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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वृत्तिvṛttif.Being, existence.

    [वृत्-क्तिन्]

    1. Being, existence.
    2. Abiding, remaining, attitude, being in a particular state; as in विरुद्धवृत्ति, विपक्षवृत्ति etc.
    3. State, condition; त्रयीं तिस्रो वृत्तीस्त्रिभुवनमथो त्रीनपि सुरान् Śiva-mahimna 27.
    4. Action, movement, function, operation; शतैस्तमक्ष्णामनिमेषवृत्तिभिः R.3.43; Ku.3.73; उत्पक्ष्मणोर्नयनयोरुपरुद्धवृत्तिम् (बाष्पम्) Ś.4. 15.
    5. Course, method; विनयवारितवृत्तिः Ś.2.12.
    6. Conduct, behaviour, course of conduct, mode of action; कुरु प्रियसखीवृत्तं सपत्नीजने Ś.4.18; Me.8; वैतसी वृत्तिः, बकवृत्तिः etc.
    7. Profession, occupation, business, employment, mode of leading life (often at the end of comp.); आश्रमांश्च यथासंख्यमसृजत् सहवृत्तिभिः Bhāg.3.12.41; वार्धके मुनिवृत्तीनाम् R.1.8; Ś.5.6; Pt.3.126.
    8. Livelihood, maintenance, means of subsistence or livelihood; Often times in com.; सिंहत्वमङ्कागतसत्त्ववृत्तिः R.2.38; Ś.7.12; स्वयं- विशीर्णद्रुमपर्णवृत्तिता Ku.5.28; (for the several means of subsistence, see Ms.4.4-6.)
    9. Wages, hire.
    10. Cause of activity.
    11. Respectful treatment; ब्रह्मचारिणः... आचार्ये प्राणान्तिकी च वृत्तिः Kau. Atmanepada 1.3; त्रिष्वप्रमाद्यन्नेतेषु त्रील्लँोकांश्च विजेष्यसि । पितृवृत्या त्विमं लोकं मातृवृत्त्या तथा परम् ॥ Mb.12.18.8.
    12. Gloss, commentary, exposition; सद्वृत्तिः सन्निबन्धना Śi.2.112; काशिकावृत्तिः etc.
    13. Revolving, turning round.
    14. The circumference of a wheel or circle.
    15. (In Grammar) A complex formation requiring resolution or explanation.
    16. The power or force of a word by which it expresses, indicates, or suggests a meaning; (these are three अभिधा, लक्षणा and व्यञ्जना q. quod vide, which see v.); general character or force of a word; भ्रमयत भारती त उरुवृत्तिभिरुक्थजडान् Bhāg.1.87.36.
    17. A style in composition (these are four; कौ(कै)शिकी, भारती, सात्वती and आरभटी q. quod vide, which see v.); शृङ्गारे कैशिकी वीरे सात्वत्यारभटी पुनः । रसे रौद्रे च बीभत्से वृत्तिः सर्वत्र भारती । चतस्रो वृत्तयो ह्येताः सर्वनाठ्यस्य मातृकाः ॥ S. D.
    18. Customary allowance.
    19. Manner of thinking.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अनुप्रासः a kind of alliteration; see K. Parasmaipada9.

    • -अर्थम् Indeclinable for the sake of subsistence; योऽध्यापयति वृत्यर्थमुपाध्यायः स उच्यते Ms.2.141.

    • -उपायः a means of subsistence; यजनाध्यापन- प्रतिग्रहा ब्राह्मणस्यैव वृत्त्युपायाः ŚB. on MS.12.4.36; सर्वेषां ब्राह्मणो विद्याद् वृत्त्युपायान् यथाविधि Ms.1.2.

    • -कर्षित Adjective badly off or distressed for want of livelihood; क्षत्रियं चैव वैश्यं च ब्राह्मणो वृत्तिकर्षितौ विमृयात् Ms.8.411.

    • -चक्रम् the wheel of state; स्वामिसेवकयोरेवं वृत्तिचक्रं प्रवर्तते Pt.1.81.

    • -छेदः deprivation of the means of subsistence.

    • -पक्षः (Mīmāṁsā) the case of a complex formation; वृत्तिपक्षे च समासस्य नित्यत्वात् ŚB. on MS.1.6.4.

    • -भङ्गः, -वैकल्यम् want of a livelihood; वृत्तिभङ्गान्महीपालं त्यक्त्वा यान्ति सुसेवकाः Pt.1.153.

    • -भाज् Adjective doing usual things (good and evil); कर्तृता तदुपलम्भतोऽभवद्वृत्तिभाजि करणे यथ- र्त्विजि Śi.14.19.

    • -मूलम् provision for maintenance.

    • -लाभः (in Philosophy) ascertainment of the concurrent.

    • -हेतुः Equivalent to वृत्तिमूलम् quod vide, which see; न लोकवृत्तं वर्तेत वृत्तिहेतोः कथंचन Ms.4.11.

    • -स्थ

      1. Adjective
      2. being in any state or employment.
      3. well-conducted, of good behaviour. (-स्थः) a lizard, chameleon.
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  2. अजहत्स्वार्थवृत्तिajahatsvārthavṛttia.Functioning without entirely surrendering one's own connotation; उत्पलशद्बसंनिधाने तदपेक्षा…

    Functioning without entirely surrendering one's own connotation; उत्पलशद्बसंनिधाने तदपेक्षा नीलशब्दस्तेनैकवाक्यतामभ्युपगच्छन्नजहत्स्वार्थवृत्तिरुपलविशे- षाभिधानपर उच्चार्यमाणः समबन्धमभ्युपैति । ŚB. on. MS.3.1.12.

