As a Hindi name
स्पृहा · noun · feminine
अभिलाषा । इच्छा । कामना । ख्वाहिश · न्यायदर्शन के अनुसार किसी ऐसे पदार्थ की प्राप्ति की कामना जो धर्म के अनुकूल हो · ईर्ष्या (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
स्पृहा · spr̤ihā · s.f.
Wish, desire, eager desire, longing; envy, covetousness — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 635
स्पृहा · feminine
desire, wish, longing, craving, covetousness
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi स्पृहा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit स्पृहा (spṛhā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
spṛhā f. (ifc. f(ā). ) eager desire, desire, covetousness, envy, longing for, pleasure or delight in (dat., gen. loc., or comp.; acc. with √ kṛ or bandh, ‘to long for, be desirous of [loc. or comp.]’; with √ kṛ, ‘to envy any one [loc.]’), MBh.; R. &c.
a kind of plant (v.l. spṛśā), L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
eager desire, desire, covetousness, envy, longing for, pleasure or delight in (dat., gen. loc., or comp.; acc. with √ kṛ or bandh, ‘to long for, be desirous of [loc. or comp.]’; wi…
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spṛhā f. (ifc. f(ā). ) eager desire, desire, covetousness, envy, longing for, pleasure or delight in (dat., gen. loc., or comp.; acc. with √ kṛ or bandh, ‘to long for, be desirous of [loc. or comp.]’; with √ kṛ, ‘to envy any one [loc.]’), MBh.; R. &c.
a kind of plant (v.l. spṛśā), L.
spṛhā [spṛh-añ] Desire, eager desire, ardent wish, longing, envy, covetousness; kathamanye kariṣyaṃti putrebhyaḥ putriṇaḥ spṛhāṃ Ve. 3. 29, R. 8. 34.
spṛhā f. (-hā) Wish, desire. E. spṛha to wish, aṅ and ṭāp affs.
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