Yamavritti, Yāmavṛtti, Yama-vritti: 5 definitions

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Yamavritti 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 Yāmavṛtti can be transliterated into English as Yamavrtti or Yamavritti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Yamavritti in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yāmavṛtti (यामवृत्ति).—f. being on watch or guard.

Derivable forms: yāmavṛttiḥ (यामवृत्तिः).

Yāmavṛtti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yāma and vṛtti (वृत्ति).

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

Yāmavṛtti (यामवृत्ति).—f.

(-ttiḥ) The being on watch or guard.

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

Yāmavṛtti (यामवृत्ति):—[=yāma-vṛtti] [from yāma > yā] f. the being on watch, standing on guard, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]

[Sanskrit to German]

Yamavritti 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.

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