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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

varttana (वर्त्तन).—n S Behaving, proceeding, demeaning one's self. 2 Staying, abiding, living, being. 3 Livelihood, profession, vocation, occupation.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Varttana (वर्त्तन).—mfn.

(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Fixed, stationary, stable. nf. (-naṃ-nī) 1. Staying, abiding, being, the property of a fixed presence. 2. A road, a way. 3. A ball at one end of a spindle to assist its rotatory motion. 4. Grinding. n.

(-naṃ) 1. Livelihood, subsistence. 2. Occupation, profession. 3. Salary, hire, wages. 4. A ball of cotton from which the threads are spun. 5. A ball, a globe. 6. Appointing. 7. Turning. 8. Abode, residence. 9. Conduct. 10. Commerce, traffic. m.

(-naḥ) A dwarf. E. vṛt to be, to be fixed, &c., aff. lyuṭ or yuc .

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

Varttana (वर्त्तन):—[(naḥ-nā-naṃ) a.] Fixed. n. f. Staying; a road; ball at the end of a spindle; grinding. n. Livelihood; a ball. m. A dwarf.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Varttana (वर्त्तन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vattaṇa, Vattaṇā.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Varttanabhava, Varttanadana, Varttanai, Varttanam, Varttanaviniyoga.

Ends with (+13): Abhinivarttana, Adhikara-varttana, Anivarttana, Ankaparivarttana, Anuvarttana, Anyayavarttana, Apamarasadharanavritti-Bhava-Buddhi-Mata-Lakshya-Drishti-Varttana, Apavarttana, Apravarttana, Ativarttana, Avarttana, Avasara-varttana, Avyavarttana, Dayapavarttana, Dushparivarttana, Mahavarttana, Nirvarttana, Nivarttana, Parivarttana, Parshvaparivarttana.

Full-text (+14): Vattana, Anuvarttana, Varttanabhava, Mahavarttana, Varttanadana, Varttanaviniyoga, Ativarttana, Avasara-varttana, Pratyavarttana, Shiro-varttana, Upavarttana, Adhikara-varttana, Apavarttana, Vyavarttana, Nirvarttana, Viparivarttana, Samavarttana, Parivarttana, Avarttanamani, Vivarttana.

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