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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vyavaso (व्यवसो).—4 P.

1) To strive, endeavour, try, seek, attempt, set about; यथा मे गौतमः प्राह ततो न व्यवसाम्यहम् (yathā me gautamaḥ prāha tato na vyavasāmyaham) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.185.9; ध्रुवं स नीलोत्पलपत्रधारया शमीलतां छेत्तुमृषि- व्यवस्यति (dhruvaṃ sa nīlotpalapatradhārayā śamīlatāṃ chettumṛṣi- vyavasyati) Ś.1.18; V.4.

2) To think of, wish, desire; पातुं न प्रथमं व्यवस्यति जलं युष्मास्वपीतेषु या (pātuṃ na prathamaṃ vyavasyati jalaṃ yuṣmāsvapīteṣu yā) Ś.4.9.

3) To exert strenuously, be industrious or diligent.

4) To resolve, determine, settle, decide; य आत्मनो दृश्यगुणेषु सन्निति व्यवस्यते स्वव्यतिरेकतोऽवुधः (ya ātmano dṛśyaguṇeṣu sanniti vyavasyate svavyatirekato'vudhaḥ) Bhāgavata 1.3.18; प्रथमपरि- गृहीतं स्यान्न वेत्यव्यवस्यन् (prathamapari- gṛhītaṃ syānna vetyavyavasyan) Ś.5.19.

5) To accept, undertake; कच्चित् सौम्य व्यवसितमिदं बन्धुकृत्यं त्वया मे (kaccit saumya vyavasitamidaṃ bandhukṛtyaṃ tvayā me) Meghadūta 116.

6) To be convinced or persuaded.

7) To reflect.

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

Vyavaso (व्यवसो):—[=vy-ava-√so] [Parasmaipada] -syati ([Epic] also -syate [with act. and pass. meaning]; 1. sg. pr. -sāmi; [Potential] -seyam, -set; [future] -siṣyati),

—to settle down or dwell separately, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

—to differ (in opinion), contest, quarrel, [ib.];

—to separate, divide (opp. to sam-√as), [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya];

—to determine, resolve, decide, be willing to ([accusative] [dative case], artham ifc., or [infinitive mood]), [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa] etc. etc.;

—to settle, ascertain, be convinced or persuaded of, take for ([accusative]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to ponder, reflect, consider, [Mahābhārata; Śakuntalā];

—to make strenuous effort, labour or seek after, make an attempt upon ([accusative]), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary] :

—[Passive voice] -sīyate, to be settled or ascertained or fixed on or determined or decided (often [impersonal or used impersonally]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.:

—[Causal] -sāyayati, to cause to resolve, encourage to undertake, embolden, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-saṃhitā] ;

—to incite or instigate to ([infinitive mood]), [Kirātārjunīya]

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

Vyavaso (व्यवसो) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vavasa.

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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: Vyava, Sho, Co.

Ends with: Anuvyavaso.

Full-text: Vavasa, Vyavasiti, Vyavasayabuddhi, Vyavasayavartin, Vyavasayavat, Vyavasayatmaka, Vyavasayadvitiya, Vyavasta, Vyavaseya, Vyavasayin, Vyavasaya, Vyavasita.

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