Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for वार्त्तिक

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वार्त्तिकvārttikaa.(-की f.) [वृत्ति-ठक्]
1. (-की Feminine) वृत्ति-ठक्
2. Relating to news.
3. Bringing news.
4. Explanatory, glossarial.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कः
  
  An emissary, a spy.
  
  A husbandman (a man of the third tribe).
  
  A mineralogist; Latin D. B.
  
  A trader, businessman.
  
  A physician.
- -का
  
  Business, trade.
  
  News; कः पन्थाः का च वार्त्तिका Mb.3.313.114.
- -कम् वृत्तिरूपेण कृतो ग्रन्थः An explanatory or supplementary rule which explains the meaning of that which is said, of that which is left unsaid, of that which is imperfectly said; or a rule which explains what is said or but imperfectly said and supplies omissions; उक्तानुक्तदुरुक्तार्थव्यक्ति (or चिन्ता)कारि तु वार्त्तिकम् (the term is particularly applied to the explanatory rules of Kātyāyana on Pāṇini's Sūtras).
- -कारः Name of Kātyāyana.
Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वार्त्तिकvārttikamfn. (fr. वार्त्ता and वृत्ति) skilled in a profession or business (= वृत्तौ साधुः or वृत्तिम् अधी*ते वेद वा)…
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from वार्त्ता and वृत्ति) skilled in a profession or business (Equivalent to वृत्तौ साधुः or वृत्तिम् अधी*ते वेद वा) gaRa कथा*दि
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective and gaRa उक्था*दि
3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective relating to news, bringing or conveying intelligence W.
4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective explanatory, glossarial, containing or relating to a critical gloss or annotation (see neuter gender)
5. masculine gender a businessman, trader Katha1s.
6. masculine gender an emissary, envoy MBh.
7. masculine gender one who knows antidotes, conjurer, physician Lexicographers
8. masculine gender the egg-plant Lexicographers
9. masculine gender a sort of quail (probably wrong reading for वार्तिका quod vide)
10. neuter gender an explanatory or supplementary rule, critical gloss or annotation (added to a grammatical or philosophical Su1tra सूत्र and defined to be "the exposition of the meaning, of that which is said, of that which is left unsaid, and of that which is ill or imperfectly said"; the term Va1rttika वार्त्तिक is, however, especially applied to Ka1tya1yana कात्यायन 's critical annotations on the aphorisms of Pa1n2ini पाणिनि 's grammar, the object of which is to consider whether Pa1n2ini पाणिनि 's rules are correct or not, and to improve on them where this may be found to be necessary; and also to similar works on various matters by Kuma1rila कुमारिल, Sure7s3vara सुरेश्वर etc.; confer, compare तन्त्र-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, श्लोक-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
11. neuter gender a marriage feast Lexicographers
Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

वार्त्तिकvārttika[vârtt-ika] m. trader, business man; emissary, envoy; â, f. trade, business; n. supplementary and corrective…

[vârtt-ika] masculine trader, business man; emissary, envoy; â, feminine; also equal for trade, business; neuter supplementary and corrective rule to a Sûtra (the best-known Vârttikas are those of Kâtyâ yana on the Sûtras of Pânini): (a)-kâra, masculine composer of Vârttikas.

Source: Macdonell

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