As a deity name
Name 182 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 384 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
व्यवसाय · noun · masculine
वह कार्य जिसके द्वारा किसी की जीविका का निर्वाह होता हो । जीविका । जैसे,—दूसरों की सेवा करना ही उसका व्यवसाय है · रोजगार । व्यापार । जैसे॰—आजकल कपड़े का व्यवसाय कुछ मंदा है · कोई कार्य आरंभ करना — Śabdasāgara
व्यवसाय · vyavasāy · s.m.
Strenuous effort or exertion, activity, energy, industry, perseverance, intentness, eagerness — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1212
व्यवसाय · masculine
business; trade; occupation
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi व्यवसाय — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit व्यवसाय (vyavasāya).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
vy-avasāya See col. 3.
vy-avasāya m. strenuous effort or exertion, Car.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
strenuous effort or exertion
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Dictionary citations
vy-avasāya See col. 3.
vy-avasāya m. strenuous effort or exertion, Car.
settled determination, resolve, purpose, intention to (loc., acc. with prati, or comp.; ˚yam√ kṛ to make up one's mind, resolve, determine), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
Resolution (personified), R.; Pur.
trade, business, Campak.
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