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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 52, col. 3.
    adhyavasāyaḥ

    1 An attempt, effort, exertion; na svalpamapyadhyavasāyabhīroḥ karoti vijñānanidhirguṇaṃ hi H. 1. v. l.; °sahacareṣu sāhaseṣu Dk. 161.

    2 Determination, resolution; mental effort or apprehension; saṃbhāvanaṃ nāma astitvādhyavasāyaḥ P. VI. 2. 21.

    3 Perseverance, diligence, energy, constancy; tatkoyaṃ pade pade mahānanadhyavasāyaḥ U. 4 absence of energy or resolution, drooping of spirits; (with mahānadhyavasāyaḥ as the reading, the meaning would be ‘why this effort on your part i. e. to determine whether you should go or not, hesitation’.).

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 69.
    adhyavasāyaḥ 1 An attempt, effort, exertion; na svalpa- mapyadhyavasāyabhīroḥ karoti vijñānanidhirguṇaṃ hi H.1.v.l.; ˚saha- careṣu sāhaseṣu Dk.161. -2 Determination, resolution; mental effort or apprehension; saṃbhāvanaṃ nāma astitvādhyava- sāyaḥ P.VI.2.21. cf. also prativiṣayādhyavasāyo dṛṣṭam | Sāṅkhya K.5. -3 Perseverance, diligence, energy, constancy; tatko'yaṃ pade pade mahānanadhyavasāyaḥ U.4 absence of energy or resolution, drooping of spirits; (with mahānadhyavasāyaḥ as the reading, the meaning would be 'why this effort on your part i. e. to determine whether you should go or not, hesitation.')

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 40.
    adhyavasāyaḥ , puṃ, (adhi + ava + so + bhāve ghañ .)
    utsāhaḥ . ityamaraḥ .. karmmasu sukaraḥ pratyayaḥ .
    iti madhuḥ .. karmmasu dṛḍhayatnakārako bhāvaḥ . iti
    ramānāthaḥ .. karmmasu pratyayaḥ iti nayanānandaḥ ..
    aśakye balodyamaḥ . iti kecit .. udyogodyamau
    cātra . iti bharataḥ ..