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  3. अतिवृत्तिativṛttif.Surpassing, violation, transgression.
    1. Surpassing, violation, transgression.
    2. Exaggeration, hyperbole.
    3. Violent effusion (as of blood); excessive action
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वृत्तिvṛtti[vrit-ti] f. (rolling), gush (of tears); course of action, mode of life, conduct, be haviour (ord. mg.)…

    [vrit-ti] feminine; also equal for (rolling), gush (of tears); course of action, mode of life, conduct, be haviour (ordinary meaning), towards (locative, --˚); method, course; respectful or affectionate treatment of (genitive, --˚; Epic); general usage, rule (Sûtra); man ner of being, nature, kind; being, occurring, or appearing in (locative, generally --˚ adjective); occurrence or existence of (--˚); devotion or addiction to, practice of (locative, --˚; --˚ adjective devoted to, practis ing); singular plural subsistence, maintenance, liveli hood (by means of, instrumental), profession, occupa tion (ordinary meaning); activity, working, function; disposition, mood (of the mind); occurrence or use of a word in a particular sense (locative); mode of pronunciation or recitation (Sûtra); style of composition (dramatic term; there are four kinds: kaisikî, sâttvatî, ârabhatî, bhâratî); alliteration (rhetorical term); form or kind of word (grammatical term); commentary (on a Sûtra): -m kri or kalp aya, subsist by, live on (instrumental); provide a means of subsistence for (genitive).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वृत्तिvṛttif. rolling, rolling down (of tears) S3ak. iv, 5; 14
    1. feminine rolling, rolling down (of tears) S3ak. iv, 5; 14
    2. feminine mode of life or conduct, course of action, behaviour, (especially) moral conduct, kind or respectful behaviour or treatment (also varia lectio for वृत्त) Gr2S3rS. Mn. MBh. etc.
    3. feminine general usage, common practice, rule Pra1t.
    4. feminine mode of being, nature, kind, character, disposition ibidem Ka1v.
    5. feminine state, condition Tattvas.
    6. feminine being, existing, occurring or appearing in (locative case or compound) La1t2y. Hariv. Ka1v. etc.
    7. feminine practice, business, devotion or addiction to, occupation with (often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' "employed about", "engaged in", "practising") MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    8. feminine profession, maintenance, subsistence, livelihood (often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'; confer, compare उञ्छ-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied; वृत्तिं-√कृ or √कॢप् [Causal] with instrumental case, "to live on or by"; with genitive case, "to get or procure a maintenance for"; only certain means of subsistence are allowed to a Bra1hman Brahman see Mn. iv, 4-6) S3rS. Mn. MBh. etc.
    9. feminine wages, hire, Pan5cav.
    10. feminine working, activity, function MaitrUp. Kap. Veda7ntas. etc.
    11. feminine mood (of the mind) Veda7ntas.
    12. feminine the use or occurrence of a word in a particular sense (locative case), its function or force Pa1n2. Sa1h. Scholiast or Commentator on Ka1tyS3r. etc.
    13. feminine mode or measure of pronunciation and recitation (said to be threefold, viz. विलम्बिता, मध्यमा, and द्रुता quod vide) Pra1t.
    14. feminine (in gram.) a complex formation which requires explanation or separation into its parts (as distinguished from a simple or uncompounded form exempli gratia, 'for example' any word formed with Kr2it कृत् or Taddhita तद्धित affixes, any compound and even duals and plurals which are regarded as Dvandva द्वंद्व compounds, of which only one member is left, and all derivative verbs such as desideratives etc.)
    15. feminine style of composition (especially dramatic language style, said to be of four kinds, viz. 1. Kais3iki1 कैशिकी, 2. Bha1rati1 भारती 3. Sa1tvati1 सात्वती, 4. A1rabhat2i1 आरभटी, qq.vv.; the first three are described as suited to the S3r2in3ga1ra शृङ्गार, Vi1ra वीर, and Raudra रौद्र Rasas रस s respectively, the last as common to all) Bhar. Das3ar. etc.
    16. feminine (in rhetoric) alliteration, frequent repetition of the same consonant (five kinds enumerated, scilicet मधुरा, प्रौ*ढा, पुरुषा, ललिता, and भद्रा) Das3ar., Introduction
    17. feminine final rhythm of a verse (Equivalent to or varia lectio for वृत्त quod vide)
    18. feminine a commentary, comment, gloss, explanation (especially on a Su1tra सूत्र)
    19. feminine Name of the wife of a Rudra रुद्र BhP.
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  2. अज्येष्ठवृत्तिajyeṣṭhavṛttimfn. not behaving as the eldest brother ([Mn. ix, 110]), or (अज्येष्ठ-वृत्ति) behaving like one who has no…

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not behaving as the eldest brother ([Mn. ix, 110]), or (अज्येष्ठ-वृत्ति) behaving like one who has no elder brother.

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  3. अतिपरोक्षवृत्तिatiparokṣavṛttimfn. (in Gr.) having a nature that is no longer discernible i.e. obsolete.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (in grammar) having a nature that is no longer discernible id est obsolete.

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  4. अतिप्रवृत्तिatipravṛttif. issuing abundantly.

    feminine issuing abundantly.

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  5. अतिवृत्तिativṛttif. surpassing
    1. feminine surpassing
    2. feminine hyperbolical meaning
    3. feminine (in med.) excessive action.
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  6. अद्रोहवृत्तिadrohavṛttif. conduct free from malice or treachery.

    feminine conduct free from malice or treachery.

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