1. intention, wish desire SN.i.124; SN.v.108; AN.ii.81; AN.iii.363 (bhoga˚), AN.v.65; Ja.i.79, Ja.i.83; Sdhp.62. As adj. (-˚) desiring Pv-a.226 (hass˚ in play = khiḍḍatthika).
2. sense, meaning conclusion, inference (cp. adhigama) Mil.148; Pv-a.8 Pv-a.16, Pv-a.48, Pv-a.131 (the moral of a story). -adhippāyena (instr. in the way of, like Pv-a.215 (kīḷ for fun).

adhi + ppa + i; Sk. abhiprāya