Avrit, Āvṛt: 9 definitions

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Avrit means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Āvṛt can be transliterated into English as Avrt or Avrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āvṛt (आवृत्).—1 Ā.

1) To turn round, revolve.

2) To return, come or turn back; धेनुराववृते वनात् (dhenurāvavṛte vanāt) R.1.82,2.19; एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययावर्तते पुनः (ekayā yātyanāvṛttimanyayāvartate punaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 8.26.

3) To go to or towards.

4) To be restless or uneasy; रणरणकविवृद्धिं विभ्रदावर्तमानम् (raṇaraṇakavivṛddhiṃ vibhradāvartamānam) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.41. -Caus.

1) To cause to turn or revolve; अक्षवलयमावर्तयन्तम् (akṣavalayamāvartayantam) K.42 telling the beads.

2) To roll, turn about or over.

3) To cause to roll down, shed (as tears &c.).

4) To attract, win over (see āvṛj).

5) To repeat, recite; आवरीवर्ति भुवनेष्वन्तः (āvarīvarti bhuvaneṣvantaḥ) Av.9.1.11.

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Āvṛt (आवृत्).—f.

1) Causing to turn towards.

2) Turning towards or round; entering.

3) Order, succession, method, mode, manner; अनयैवावृता कार्यं पिण्डनिर्वपणं सुतैः (anayaivāvṛtā kāryaṃ piṇḍanirvapaṇaṃ sutaiḥ) Manusmṛti 3.248; Y.3.2.

4) Progress of an action; occurrence.

5) Turn of a path, course, direction.

6) A purificatory rite. अमन्त्रिका तु कार्येयं स्त्रीणामावृदशेषतः (amantrikā tu kāryeyaṃ strīṇāmāvṛdaśeṣataḥ) Manusmṛti 2.66.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āvṛt (आवृत्).—f. (-vṛt) Order, method. E. āṅ before vṛt to choose, affix kvip.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āvṛt (आवृत्).—[ā-vṛt], f. 1. Order, arrangement, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 214 (see Lois.). 2. Manner, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 248. 3. A ceremony, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 66.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āvṛt (आवृत्).—[feminine] turning, stopping, entering ([dative] as infin.); way, process, course, direction, order, method; ([ritual or religion]) performance, ceremony ([opposed] the spoken word).

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Āvṛt (आवृत्).—A. ([Middle]) turn or roll hither, sc. ratham = come to; turn around, pass by ([accusative]); [Middle] roll near or back ([intransitive]), revolve; go down, set; (±punar) return, also = be born anew; be repeated or renewed. [Causative] turn or come to (±ratham); bring near, attract; turn round, invert, disturb, destroy; bring back, repeat, recite. [Intensive] move quickly, stir.

Āvṛt is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and vṛt (वृत्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Āvṛt (आवृत्):—[=ā-vṛt] 1. ā-√vṛt [Parasmaipada] (only [perfect tense] in [Ṛg-veda], -vavarta) [Ātmanepada] -vartate ([Aorist] 3. sg. āvṛtsata, [Ṛg-veda viii, 1, 29]; [Infinitive mood] -vṛte, [Ṛg-veda iii, 42, 3])

—to turn or draw round or back or near, [Ṛg-veda; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra];

—to turn or go towards;

—to turn round or back, return, revolve, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata; Kathāsaritsāgara; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.:—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] -vartayati ([Vedic or Veda] [subjunctive] -vavartati [Potential] -vavṛtyāt, etc.) [Ātmanepada] -vartayate ([Vedic or Veda] [Potential] -vavṛtīta, etc.) to cause to turn, roll;

—to draw or turn towards;

—to lead near or towards;

—to bring back;

—to turn round or back, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] etc.;

—to repeat, recite, say repeatedly;

—to pray, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Kathāsaritsāgara; Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa] etc.:—[Intensive] -varīvartti, [Ṛg-veda i, 164, 31; Atharva-veda ix, 10, 11, etc.], to move quickly or repeatedly.

2) [=ā-vṛt] 2. ā-vṛt f. turning towards or home, entering, [Ṛg-veda]

3) [v.s. ...] turn of path or way, course, process, direction, [Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] progress of an action, occurrence, a series of actions, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa] etc.

5) [v.s. ...] doing an act without speaking or silently (cf. agnihotrāvṛt), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra] etc.

6) [v.s. ...] order, method, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āvṛt (आवृत्):—[ā-vṛt] (t) 5. f. Order.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Āvṛt (आवृत्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Āvaṭṭa, Āvatta.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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