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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 ..