Alternative spellings of this word include Vyavartan.

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Vyāvartana (व्यावर्तन).—Reversing the order of words and going back from a subsequent word to the previous one, as in the Krama, Jata and other artificial recitals of Veda.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vyāvartana (व्यावर्तन).—

1) Surrounding, encompassing.

2) Revolving, turning round; व्यावर्तनैरहिपतेरयमाहिताङ्कः (vyāvartanairahipaterayamāhitāṅkaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 5.3.

3) A fold, band.

4) Coil (of a snake).

5) A turn (of a road).

Derivable forms: vyāvartanam (व्यावर्तनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vyāvartana (व्यावर्तन).—(nt.; to Sanskrit vyāvartayati; not quite in this meaning in Sanskrit), reverse, reversal: dhyāna-°ne Bodhisattvabhūmi 210.24 = Tibetan bzlog na, in case of reversal of dh.; ātmadṛṣṭi-°na- kuśalānām Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 10.13, able to produce (desirable) reversal of their own (wrong) views (= parāvṛtti, next line; wrongly Suzuki).

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

Vyāvartana (व्यावर्तन).—i. e. vi-ā-vṛt + ana, n. 1. Rolling round. 2. A volute, [Kirātārjunīya] 5, 30. 3. A band. 4. Encompassing.

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

Vyāvartana (व्यावर्तन).—[feminine] ī = [preceding]; [neuter] turning.

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

1) Vyāvartana (व्यावर्तन):—[=vy-āvartana] [from vy-āvarta > vyā-vṛt] mf(ī)n. averting, removing (cf. vigraha-vyāvartanī)

2) [v.s. ...] excluding, [Śaṃkarācārya]

3) [v.s. ...] n. turn (of a road), [Atharva-veda; Chāndogya-upaniṣad]

4) [v.s. ...] coil (of a snake), [Kirātārjunīya]

5) [v.s. ...] turning away, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

6) [v.s. ...] turning round, revolving, encompassing, surrounding, [Horace H. Wilson]

[Sanskrit to German]

Vyavartana in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vyāvartana (व्यावर्तन) [Also spelled vyavartan]:—(nm) differentiation, distinction.

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Partial matches: Vy, Avartana.

Full-text: Vyutkramana, Vyavartan.

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