The Sanskrit term Vinivṛt can be transliterated into English as Vinivrt or Vinivrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vinivṛt (विनिवृत्).—1 Ā.

1) To turn back, return.

2) To cease, come to an end; सपिण्डता तु पुरुषे सप्तमे विनिवर्तते (sapiṇḍatā tu puruṣe saptame vinivartate) Manusmṛti 5.6; विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः (viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.59.

3) To desist, turn away, abstain (from); देवनात्, युद्धात् (devanāt, yuddhāt) &c. -Caus.

1) To cause to cease or stop, withdraw; चापेन यस्य विनि- वर्तितकर्म जातम् (cāpena yasya vini- vartitakarma jātam) Ś.7.26.

2) To restrain, withhold.

3) To renounce.

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

Vinivṛt (विनिवृत्).—turn back, desist from, renounce ([ablative]); cease, disappear, vanish, be extinguished (fire). [Causative] lead or draw back, avert, annul, frustrate.

Vinivṛt is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vini and vṛt (वृत्).

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

Vinivṛt (विनिवृत्):—[=vi-ni-√vṛt] [Ātmanepada] -vartate, to turn back, return, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to turn away, desist or cease from ([ablative]), [ib.];

—to cease, end, disappear, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to be extinguished (as fire), [Yājñavalkya];

—to be omitted, [Lāṭyāyana] :

—[Causal] -vartayati, to cause to return, call or lead back from ([ablative]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to cause to cease or desist from ([ablative]), [Rāmāyaṇa; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa];

—to draw back (a missile), [Mahābhārata];

—to avert, divert (the gaze), [Rāmāyaṇa; Mālavikāgnimitra];

—to give up, abandon, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to cause to cease, remove, [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to render ineffective, annul (a curse, fraudulent transactions etc.), [Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata etc.]

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

Vinivṛt (विनिवृत्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Viṇivaṭṭa.

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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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Partial matches: Vrit, Vini.

Starts with: Vinivritta, Vinivrittakama, Vinivrittarka, Vinivrittashapa, Vinivritti, Vinivrittyartha.

Full-text: Vinivarti, Vinivartaka, Vinivartin, Vinivrittashapa, Vinivartita, Vinivartana, Vinivrittakama, Vinivatta, Vinivritti, Vinivritta.

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