प्रवृत्तिpravṛttif.Continued advance.
- Continued advance.
- Rise, origin, source, flow (of words etc.); प्रवृत्तिरासीच्छब्दानां चरितार्था चतुष्टयी Ku.2.17.
- Appearance, manifestation; कुसुमप्रवृत्तिसमये Ś.4.9. (Vartious reading); R.11.43;14.39;15.4.
- Advent, setting in, commencement; आकालिकीं वीक्ष्य मधुप्रवृत्तिम् Ku.3.34.
- Application or addiction to, tendency, inclination, predilection, propensity; न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम् Bg.11.31; सतां हि संदेहपदेषु वस्तुषु प्रमाणमन्तःकरणप्रवृत्तयः Ś.1.22.
- Conduct, behaviour; त्वां प्रत्यकस्मात् कलुषप्रवृत्तौ R.14.73.
- Employment, occupation, activity; विदितं वो यथा स्वार्था न मे काश्चित् प्रवृत्तयः Ku.6.26.
- Use, employment, currency (as of a word).
- Continued effort, perseverance.
- Signification, sense, acceptation (of a word).
- Continuance, permanence, prevalence.
- Active life, taking an active part in worldly affairs (Opposite of निवृत्ति); प्रवृत्तिः कुत्र कर्तव्या जीवितव्यं कथं नु वा H.
- News, tidings, intelligence; ततः प्रवृत्तिः सीतायाः Mb.3.148.5; प्रवृत्तिसाराः खलु मादृशां गिरः Ki.1.25; जीमूतेन स्वकुशलमयी हारयिष्यन् प्रवृत्तिम् Me.4; V.4.2.
- Applicability or validity of a rule.
- Fate, destiny, luck.
- Cognition, direct perception or apprehension.
- Rutting juice, or ichor exuding from the temples of an elephant in rut.
- Name of the city of उज्जयिनी quod vide, which see
- (In Arithmetic) The multiplier.
Derived forms and compounds
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-ज्ञः a spy, secret emissary or agent.
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-निमित्तम् a reason for the use of any term in a particular signification.
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-पराङ्मुख Adjective averse to giving news; मयि च विधुरे भावः कान्ताप्रवृत्तिपराङ्मुखः V.4.2.
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-पुरुषः a news agent; प्रवृत्तिपुरुषाः कथयन्ति Pañch.
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-प्रत्ययः conception of the things relating to the external world.
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-मार्गः active or worldly life, attachment to the business and pleasure of the world.
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-लेखः a writ of guidance; प्रावृत्तिकश्च प्रतिलेख एव Kau. Atmanepada 2.1.28.
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-विज्ञानम् cognition of the things belonging to the external world.
Source: Apte
