As a deity name
Name 176 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
इच्छा · noun · feminine
एक मनोवृत्ति जो किसी ऐसी वस्तु की प्राप्ति की ओर ध्यान ले जाती है जिससे किसी प्रकार के सुख की संभावना होती है । कामना । लालसा । अभिलाषा । चाह । ख्वाहिश । विषेष—वेदांत और सांख्य में इच्छा को मन का धर्म माना है । पर न्याय और वैशेषिक में इसे आत्मा (गुण) धर्म या व्यापार माना गया है · माल की माँग · गणित में त्रैराशिक की दूसरी शक्ति — Śabdasāgara
इच्छा · iććhā · s.f.
Wish, desire; will; pleasure; inclination, appetite — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 27
इच्छा · feminine
a female given name, Iccha, from Sanskrit
इच्छा · feminine
desire, will, wish
Cited formation "इच्छा" is इच्छना + -आ: इच्छना means "स॰ [सं॰ इच्छ़न] इच्छा करना । चाहना", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi इच्छा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit इच्छा (icchā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
icchā f. wish, desire, inclination, K.: Mn.; Yājñ.; Pañcat.; Ragh. &c.
(in math.) a question or problem
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
wish, desire, inclination, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "icchā" is the nominative of "icchan" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Dictionary citations
icchā f. wish, desire, inclination, K.: Mn.; Yājñ.; Pañcat.; Ragh. &c.
(in math.) a question or problem
(in gram.) the desiderative form, APrāt.
icchaka, icchā See under iṣ.
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.
icchan mfn. (-cchan-cchaṃtī-cchat) Wishing, wishful, desirous. E. iṣa to wish, śatṛ aff.
Alternative readings
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