adhyavasānam [bhāve-lyuṭ] 1 Effort, determination &c. See adhyavasāya-2 (In Rhet.) Identification of two things (prakṛta and aprakṛta) in such a manner that the one is completely absorbed into the other; nigīryādhyavasānaṃ tu prakṛtasya pareṇa yat K. P.10; on such identification is founded the figure called atiśayokti, and the lakṣaṇā called sādhyavasānā. See K. P.2.