Vrittikara, Vṛttikāra: 6 definitions
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Vrittikara 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 Vṛttikāra can be transliterated into English as Vrttikara or Vrittikara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsVṛttikara (वृत्तिकर):—Life sustaining
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumVṛttikāra (वृत्तिकार) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—and vṛttikṛt Sāyaṇa in the Dhatuvṛtti and Kṣīrasvāmin in the Dhātutaraṅgiṇī mean by this name the authors of the Kāśikāvṛtti. Anantadeva in the Saṃskārakaustubha signifies by it Jayanta, the author of the Āśvalāyanakārikāḥ. Others again will allude by this term to some well-known commentator.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vṛttikara (वृत्तिकर):—[=vṛtti-kara] [from vṛtti > vṛt] mf(ī)n. affording a livelihood, [Mahābhārata; Kathāsaritsāgara; Suśruta]
2) Vṛttikāra (वृत्तिकार):—[=vṛtti-kāra] [from vṛtti > vṛt] m. the author of a [commentator or commentary] on a Sūtra ([especially] applied to Vāmana, the principal author of the Kāśikā-vṛtti).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛttikara (वृत्तिकर):—[vṛtti-kara] (raḥ-rī-raṃ) a. Yielding a subsistence.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVṛttikāra (ವೃತ್ತಿಕಾರ):—[noun] a man who writes a commentary for a passage, verse or verses, as to make the meaning, sense, intention of the author clear.
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Vṛttikāṟa (ವೃತ್ತಿಕಾಱ):—[noun] a man engaged in a particular occupation.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vritti, Kara.
Starts with: Vrittikaram.
Ends with: Bhagavrittikara, Bhatta vrittikara, Samkhyavrittikara, Vaiyavrittikara.
Full-text: Vrittiga, Bhagavrittikara, Bhatta vrittikara, Kuni, Vrittikaram, Shabarabhashya, Abhinanda, Mimamsabhashya, Mimamsasutrabhashya.
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