apajihīrṣu

 The Sanskrit word apajihīrṣu is written in Devanagari as अपजिहीर्षु

Apajihīrṣu is a Sanskrit adjective meaning “desiring to take away, carry off, or rob.”

Core definition

All major dictionary sources agree that apajihīrṣu means “wishing to carry off or take away” or “intending to rob”

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It is a desiderative adjective, describing someone who wants to perform the action of taking away.

Grammatical breakdown

• apa- — a prefix meaning away, off, aside.
• √hṛ — the verbal root hṛ, meaning to take, seize, carry off.
• jihīrṣu — the desiderative form of √hṛ, expressing desire to take.
• Combined: apa + jihīrṣu → apajihīrṣu, “desiring to take away.”

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The term is listed as mfn. (masculine, feminine, neuter), meaning it behaves like an adjective and agrees with the noun it modifies.

Usage in literature

The word appears in Kalhaṇa’s Rājataraṅgiṇī, a medieval Sanskrit chronicle of Kashmir, where it describes someone intent on carrying something off or bent on robbery

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Variant spellings and transliterations

The results show several equivalent forms:

• apajihīrṣu (IAST)
• apajihirshu
• apajihirsu
  All represent the same Sanskrit word, differing only in transliteration conventions

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Summary

Apajihīrṣu is a Sanskrit adjective meaning “desirous of taking away, carrying off, or robbing,” formed from the desiderative of √hṛ with the prefix apa- and attested in classical Sanskrit literature.