Vyapriti, Vyāpṛti: 7 definitions
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Vyapriti 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 Vyāpṛti can be transliterated into English as Vyaprti or Vyapriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVyāpṛti (व्यापृति).—f.
1) Employment, engagement, business; स्वस्वव्यापृतिमग्नमानसतया (svasvavyāpṛtimagnamānasatayā) Bv.1.58.
2) Operation, action.
3) Exertion.
4) Profession, practice; see व्यापार (vyāpāra).
Derivable forms: vyāpṛtiḥ (व्यापृतिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVyāpṛti (व्यापृति).—f.
(-tiḥ) 1. Occupation. 2. Effort. 3. Action.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVyāpṛti (व्यापृति).—[feminine] occupation, activity.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVyāpṛti (व्यापृति):—[=vy-āpṛti] [from vy-āpṛta > vyā-pṛ] f. occupation, activity, [Caraka]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Vyāpṛti (व्यापृति) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vāvatti.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVyāpṛti (ವ್ಯಾಪೃತಿ):—
1) [noun] any occupation pursued as a business or livelihood.
2) [noun] a field of business activity; a trade.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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