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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वर्तकvartakaa.Living, being, existing.

    [वृत्-ण्वुल्]

    1. Living, being, existing.
    2. Devoted to; अभिगन्तुं स काकुत्स्थमियेष गुरुवर्तकम् Rām.2.98. 1.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कः

      1. A quail; कौशिकं तु ततो हृत्वा नरो जायति वर्तकः Mb.13.111.14.
      2. A horse's hoof; कर्तयन्त इवाश्वीयवर्तकै- र्व्योममण्डलम् Śiva B.13.6.
    • -कम् A sort of brass or bell-metal.

  2. अपवर्तकapavartaka1 A common measure.
    1. 1 A common measure.
    2. A necklace of pearls and gold-globules alternately put; Kau. Atmanepada 2.11.
  3. अप्रवर्तकapravartakaअप्रवर्तिन् [apravartin], अप्रवर्तिन् a.
    1. अप्रवर्तिन् apravartin, अप्रवर्तिन् Adjective
    2. Not exciting or stimulating to action, inert, abstaining from action; पूर्णमप्रवर्तीति वा अहमेतमुपास इति Bṛi. Up.2.1.5.
    3. Continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted.
  4. असमावर्तकasamāvartaka

    No description is recorded for this entry.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वर्तकvartaka[varta-ka] m. quail.

    [varta-ka] masculine quail.

  2. अनिवर्तकanivartaka[a-ni-varta-ka] a. not turning back, not fleeing; -nîya, fp. not to be turned back.

    [a-ni-varta-ka] adjective not turning back, not fleeing; -nîya, future participle passive not to be turned back.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वर्तकvartakamfn. who or what abides or exists, abiding, existing, living W.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective who or what abides or exists, abiding, existing, living W.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') given up or devoted or attached to (confer, compare गुरु-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) R.
    3. masculine gender a quail Car.
    4. masculine gender a horse's hoof. Lexicographers
    5. neuter gender a sort of brass or steel Lexicographers [confer, compare Greek ὄρτυξ, ὀρτυγία .]
    6. etc. see page and participle 925, column 2 .
  2. अपवर्तकapavartakam. a common measure L.

    masculine gender a common measure Lexicographers

  3. अप्रवर्तकapravartakamf(इका)n. abstaining from action, inert
    1. mf(इका)neuter gender abstaining from action, inert
    2. mf(इका)neuter gender not exciting to action.
  4. असमावर्तकasamāvartakam. a religious student who has not yet completed the period of his residence with his teacher and who…

    masculine gender a religious student who has not yet completed the period of his residence with his teacher and who therefore has not yet returned home Mn. xi, 157.