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Entry व्यवसाय

व्यवसायvyavasāya1 Effort, exertion, energy, industry, perseverance; करोतु नाम नीतिज्ञो व्यवसायमितस्ततः H.2.14.
1. 1 Effort, exertion, energy, industry, perseverance; करोतु नाम नीतिज्ञो व्यवसायमितस्ततः H.2.14.
2. Resolve, resolution, determination; मन्दीचकार मरण- व्यवसायबुद्धिम् Ku.4.45 'the thought of resolving to die'; व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः Bg.2.41; व्यवसायोऽस्मि 1.36.
3. An act, action, performance; व्यवसायः प्रतिपत्तिनिष्ठुरः R.8.65.
4. (a) Business, employment, trade. (b) Following a particular profession or trade.
5. Conduct, behaviour.
6. Device, stratagem, artifice.
7. Boasting.
8. Name of Viṣṇu.
9. Of Śiva.
10. State, condition.
Derived forms and compounds
- -आत्मक Adjective energetic, laborious.
- -बुद्धि Adjective having a resolute mind.
In the Gita10·36 18·59

जयोऽस्मि व्यवसायोऽस्मि सत्त्वं सत्त्ववतामहम् ॥

jayo'smi vyavasāyo'smi sattvaṁ sattvavatāmaham. — I am the gambling of the cunning, and the strength of the mighty; I am resolution and perseverance and victory; I am the sattwic quality of the good. 10·36
- व्यवसायःvyavasāyaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun vyavasāya (resolve).
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