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abhyāvṛt

-v/artate- (Imper. 2. sg. -vavṛtsva-; P. imperfect tense 3. sg. -āvart-[

]) to roll (as a cart) towards, come up to or towards (accusative), approach

: Causal (Ved.) -vavartati- idem or '(imperfect tense -āviśat-) to rush into (accusative) ; P. A1. to enter into, penetrate '

; -vartayati-, to repeat

āvṛt

P. (only perfect tense in

, -vav/arta-) A1. -vartate- (Aorist 3. sg. /āvṛtsata-

; infinitive mood -v/ṛte-

) to turn or draw round or back or near

; to turn or go towards ; to turn round or back, return, revolve

etc.: Causal P. -vartayati- (Ved. subjunctive -vav/artati- Potential -vavṛtyāt-,etc.) A1. -vartayate- (Ved. Potential -vavṛtīta-,etc.) to cause to turn, roll ; to draw or turn towards ; to lead near or towards ; to bring back ; to turn round or back

etc. ; to repeat, recite, say repeatedly ; to pray

etc.: Intensive -varīvartti-

, to move quickly or repeatedly.

paryāvṛt

A1. -v/artate- (Epic also ti- Potential -vartet-

; perfect tense -vavarta-, -vavṛte-

; Aorist pary-/ā-vart-

; ind.p. pari-vṛtya-

), to turn round (intrans.;trans. only ind.p.), turn away from (ablative), return to (dative case)

etc. ; to be changed into (instrumental case)

; to get possessed of (accusative)

: Causal -vartayati-, to turn or roll round (trans.)

; to change or barter against (imperative 2. sg. tāt-)

: Desiderative -v/ivṛtsati-, to wish to roll round

vṛt

cl.1 A1. (

) v/artate- (rarely ti-;in veda- also vavartti-and [once in

] vartti-; subjunctive vav/artat-, vavartati-, vavṛtat-; Potential vavṛtyāt-, vavṛtīya-; imperative vavṛtsva-; imperfect tense /avavṛtran-, tranta-; perfect tense vav/arta-, vavṛt/us-, vavṛt/e-

[here also vāvṛt/e-]etc.; Aorist avart-, avṛtran- subjunctive v/artat-, vartta-

; avṛtat-

etc.; avartiṣṭa- grammar;3. plural avṛtsata-

;2. sg. vartithās-

; preceding vartiṣīṣṭa- grammar; future vartitā- grammar; vartsy/ati-, te-

etc.; vartiṣyati-, te-

etc.; Conditional avartsyat-

; avartiṣyata- grammar; infinitive mood -v/ṛte-

; -v/ṛtas-

; vartitum-

etc.; ind.p. vartitvā-and vṛttvā- grammar; -v/ṛtya-

etc.; -v/artam-

etc.), to turn, turn round, revolve, roll (also applied to the rolling down of tears)

etc. ; to move or go on, get along, advance, proceed (with instrumental case"in a particular way or manner"), take place, occur, be performed, come off

etc. ; to be, live, exist, be found, remain, stay, abide, dwell (with ātmani na-,"to be not in one's right mind";with manasi-or hṛdaye-,"to dwell or be turned or thought over in the mind";with mūrdhni-,"to be at the head of","to be of most importance"; kathaṃ vartate-with Nominal verb or kiṃ vartate-with genitive case,"how is it with?")

; to live on, subsist by (instrumental case or ind.p.),

etc. ; to pass away (as time, ciraṃ vartate gatānām-,"it is long since we went")

; to depend on (locative case)

; to be in a particular condition, be engaged in or occupied with (locative case),

etc. ; to be intent on, attend to (dative case)

; to stand or be used in the sense of (locative case)

; to act, conduct one's self, behave towards (locative case dative case,or accusative;also with itaretaram-or parasparam-,"mutually")

etc. ; to act or deal with, follow a course of conduct (also with vṛttim-), show, display, employ, use, act in any way (instrumental case or accusative) towards (locative case with parājñayā-,"to act under another's command";with prajā-rūpeṇa-,"to assume the form of a son";with priy/am-,"to act kindly";with svāni-,"to mind one's own business"; kim idam vartase-,"what are you doing there?")

etc. ; to tend or turn to, prove as (dative case)

; to be or exist or live at a particular time, be alive or present (confer, compare vartamāna-, vartiṣyamāṇa-,and vartsyat-,p.925)

etc. ; to continue (with an ind.p., atītya vartante-,"they continue to excel"; iti vartate me buddhiḥ-,"such continues my opinion")

etc. ; to hold good, continue in force, be supplied from what precedes

; to originate, arise from (ablative) or in (locative case)

; to become

; to associate with (saha-)

; to have illicit intercourse with (locative case)

: Causal vart/ayati- (Aorist avīvṛtat-or avavartat-;in

also A1. avavarti-; infinitive mood vartay/adhyai-

; Passive voice vartyate-

), to cause to turn or revolve, whirl, wave, brandish, hurl

etc. ; to produce with a turning-lathe, make anything round (as a thunderbolt, a pill etc.)

; to cause to proceed or take place or be or exist, do, perform, accomplish, display, exhibit (feelings), raise or utter (a cry), shed (tears)

etc. ; to cause to pass (as time), spend, pass, lead a life, live, subsist on or by (instrumental case), enter upon a course of conduct etc. (also with vṛttim-or vṛttyā-or vṛttena-;with bhaikṣeṇa-,"to live by begging"), conduct one's self, behave

etc. ; to set forth, relate, recount, explain, declare

; to begin to instruct (dative case)

; to understand, know, learn

; to treat

; (in law, with śiras-or śīrṣam-) to offer one's self to be punished if another is proved innocent by an ordeal

; "to speak"or"to shine" (bhāṣārthe-or bhāsārthe-)

: Desiderative v/ivṛtsati-, te- (

), vivartiṣate- (

) , to wish to turn etc.: Intensive (Vedic or Veda , rarely in later language) v/arvartti-, varīvartti-, varīvarty/ate-, varīvartate-, parasmE-pada v/arvṛtat- and v/arvṛtāna- imperfect tense 3. sg. avarīvar-, 3. plural avarīvur- (grammar also varivartti-, varīvṛtīti-, varvṛtīti-, varīvṛtyate-), to turn, roll, revolve, be, exist, prevail

[ confer, compare Latin vertere; Slavonic or Slavonian vru8te8ti,vratiti; Lithuanian varty4ti; Gothic wai4rthan; German werden; English -ward.]

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