Kuhakavritti, Kuhakavṛtti, Kuhaka-vritti: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Kuhakavṛtti can be transliterated into English as Kuhakavrtti or Kuhakavritti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kuhakavṛtti (कुहकवृत्ति).—f.

1) Juggling.

2) hypocrisy.

Derivable forms: kuhakavṛttiḥ (कुहकवृत्तिः).

Kuhakavṛtti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kuhaka and vṛtti (वृत्ति).

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

Kuhakavṛtti (कुहकवृत्ति).—f.

(-ttiḥ) 1. Juggling, conjuring, slight-of-hand. 2. Hypocrisy. E. kuhaka, and vṛtti practice.

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

1) Kuhakavṛtti (कुहकवृत्ति):—[=kuhaka-vṛtti] [from kuhaka > kuh] f. juggling, slight-of-hand

2) [v.s. ...] hypocrisy.

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

Kuhakavṛtti (कुहकवृत्ति):—[kuhaka-vṛtti] (tti;) 2. f. Juggling; slight of hand; hypocrisy.

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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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