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Avrit, Āṛt: 9 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Āṛt can be transliterated into English as Avrt or Avrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āṛt (आवृत�).�1 Ā.

1) To turn round, revolve.

2) To return, come or turn back; धेनुराववृत� वनात� (dhenurvaṛte vant) R.1.82,2.19; एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययावर्तत� पुनः (ekay ytyan屹ṛttimanyayvartate puna�) Bhagavadgīt (Bombay) 8.26.

3) To go to or towards.

4) To be restless or uneasy; रणरणकविवृद्धिं विभ्रदावर्तमानम् (raṇaraṇakavivṛddhi� vibhradvartamnam) Mlatīmdhava (Bombay) 1.41. -Caus.

1) To cause to turn or revolve; अक्षवलयमावर्तयन्तम� (ṣaⲹ屹ٲⲹԳٲ) K.42 telling the beads.

2) To roll, turn about or over.

3) To cause to roll down, shed (as tears &c.).

4) To attract, win over (see 屹ṛj).

5) To repeat, recite; आवरीवर्त� भुवनेष्वन्तः (varīvarti bhuvaneṣvanta�) Av.9.1.11.

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Āṛt (आवृत�).�f.

1) Causing to turn towards.

2) Turning towards or round; entering.

3) Order, succession, method, mode, manner; अनयैवावृता कार्यं पिण्डनिर्वपण� सुतै� (anayaiv屹ṛt krya� piṇḍanirvapaṇa� sutai�) Manusmṛti 3.248; Y.3.2.

4) Progress of an action; occurrence.

5) Turn of a path, course, direction.

6) A purificatory rite. अमन्त्रिका तु कार्येयं स्त्रीणामावृदशेषतः (amantrik tu kryeya� strīṇmvṛdaśeṣata�) Manusmṛti 2.66.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āṛt (आवृत�).—f. (-ṛt) Order, method. E. before ṛt to choose, affix kvip.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āṛt (आवृत�).—[-ṛt], f. 1. Order, arrangement, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 3, 214 (see Lois.). 2. Manner, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 3, 248. 3. A ceremony, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 2, 66.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āṛt (आवृत�).—[feminine] turning, stopping, entering ([dative] as infin.); way, process, course, direction, order, method; ([ritual or religion]) performance, ceremony ([opposed] the spoken word).

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Āṛt (आवृत�).—A. ([Middle]) turn or roll hither, sc. ratham = come to; turn around, pass by ([accusative]); [Middle] roll near or back ([intransitive]), revolve; go down, set; (±ܲԲ) return, also = be born anew; be repeated or renewed. [Causative] turn or come to (±ٳ󲹳); bring near, attract; turn round, invert, disturb, destroy; bring back, repeat, recite. [Intensive] move quickly, stir.

Āṛt is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and ṛt (वृत्).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Āṛt (आवृत�):—[=-ṛt] 1. -√ṛt [Parasmaipada] (only [perfect tense] in [Ṛg-veda], -vavarta) [Ātmanepada] -vartate ([Aorist] 3. sg. 屹ṛtsata, [Ṛg-veda viii, 1, 29]; [Infinitive mood] -ṛte, [Ṛg-veda iii, 42, 3])

—to turn or draw round or back or near, [Ṛg-veda; Śṅkhyana-śrauta-sūtra];

—to turn or go towards;

—to turn round or back, return, revolve, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vjasaneyi-saṃhit; Śatapatha-brhmaṇa; Chndogya-upaniṣad; Mahbhrata; Kathsaritsgara; Rmyaṇa] etc.:—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] -vartayati ([Vedic or Veda] [subjunctive] -vavartati [Potential] -vaṛtyt, etc.) [Ātmanepada] -vartayate ([Vedic or Veda] [Potential] -vaṛtīta, etc.) to cause to turn, roll;

—to draw or turn towards;

—to lead near or towards;

—to bring back;

—to turn round or back, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vjasaneyi-saṃhit; Taittirīya-brhmaṇa; Mahbhrata; Bhgavata-purṇa] etc.;

—to repeat, recite, say repeatedly;

—to pray, [Āśvalyana-śrauta-sūtra; Ktyyana-śrauta-sūtra; Kathsaritsgara; Rmyaṇa; Harivaṃśa] etc.:—[Intensive] -īٳپ, [Ṛg-veda i, 164, 31; Atharva-veda ix, 10, 11, etc.], to move quickly or repeatedly.

2) [=-ṛt] 2. -ṛt f. turning towards or home, entering, [Ṛg-veda]

3) [v.s. ...] turn of path or way, course, process, direction, [Atharva-veda; Vjasaneyi-saṃhit; Taittirīya-saṃhit; Śatapatha-brhmaṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] progress of an action, occurrence, a series of actions, [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa; Aitareya-brhmaṇa] etc.

5) [v.s. ...] doing an act without speaking or silently (cf. agnihotr屹ṛt), [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa; Ktyyana-śrauta-sūtra; Āśvalyana-śrauta-sūtra] etc.

6) [v.s. ...] order, method, [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āṛt (आवृत�):—[-ṛt] (t) 5. f. Order.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Āṛt (आवृत�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Āṭṭ, Āٳٲ.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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