Adhyashaya, śⲹ: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term śⲹ can be transliterated into English as Adhyasaya or Adhyashaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastraśⲹ (अध्याश�):—When the bodhisattva has obtained this high aspiration (śⲹ), he equalizes his mind in regard to all beings. Beings always love their friends and hate their enemies, but, for the bodhisattva who has obtained the high aspiration, enemy and friend are equal; he regards them as the same.
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchāśⲹ (अध्याश�) refers to “determination�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly as The Lord said: “O Śāriputra, in the buddha-field of the Tathāgata Ekaratnavyūha, there is a Bodhisattva, the great being Gaganagañja who is resplendent by the splendor of merit (ṇy-ٱᲹ), [...] who is adorned with determination (śⲹ) because of gaining distinction (śṣa峾), is without any doubt about all dharmas (-Ծḥsṃśaⲹ) as adorned with practice (prayoga), is without high and low as adorned with great equanimity (DZṣa) [...]�.

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryśⲹ (अध्याश�).�(utkṛṣṭa� āśaya� karṇikākhya�) the pericarp; अध्याशयो वा स्फुटपुण्डरीकं पुराधिराजं तदलञ्चका� (adhyāśayo vā sphuṭapuṇḍarīka� purādhirāja� tadalañcakāra) | Bu. Ch.1.9. the commentator explains the word also as 'Jīva' अध� प्रधानभू� आशेत� निवसति शरी� इत्यध्याशय� जिवः (adhi pradhānabhūta āśete nivasati śarīra ityadhyāśayo jiva�) |
Derivable forms: śⲹ� (अध्याशयः).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionaryśⲹ (अध्याश�).�m. (= Pali ajjhāsaya), (1) commonly mental disposition; (strong) purpose, intent, determination (especially religious); clearly understood as a more intensive near-synonym of āśaya, which is used often in substan- tially the same sense in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] as already in Sanskrit (so far [Page018-a+ 71] as I can see there is no difference between Sanskrit and [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] āśaya except for the adverbial uses of forms of the latter, q.v.): śⲹ� Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 7116 = Tibetan lhag paḥi bsam pa, superior (adhi) thought, will, inclination or the like (āśaya = Tibetan bsam pa Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 7117); āśayena adhyāśayena Lalitavistara 182.18; āśayo Lalitavistara 34.18, as a dharmālokamukha, immediately followed by adhyāśayo, used in the same way. Definition: ǻٳٱū 313.4 ff. śraddhāpūrvo dharmavicayapūrvakaś ca buddhadharmeṣu yo 'dhimokṣaḥ…bodhisattvasya so 'dhyāśaya ity ucyate. te punar adhyāśayā bodhisattvasya …pañcadaśa veditavyā�. katame pañcadaśa: agryāśaya� vratāśaya� etc., all cpds. of āśaya. With adj. ṛḍ, firm determination, ṇḍī첹 97.10; or vajraka (= dṛḍha), Lalitavistara 216.4; bracketed with gaurava, adhyāśayena gauraveṇa, with resolution and with earnestness, ṇḍī첹 286.2; Lalitavistara 203.4; adhyāśayena with one's whole heart, wholeheartedly, ṇḍī첹 337.10 (adhimucyate); 389.9; (dharmārthiko, seeking the dharma) Lalitavistara 179.10; ṣṭ貹ṛc 14.7; adhyāśayena Lalitavistara 180.12, with resolve (see s.v. anarthika); tadśⲹ-Ѳ屹ٳ i.128.7, intent on that; adhyāśayena saṃpannā� ṇḍī첹 337.1, per- fected in disposition; śⲹ-saṃpannā(�) Ѳ屹ٳ ii.288.14; list of śⲹ, mental dispositions, which a Bodhisattva in the 2d bhūmi cherishes, Ѳ屹ٳ i.85.3 ff.; śⲹ-bala, one of the 10 bala of a Bodhisattva, Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 761; dvāv imau …bodhisattvasya sattveṣu kalyāṇādhyāśayau (excellent intentions towards creatures) pravartete, hitādhyāśayaś ca sukhādhyāśayaś ca ǻٳٱū 18.16�18; a Tathāgata knows the adhy°, mental dispositions, of all creatures ṇḍī첹 163.3; 180.15; śⲹ� (with dependent gen.) viditvā Ჹūٰ 8.14; ṣṭ貹ṛc 56.3; °śaya� (of others) parīkṣanti (Buddhas) Ѳ屹ٳ i.192.19; a Tathāgata is sarvadharmārthavaśitāprāp- ta� sarvadharmādhyāśayaprāpta� ṇḍī첹 121.8, arrived at control of the meaning of all dharma, attained to (an under- standing of) the intent (purpose) of all dharma; durbalā- dhyāśayāś ca Ѳ屹ٳ i.79.13, and feeble in determination; bodhisattvasyādhyāśayaśuddhitām Բ-śٲ첹 i.221.4, compare adhyā- śayāś ca pariśuddhā� Ѳ屹ٳ i.102.5; similarly ٲśū첹ūٰ 63.23; miscellaneous, Ѳ屹ٳ i.77.6; 153.10 (kalyāṇa-, compare ǻٳٱū 18.16�18 above); ṣṭ貹ṛc 10.7 (corrupt; read yad uta tāraṇ�- dhyāśayapratipattyā, determination to save, compare 10.13 tāra- ṇārtha); ٲ첹 41.2�3 (jagatparitrāṇādhyāśaya�, compare prec.); 45.24; 68.6; Ҳṇḍū 143.3; ǻٳٱū 242.8 ff.; (2) in looser sense of mentality, mind in general, upahatādhyāśayatvāt ٲ첹 186.13, because his mind was affected.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) śⲹ (अध्याश�):—[=-śⲹ] m. inclination, disposition, [Lalita-vistara]
2) [v.s. ...] an imagination, [Buddha-carita i, 9]
3) [v.s. ...] purpose, [Divyāvadāna]
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