Kapotavritti, Kapotavṛtti, Kapota-vritti: 2 definitions
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Kapotavritti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Kapotavṛtti can be transliterated into English as Kapotavrtti or Kapotavritti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKapotavṛtti (कपोतवृत्ति).—f. to be very frugal, gathering very little for maintenance; कपोतवृत्त्या पक्षेण व्रीहिद्रोणमुपार्जयत् (kapotavṛttyā pakṣeṇa vrīhidroṇamupārjayat) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.26.5.
Derivable forms: kapotavṛttiḥ (कपोतवृत्तिः).
Kapotavṛtti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kapota and vṛtti (वृत्ति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāpotavṛtti (कापोतवृत्ति):—[=kāpota-vṛtti] [from kāpota] mfn. one who subsists like a pigeon, [Baudhāyana-dharma-śāstra]
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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