vyavasAyaH 1 Effort, exertion, energy, industry, perseverance; karotu nAma nItijYo vyavasAyamitastataH ( pb ) H. 2. 14. 2 Resolve, resolution, determination; maMdIcakAra maraRavyavasAyabudDiM Ku. 4. 45 ‘the thought of resolving to die’; Bg. 2. 41 , 10. 36. 3 An act, action, performance; vyavasAyaH pratipattinizwuraH 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 N. of Viṣṇu. 9 Of Śiva.