Kamavritta, Kāmavṛtta, Kama-vritta: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Kāmavṛtta can be transliterated into English as Kamavrtta or Kamavritta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Kāmavṛtta (कामवृत्त).—a. addicted to sensual gratification, licentious, dissipated; विशीलः कामवृत्तो वा गुणैर्वा परिवर्जितः । उपचर्यः स्त्रिया साध्व्या सततं देववत्पतिः (viśīlaḥ kāmavṛtto vā guṇairvā parivarjitaḥ | upacaryaḥ striyā sādhvyā satataṃ devavatpatiḥ) || Ms. 5.154.

Kāmavṛtta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāma and vṛtta (वृत्त).

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

Kāmavṛtta (कामवृत्त).—mfn.

(-ttaḥ-ttā-ttaṃ) Licentious, dissipated, debauched. E. kāma, and vṛtta practising.

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

Kāmavṛtta (कामवृत्त).—[adjective] indulging desires, licentious.

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

Kāmavṛtta (कामवृत्त):—[=kāma-vṛtta] [from kāma] mfn. eating licentiously, dissipated, [Manu-smṛti v, 154; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

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

Kāmavṛtta (कामवृत्त):—[kāma-vṛtta] (ttaḥ-ttā-ttaṃ) a. Debauched.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kamavritta 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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