Vaguravritti, Vāgurāvṛtti, Vagura-vritti: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vāgurāvṛtti can be transliterated into English as Vaguravrtti or Vaguravritti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVāgurāvṛtti (वागुरावृत्ति).—f. livelihood obtained by catching wild animals.
-ttiḥ a fowler, huntsman; Manusmṛti 1.32.
Derivable forms: vāgurāvṛttiḥ (वागुरावृत्तिः).
Vāgurāvṛtti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāgurā and vṛtti (वृत्ति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāgurāvṛtti (वागुरावृत्ति).—f.
(-ttiḥ) Livelihood obtained by catching wild animals. E. vāgurā a snare, vṛtti practice.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāgurāvṛtti (वागुरावृत्ति).—m. one who subsists by catcing wild animals, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 32.
Vāgurāvṛtti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāgurā and vṛtti (वृत्ति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāgurāvṛtti (वागुरावृत्ति).—[adjective] who lives by snaring animals.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vāgurāvṛtti (वागुरावृत्ति):—[=vāgurā-vṛtti] [from vāgurā] mfn. one who lives by snaring animals, [Manu-smṛti x, 32]
2) [v.s. ...] f. livelihood obtained by snaring or catching animals, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāgurāvṛtti (वागुरावृत्ति):—[vāgurā-vṛtti] (ttiḥ) 2. f. Hunting, &c.
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: Vritti, Vagura.
Full-text: Sairindhra, Sairandhra, Ayogava.
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