adjective to be desired or expected MN.i.25; MN.iii.97; SN.i.88 SN.ii.152; AN.iii.143 = Snp.p.140 (= icchitabba Snp-a.504) Ud.36; Dhp-a.iv.2 (gati ˚ā) Pv-a.63 (id.).

grd. of paṭikankhati, Sk. *pratikānkṣya