What is "adhimoksha"

Adhimoksha (Sanskrit, also adhimokṣa; Pali: adhimokkha; Tibetan Wylie: mos pa) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "interest", "intensified interest", or "decision". It is defined as holding onto a certain form object; its function is not to lose the object.

Within the Buddhist Abhidharma teachings, adhimoksha is identified as follows:

• One of the six occasional mental factors within the Theravada Abhidharma teachings
• One of the five object-determining mental factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings