The Sanskrit term Anuvṛt can be transliterated into English as Anuvrt or Anuvrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anuvṛt (अनुवृत्).—1 A. (sometimes P. also)

1) (Transitively used) (a) To go or roll after, follow, pursue; (fig.) to follow, conform to, act according to, obey, adapt oneself to, be guided by; humour; अहं तावत्स्वामिनश्चि- त्तवृत्तिमनुवर्तिष्ये (ahaṃ tāvatsvāminaści- ttavṛttimanuvartiṣye) S.2; तेऽपि परिचयमनुवर्तन्ते (te'pi paricayamanuvartante) K.289; किमत्र चित्रं यदि विशाखे शशाङ्कलेखामनुवर्तेते (kimatra citraṃ yadi viśākhe śaśāṅkalekhāmanuvartete) Ś.3 approve of her choice; लौकिकानां हि साधूनामर्थं वागनुवर्तते (laukikānāṃ hi sādhūnāmarthaṃ vāganuvartate) Uttararāmacarita 1.1 words conform to the sense; न कुलक्रममनुवर्तते (na kulakramamanuvartate) K.14 follow; मधु द्विरेफः कुसुमैकपात्रे पपौ प्रियां स्वामनुवर्तमानः (madhu dvirephaḥ kusumaikapātre papau priyāṃ svāmanuvartamānaḥ) Kumārasambhava 3.36 followed his mate in drinking, drank after her; (jananīm) अत्यन्तशुद्ध- हृदयामनुवर्तमानाम् (atyantaśuddha- hṛdayāmanuvartamānām) Bhartṛhari 2.11; मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः (mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 3.23; Daśakumāracarita 8,96,126; कृतज्ञतामनुवर्तमानेन (kṛtajñatāmanuvartamānena) Mu. 3 following the path of gratitude; प्रभुचित्तमेव हि जनोऽ- नुवर्तते (prabhucittameva hi jano'- nuvartate) Śiśupālavadha 15.41; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 3.2. (b) To imitate, resemble; equal; तेऽन्ववर्तन् पितॄन्सर्वे यशसा च बलेन च (te'nvavartan pitṝnsarve yaśasā ca balena ca) Mb. (c) To gratify, humour, please; Daśakumāracarita 65. (d) To serve, worship; पञ्चवर्षसहस्राणि सूर्यं चैवान्ववर्तत (pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi sūryaṃ caivānvavartata) Rām.7.1.8.

2) (Intransitively used) (a) To follow, come after; संग्राह्य इत्यनुवर्तते (saṃgrāhya ityanuvartate) H.3. (b) To continue, endure. (c) To act towards, behave. (d) (In gram.) To be repeated or supplied from a preceding rule, Sūtra or assertion (said of a word or rule which continues to exercise influence on what follows); e. g. in भक्तिः (bhaktiḥ) P.IV.3.95; सोऽस्य (so'sya) (occurring in Sūtra 89 before) इत्यनुवर्तते (ityanuvartate) Sk. -Caus.

1) To cause to revolve, turn round; एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्त- यतीह यः (evaṃ pravartitaṃ cakraṃ nānuvarta- yatīha yaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 3.16.

2) To act up to, follow, obey; तथापि लोकयात्रानुवर्तनीया (tathāpi lokayātrānuvartanīyā) Mv.7; पुत्रैः पितरो लोकद्वयेप्यनुवर्तनीयाः (putraiḥ pitaro lokadvayepyanuvartanīyāḥ) Ve. 3; K.367.

3) To favour, oblige; comply with one's request; विधिनापि भवतेव वयमनुवर्तिताः (vidhināpi bhavateva vayamanuvartitāḥ) K.73; यथाचित्तमनु- वर्तनीयः (yathācittamanu- vartanīyaḥ) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 7.

4) To put in, carry out.

5) To repeat or supply from a preceding Sūtra; केचित्तु विजायते इति नानुवर्तयन्ति (kecittu vijāyate iti nānuvartayanti) P.V.2.13. Sk.

6) To use, employ.

7) To lead one to, attach to.

8) To speak in favour of, speak for; to approve.

9) to imitate, do after one; सतां चरि- तान्यनुवर्तितानि नेन्द्रियाणि (satāṃ cari- tānyanuvartitāni nendriyāṇi) K.298.

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

Anuvṛt (अनुवृत्).—[intransitive] pass or rise after, last, continue, also = [Simple] ([grammar]); tr. ([with] [accusative]) roll after, follow, pursue, adhere, cling to, equal in ([instrumental]) consent, agree, obey, oblige, be devoted to or intent upon, conform one’s self to or depend upon, fall, into or partake of. [Causative] cause to roll on, cause to follow or pursue, join to ([locative]); recite, answer.

Anuvṛt is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anu and vṛt (वृत्).

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

1) Anuvṛt (अनुवृत्):—[=anu-√vṛt] a [Ātmanepada] to go after;

—to follow, pursue;

—to follow from a previous rule, be supplied from a previous sentence;

—to attend;

—to obey, respect, imitate;

—to resemble;

—to assent;

—to expect;

— [Causal] [Parasmaipada] -vartayati, to roll after or forward;

—to follow up, carry out;

—to supply.

2) [=anu-vṛt] b mfn. walking after, following, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā; Pbr.]

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

Anuvṛt (अनुवृत्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aṇuvatta.

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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, Anu.

Starts with: Anuvritta, Anuvrittatva, Anuvritti, Anuvrittigai, Anuvrittik, Anuvrittika.

Ends with: Samanuvrit.

Full-text: Anuvatta, Anuvartana, Anuvartin, Anuvritti, Anuvartita, Anuvartitva, Anuvartaniya, Anuvritta, Anuvartya, Anuvartman, Anuvartti, Samanuvrit, Pratipad.

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