The Sanskrit term Vāvṛt can be transliterated into English as Vavrt or Vavrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vāvṛt (वावृत्).—4 Ā. (vāvṛtyate)

1) To choose, prefer, select, love; ततो वावृत्यमानासौ रामशालां न्यविक्षत (tato vāvṛtyamānāsau rāmaśālāṃ nyavikṣata) Bhaṭṭikāvya 4.28.

2) To serve.

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

Vāvṛt (वावृत्).—[(u)vāvṛtu] r. 4th cl. (vāvṛtyate) 1. To choose or select. 2. To serve.

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

Vāvṛt (वावृत्).—vṛt VṚT, i. 4, [Ātmanepada.] (the first looks rather like an old [frequentative.] of vṛt), To select, to love.

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

Vāvṛt (वावृत्):—[class] 4. [Ātmanepada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxvi, 51], rather [Intensive] [from] a lost √3. vṛt) vāvṛtyate (only [present participle] vāvṛtyamāna), to choose, select, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]

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

Vāvṛt (वावृत्):—(ya, u, ṅa) vāvṛtyate 4. d. To choose or select; to serve.

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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: Vavritta, Vavrityamana.

Ends with: Abhyavavrit, Anvavrit, Devavrit, Samavavrit, Svavrit.

Full-text: Vavritta, Vavart, Vrit.

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