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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAdhyavasyati (अध्यवस्यति).—(compare adhyavasāna, °sāya; Pali *ajjho-sati, fut. °sissati etc.; not exactly in this sense in Sanskrit), clings to (something deprecated), covets: °syati Śikṣāsamuccaya 223.8; °syaty adhyavasāya (ger.) tiṣṭhati Divyāvadāna 37.23; ppp. adhyavasita, q.v.
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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