“letting go,” i.e. starting on something, endeavouring, resolution AN.i.36; Ja.vi.188 (handā ti vavassagg’ atthe nipāto); DN-a.i.237 (here handa is explained as vavasāy’ atthe nipato). Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. wrongly “consent.”

vi + ava + srj; Sk. vyavasarga