Apekkhā & Apekhā (f.) [Sk. apekṣā, fr. apa + īkṣ. The spelling is either kkh or kh, they are both used promiscuously, a tendency towards kh prevailing, as in upekhā, sekha] attention, regard, affection for (loc.); desire, longing for (c. loc.) S i.77; iii.132; v.409 (mātā -- pitusu); Vin iv.214; Sn 38 (= vuccati taṇhā etc. Nd2 65; = taṇhā sineha SnA 76); J i.9, 141; Th 1, 558; Dh 345 (puttesu dāresu ca = taṇhā DhA iv.56); Dhs 1059, 1136 (= ālayakaraṇa -- vasena apekkhatī ti apekkhā Dhs A 365, cp. Dhs trsl. 279). Freq. as adj. ( -- ˚or in combn. with sa˚ and an˚), viz. Vin iii.90 (visuddha˚); S i.122 (otara˚); sa˚ A iii.258, 433; iv.60 sq.; an˚ without consideration, regardless, indifferent S v.164; A iii.252, 347, 434; Sn 200 (anapekkhā honti ñātayo); J i.9. Cp. anapekkhin & apekkhavant; also B.Sk. avekṣatā.

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