Vrittita, Vṛttitā: 7 definitions

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Vrittita 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 Vṛttitā can be transliterated into English as Vrttita or Vrittita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

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Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Vṛttitā (वृत्तिता) refers to “adopting a particular practice (or religion)”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Adopting external sectarian emblems such as [carrying] one staff, three staffs and so on; [wearing] matted hair, ashes and the like; plucking out the hair and nakedness; wearing ochre robes; pretending to be mad, adopting the way of a non-vedic religion (pāṣaṇḍa-vṛttitā) and [consuming] food and drink that should not be consumed, [are all] seen in various religions. [...]”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Vṛttitā (वृत्तिता).—f.

(-tā) 1. State of existence. 2. Profession, subsistence. E. vṛtti and tal aff.; also with tva, vṛttitvaṃ .

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

Vṛttitā (वृत्तिता).—[vṛtti + tā], f., and vṛttitva vṛtti + tva, n. 1. State of residing or being contained in, as the hetu in the pakṣa, Bhāṣāp. 67 (tva). 2. Profession, subsistence.

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

Vṛttitā (वृत्तिता):—[=vṛtti-tā] [from vṛtti > vṛt] f.

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

Vṛttitā (वृत्तिता):—(tā) 1. f. State; profession.

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

Vṛttitā (वृत्तिता) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vaḍiyā.

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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.

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