# त्वरित (tvarita)

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त्वरित (tvarita) is a Sanskrit word meaning hasty, quick, swift, hurried, haste, quickly, swiftly, Durga, a magical formula associated with her. Its 14 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Quickness, Speed, or Haste, Goddess Durgā / Magical Formula.

- **SLP1:** `tvarita`  **IAST:** tvarita  **Devanagari:** त्वरित
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tvarita
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/tvarita/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** त्वरिता (tvaritā)

## Meanings by context

### Quickness, Speed, or Haste (13 definitions)
- hasty, quick, swift  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 464,1] त्व (tva) ° रित (°rita) mfn. ( Pāṇini (Author) iii, 2, 187 ) hasty, quick, swift, expeditious, MBh. &c. [ ID=89099 ]
- hurried  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > त्व (tva) ° रित (°rita) n. impers. hurried, W. [ ID=89100 ]
- haste  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > haste (see स - त्वरितम् (sa-tvaritam) ), L. [ ID=89101 ]
- quickly, swiftly  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 464,1] त्व (tva) ° रितम् (°ritam) ind. quickly, swiftly, MBh.; R.; Śakuntalā (Title) iii, 1/2; Kāraṇḍ. [ ID=89102 ]
- Quick, swift, speedy  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > त्वरित (tvarita) [Printed book page 0552-c ] त्वरित (tvarita) p. p. Quick, swift, speedy
- haste, hurry  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > त्वरित (tvarita) [Printed book page 114-3 ] त्वरित (tvarita) tvar-ita, pp.; n. haste, hurry. [ ID=8943 ]
- 1. Quick or swift. 2. Dispatch or haste.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > त्वर (tvara) ित (tvarita) [Printed book page 394 ] त्वर (tvara) ित (tvarita) mfn. subst. ( - तः - ता - तं (-taṃ) (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) ) Quick, swift, expeditious. n. ( - तं (-taṃ) ) Dispatch, haste. adv. Quickly, swiftly. E. त्वर (tvara) to make haste, affix क्त (kta), and इट् (iṭ) inserted. [ ID=18287 ]
- 1. Dispatch. 2. Quick.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > त्वरित (tvarita) [Printed book page 349-a ] त्वरित (tvarita) ( तं ) ((taṃ)) 1. n. Dispatch. a. Quick. [ ID=17762 ]
- Quick, speedy  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > त्वरित (tvarita) [Printed book page 321-08 ] त्वरित (tvarita) (I) a. (f. ता (tā) ) Quick, speedy. [ ID=16260 ]
- 1. Despatch or haste. 2. Quickly or hastily.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > त्वरित (tvarita) (II) n. Despatch, haste. ( त्वरित (tvarita) म् (tvaritam) is used as an indeclinable in the sense of ‘quickly, fast, hastily.’) [ ID=16261 ]
- 1. Quick, swift, or expeditious. 2. Dispatch or haste.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > त्वरित (tvarita) [Printed book page 328-a ] त्वरित (tvarita) mfn. subst. ( - तः - ता - तं (-taṃ) (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) ) Quick, swift, expeditious. n. ( - तं (-taṃ) ) Dispatch, haste. adv. Quickly, swiftly. E. त्वर् (tvar) to make haste, affix क्त, (kta,) and इट् (iṭ) inserted. [ ID=18271 ]
- 1. Quick or hastening. 2. Haste or hurry.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > त्वरित (tvarita) [Printed book page 215 ] त्वरित (tvarita) a. hastening, quick (also त्वरित (tvarita) त्वरित (tvarita)* (tvaritatvarita*) ); °— & n. adv. (also त्वरित (tvarita) ं त्वरित (tvarita) म् (tvaritaṃ tvaritam) ); n. as subst. haste, hurry. [ ID=13074 ]
- 1. Hastening, quick, or swift. 2. Dispatch or haste. 3. Quickly or in haste. 4. A form of Durga. 5. A magical formula named after her.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > त्वरित (tvarita) [Printed book page 0395-b ] Tvarita, as, ā, am, hastening, quick, swift, speedy, expeditious; ( am ), n. despatch, haste; ( am ), ind. quickly, swiftly; hastily, in haste, fast, speedily; ( ā ), f. a form of Durgā; a magical formula called after her. —Tvarita-gati, is, f. swift motion; a species of the Paṅkti metre. —Tvarita-prayoga, as, m., N. of a chapter of the Tantra-sāra. —Tvaritā- mantra, as, m., N. of a chapter of the Śāradā- tilaka. —Tvaritā-yantra, am, n., N. of a mystical diagram. —Tvaritodita (°ta-ud°), as, ā, am, spoken quickly, uttered rapidly, hurried. [ ID=21703 ]

### Goddess Durgā / Magical Formula (1 definition)
- 1. Durga. 2. A magical formula associated with her.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > त्व (tva) ° रिता (°ritā) f. Durgā and a magical formula called after her, Tantrasāra (Title) iv; Śāradā-tilaka (Title) x [ ID=89103 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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