Bakavritti, Bakavṛtti, Baka-vritti: 7 definitions

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Bakavritti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Bakavṛtti can be transliterated into English as Bakavrtti or Bakavritti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Bakavritti in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bakavṛtti (बकवृत्ति).—& bakavidyā See under bakamauna.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Bakavritti in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bakavṛtti (बकवृत्ति).—m. 'acting like a crane', a false devotee, religious hypocrite; अधोदृष्टिर्नैष्कृतिकः स्वार्थसाधनतत्परः । शठो मिथ्याविनीतश्च बकव्रतचरो द्विजः (adhodṛṣṭirnaiṣkṛtikaḥ svārthasādhanatatparaḥ | śaṭho mithyāvinītaśca bakavratacaro dvijaḥ) || Manusmṛti 4.196.

Derivable forms: bakavṛttiḥ (बकवृत्तिः).

Bakavṛtti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms baka and vṛtti (वृत्ति). See also (synonyms): bakacara, bakavratacara, bakavratika, bakavratin.

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

Bakavṛtti (बकवृत्ति).—[adjective] acting like a heron i.e. hypocritical.

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

Bakavṛtti (बकवृत्ति):—[=baka-vṛtti] [from baka] mfn. one who acts like a heron, a hypocrite, [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya]

[Sanskrit to German]

Bakavritti 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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Bakavritti in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bakavṛtti (ಬಕವೃತ್ತಿ):—

1) [noun] a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess; hypocrisy.

2) [noun] a man who habitually cheats; a cheat; a deceiver; a hypocrite.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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