Ativritti, Ativṛtti: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Ativṛtti can be transliterated into English as Ativrtti or Ativritti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ativṛtti (अतिवृत्ति).—f.

1) Surpassing, violation, transgression.

2) Exaggeration, hyperbole.

3) Violent effusion (as of blood); excessive action

Derivable forms: ativṛttiḥ (अतिवृत्तिः).

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

Ativṛtti (अतिवृत्ति).—[ati-vṛt + ti], f. Trespass, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 181, 3.

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

1) Ativṛtti (अतिवृत्ति):—[=ati-vṛtti] [from ati-vṛt] f. surpassing

2) [v.s. ...] hyperbolical meaning

3) [v.s. ...] (in med.) excessive action.

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

Ativṛtti (अतिवृत्ति):—f.

(-ttiḥ) I. Going beyond, not being appropriate. E. vṛt with ati, kṛt aff. ktin. Ii. [tatpurusha compound] Excess, abundance. E. ati and vṛtti.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ativritti in German

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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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