The Sanskrit term Dyūtavṛtti can be transliterated into English as Dyutavrtti or Dyutavritti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Dyūtavṛtti (द्यूतवृत्ति).—

1) professional gambler; मित्रधृग् द्यूतवृत्तिश्च पुत्राचार्य- स्तथैव च (mitradhṛg dyūtavṛttiśca putrācārya- stathaiva ca) Manusmṛti 3.16.

2) the keeper of a gambling-house. Manusmṛti 3.16.

Derivable forms: dyūtavṛttiḥ (द्यूतवृत्तिः).

Dyūtavṛtti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dyūta and vṛtti (वृत्ति).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dyūtavṛtti (द्यूतवृत्ति).—m.

(-ttiḥ) A gambler. E. dyūta E, vṛtti, subsistence.

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

Dyūtavṛtti (द्यूतवृत्ति).—m. the keeper of a gaming house, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 160.

Dyūtavṛtti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dyūta and vṛtti (वृत्ति).

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

Dyūtavṛtti (द्यूतवृत्ति).—[masculine] a gambler by profession.

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

1) Dyūtavṛtti (द्यूतवृत्ति):—[=dyūta-vṛtti] [from dyūta > dyū] m. a professional gambler

2) [v.s. ...] the keeper of a g°-house, [Manu-smṛti iii, 160.]

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

Dyūtavṛtti (द्यूतवृत्ति):—[dyūta-vṛtti] (ttiḥ) 2. m. A gambler.

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

Dyūtavṛtti (द्यूतवृत्ति):—(dyūta + vṛ) m. ein Spieler von Profession oder der Inhaber eines Spielhauses [?(Kullūka) Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 160.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Dyūtavṛtti (द्यूतवृत्ति):—m. ein Spieler von Profession oder der Inhaber eines Spielhauses.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

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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: Dyuta, Vritti.

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