Apte Dictionary

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Entry परिवृत्ति

परिवृत्तिparivṛttif.Revolution; अभजत परिवृत्तिं साथ पर्यस्त- हस्ता Śi.1.91.
1. Revolution; अभजत परिवृत्तिं साथ पर्यस्त- हस्ता Śi.1.91.
2. Return; turning back.
3. Barter, exchange.
4. End, termination.
5. Surrounding.
6. Staying or dwelling in a place.
7. Contraction of the prepuce.
8. (In Rhet.) A figure of speech in which there is an exchange of a thing for what is equal, less or greater; परिवृत्तिर्विनिमयो योऽर्थानां स्यात् समासमैः K. Parasmaipada1; e. q. दत्त्वा कटाक्षमेणाक्षी जग्राह हृदयं मम । मया तु हृदयं दत्त्वा गृहीतो मदनज्वरः ॥ S. D.734.
9. Substitution of one word for another without affecting the sense; as in; शब्दपरिवृत्तिसहत्वम् K. Parasmaipada1; Exempli gratia, for example in वृषध्वज, ध्वज may be substituted by लाञ्छन or वाहन.
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