hanging on, cleaving to, being bent on, (c. loc.) SN.ii.94 (+ mamāyita); AN.ii.25 (diṭṭha suta muta +); Mnd.75 Mnd.106, Mnd.163 = Nd ii under nissita; Thig.470 (asāre = taṇhāvasena abhiniviṭṭha Thag-a.284); Pv.iv.8#4 (mayhaṃ ghare taṇhābhinivisena abhiniviṭṭha Pv-a.267; variant reading BB ajjhesita SS ajjhāsita). -an˚; SN.iv.213; SN.v.319; Mnd.411; Mil.74 (pabbajita).

cp. Sk. adhyavasita, from adhi + ava + sā; but sita is liable to confusion with sita = Sk. śrita, also through likeness of meaning with esita; see ajjhāsita & ajjhesita