The Sanskrit term Vyāpṛ can be transliterated into English as Vyapr or Vyapri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vyāpṛ (व्यापृ).—6 Ā.

1) To be engaged in or occupied with, be busy about (with loc.).

2) To be employed or placed (in any office). -Caus.

1) To cause to work, engage upon, entrust with, appoint to (usually with loc.); व्यापारितः शूलभृता विधाय सिंहत्वमङ्कागतसत्त्ववृत्तिः (vyāpāritaḥ śūlabhṛtā vidhāya siṃhatvamaṅkāgatasattvavṛttiḥ) R.2.38; आत्मजनानुष्ठेये कर्मणि त्वां व्यापारयितुमिच्छामि (ātmajanānuṣṭheye karmaṇi tvāṃ vyāpārayitumicchāmi) Mu.1.

2) To place, set, fix, direct, cast; व्यापारयामास करं किरीटे (vyāpārayāmāsa karaṃ kirīṭe) R.6. 19; उमामुखे (umāmukhe) ...... व्यापारयामास विलोचनानि (vyāpārayāmāsa vilocanāni) Kumārasambhava 3.67; व्यापा- रितं शिरसि शस्त्रमशस्त्रपाणेः (vyāpā- ritaṃ śirasi śastramaśastrapāṇeḥ) Ve.3.19; R.13.25; M.3.4.

3) To use, employ; शस्त्रं मित्रशरीररक्षणकृते व्यापारणीयं मया (śastraṃ mitraśarīrarakṣaṇakṛte vyāpāraṇīyaṃ mayā) Mu.7.16.

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

Vyāpṛ (व्यापृ):—[=vy-ā-√pṛ] [Ātmanepada] √2. -priyate, or -pṛṇute, to be occupied or engaged in, be busy about ([locative case]; or with artham or hetos ifc.), be employed (in any office), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.:

—[Causal] -pārayati, to cause to be employed, set to work, keep busy, employ with or in or for ([instrumental case] [locative case], or artham ifc.), [ib.] (with karam, to place or fix the hand, [Raghuvaṃśa]; with, hastam, to wave the hand, [Bālarāmāyaṇa]; with vilocanāni, to fix the eyes upon, direct the glance towards, [Kumāra-sambhava]; with vāṇīm, to use or raise one’s voice, [Harṣacarita])

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

Vyāpṛ (व्यापृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Āaḍḍa, Vāvara.

context information

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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Partial matches: Vya, Pri.

Starts with: Vyaprita, Vyapritatman, Vyapritha, Vyapriti.

Full-text: Vavara, Vyapriti, Vyaparakaraka, Vyaparaka, Vyaparakarin, Vyaparavatta, Vyaparana, Vyaparita, Vyapararodhin, Vyaparin, Vyaparavat, Vyaprita, Aadda, Vyapara.

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