wishes to win or obtain; desires; covets.

to desire, to wish to acquire, to covet Snp.700; Ja.ii.285; Ja.iii.172 (variant reading BB. jigissaṃ); Ja.iv.406 (variant reading SS. jihiṃ˚, BB. jigī˚); Ja.v.372; Ja.vi.268. As jigīsati Thag.1110. …

tries to win; wishes to overcome

of jigiṃsati

of jigiṃsati

of jigiṃsati

of jigiṃsati

…and nijigiṃsanatā.

abhi + jigiṃsati

…annul); Mil.227

■ Des jigiṃsati (q.v.)
pp jina & jita; (q.v.).

Sk. jayati, ji to have power, to conquer, cp….

desire for, covetousness Vb.353 (variant reading BB. nijigīsanatā); cp. Vism.29

n. abstr. fr. jigiṃsati

to desire ardently, to covet DN-a.i.92 (= maggeti pariyesati).

Sk. nijigīṣati, ni + jigiṃsati