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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Adhyavaso (अध्यवसो).—4 P.

1) To determine, resolve; कथमिदानीं दुर्जनवचनादेवं अध्यवसितं देवेन (kathamidānīṃ durjanavacanādevaṃ adhyavasitaṃ devena) U. 1; अदुर्लभं मरणमध्यवसितम् (adurlabhaṃ maraṇamadhyavasitam) K. 171; किमध्यवस्यन्ति गुरवः (kimadhyavasyanti guravaḥ) Ve.1; अभिधातुमध्यवससौ न गिरा (abhidhātumadhyavasasau na girā) Śiśupālavadha 9.76; resolve or mean to do.

2) To attempt, exert, undertake; मा साहसं अध्यवस्यः (mā sāhasaṃ adhyavasyaḥ) Daśakumāracarita 123; व्रतं दुष्करमध्यवसितम् (vrataṃ duṣkaramadhyavasitam) H.1.

3) To grapple with.

4) To conceive, apprehend, think; अकार्यं कार्यवदध्यवस्य (akāryaṃ kāryavadadhyavasya) Daśakumāracarita 86.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhyavaso (अध्यवसो):—[=adhy-ava-√so] [class] 4. [Parasmaipada] -syati, to undertake, attempt, accomplish;

—to determine, consider, ascertain.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Adhyavaso (अध्यवसो) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ajbhavasa, Saka.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Co, Sho.

Full-text: Adhyavasaya, Adhyavasita, Adhyavasayin, Adhyavasiti, Adhyavasayita, Adhyavasayayukta, Adhyavaseya, Shaka, Ajbhavasa.

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