Vrittikarshita, Vṛttikarṣita, Vritti-karshita: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vṛttikarṣita can be transliterated into English as Vrttikarsita or Vrittikarshita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVṛttikarṣita (वृत्तिकर्षित).—a. badly off or distressed for want of livelihood; क्षत्रियं चैव वैश्यं च ब्राह्मणो वृत्तिकर्षितौ (kṣatriyaṃ caiva vaiśyaṃ ca brāhmaṇo vṛttikarṣitau) [विमृयात् (vimṛyāt)] Manusmṛti 8.411.
Vṛttikarṣita is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛtti and karṣita (कर्षित).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛttikarṣita (वृत्तिकर्षित).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Attracted by or impelled to for the sake of subsistence. E. vṛtti and karṣita attracted.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛttikarṣita (वृत्तिकर्षित):—[=vṛtti-karṣita] [from vṛtti > vṛt] mfn. distressed for (want of) a l°, [Manu-smṛti viii, 411] (bhṛty-abhāvena pīḍitaḥ, [Manvarthamuktāvalī, kullūka bhaṭṭa’s Commentary on manu-smṛti]), [Mahābhārata]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛttikarṣita (वृत्तिकर्षित):—[vṛtti-karṣita] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Acting for subsistence.
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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