchā na nivartate .. HIT. I, 176. icchārataiḥ MEGH. 87. icchāṃ nigrahītum sein Verlangen unterdrücken ŚĀK. 16,12, v. l. maheccha PAÑCAT. I, 43. RAGH. 18,32. Bei den Mathematikern heisst icchā die gestellte Frage, icchāphala die Lösung der Frage COLEBR. Alg. 33. In der Grammatik Bezeichnung einer desider.-Bildung AV. PRĀT. 3,18. AV. PRĀT. 4,29. — Vgl. anicchā.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

icchā vgl. niriccha, maheccha, yatheccham.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

icchā f. — 1〉 Wunsch, Verlangen, Neigung. Instr. nach Wunsch, — eigener Neigung, — Belieben, — Laune. icchā˚ dass. — 2〉 Desiderativum (gramm.). — 3〉 in der Math. die gestellte Frage. ˚phala n. die Lösung derselben. ˚rāśi m. die Zahl derselben Comm. zu ĀRYABH. 2,26.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

icchaka, icchā See under iṣ.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

icchā [iṣ bhāve śa] 1 Wish, desire, inclination of mind, will; icchayā according to one's desire, at will. 2 Willingness. 3 (In Math.) A question or problem. 4 (In gram.) The form of the Desiderative. Comp. — dānaṃ fulfilment of a wish. — nivṛttiḥ f. suppression of desire, indifference to worldly desires. — phalaṃ the solution of a question or problem. — rataṃ desired sports, favourite pastimes; Me. 89. — vasu a. ‘possessing wealth according to wish’, epithet of Kubera. — saṃpad f. fulfilment of one's wishes.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

icchā f. Wunsch, Verlangen. Instr. u. ˚— nach Wunsch, Belieben.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

icchā icchā f. (iṣ) désir. icchāmi pr.; icchat ppr. de iṣ. icchāvatī f. femme désireuse de qqc., de vêtements, de bijoux, etc. icchāvasu m. (vasu) ép. de Kuvera. icchu a. désireux; passionné.

Derived words

  • svecchā स्वेच्छा substantive feminine one’s own will; free will

Occurrences in source texts (20)

DYS 5 occurrences
DYS 125–130: Liberation in Life 4 occurrences

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DYS 150–153*3: Vajrolī: Secret Teaching 1 occurrence

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HP 2 occurrences
HP 3.66-3.72: Jālandhara and the Bandhas 1 occurrence

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HP 3.73-3.78: Viparīta Karaṇī 1 occurrence

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PJH 1 occurrence
PJH 1-2: A Description of Universal or Divine Awareness 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

  • PJH 2 Segment 1

    Through: svecchā Attested form: svecchayā Grammar of the segment: instrumental case singular

SiSa 6 occurrences
SiSa 3.61-3.67: Paricaya und Niṣpatti 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.78-4.80: Vajrolī-Weg 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.24-5.28: Adhimātratama 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.113-5.120: Anāhata 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.234-5.252: Tripurā-Mantra 1 occurrence

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SS 1 occurrence
SS 1.12–1.16: Stages of Wonder 1 occurrence

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  • SS 1.13 Segment 1

    Attested form: icchā Grammar of the segment: nominative singular

VBT 5 occurrences
VBT 93–100: Pain and Desire 3 occurrences

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VBT 101–109: Śiva-Identity 1 occurrence

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VBT 146–155: Inner Rituals 1 occurrence

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