वृत्तिvṛtti

profession, maintenance, subsistence, livelihood (often ifc.; cf. उञ्छ-व् (uñcha-v)° (°); वृत्तिं- (vṛttiṃ-)√कृ (√kṛ) or √कॢप् (kḷp) [Caus.] with instr., ‘to live on or by’; with gen., ‘to get or procure a maintenance for’; only certain means of subsistence are allowed to a Brāhman See Manu-smṛti (Title) iv, 4 -6 ), ŚrS.; Manu-smṛti (Title); MBh. &c. [ID=204508]

wages, hire, Pañcat. [ID=204509]

वृत (vṛta)्ति (vṛtti) [Printed book page 801]
वृत (vṛta)्ति (vṛtti) f. (-त्तिः (-ttiḥ)) [ID=36485]

वृत्ति (vṛtti) [Printed book page 719-b]
वृत्ति (vṛtti) (त्तिः) ((ttiḥ)) 2. f. Employment, support; dramatic composition; comment; being; staying; seizure; circumference. [ID=36098]

वृत् (vṛt)ति (vṛtti) [Printed book page 684-a]
वृत् (vṛt)ति (vṛtti) [ID=38189]

वृत्ति (vṛtti) [Printed book page 251-a]
vṛtti, f. prop. an existing, and so (like Eng. living) means of subsistence, support. [√vṛt 3, 5: cf. vartana.] [ID=4000]

वृत्ति (vṛtti) [Printed book page 3-303]
Vṛtti (I) — means of living by Ṛta, Amṛta, Mṛta Pramṛta and Satyāmṛta or Satyānṛta; never by śvavṛtti. Bhā. VII. 11. 18-20. [ID=13457]

(H2) [Printed book page 1010,1]
वृत्ति (vṛtti) f. rolling, rolling down (of tears), Śakuntalā (Title) iv, 5 ; 14  [ID=204501]

वृत्ति (vṛtti) [Printed book page 296-2]
वृत्ति (vṛtti) vṛt-ti, f. (rolling), gush (of tears);
course of action, mode of life, conduct, behaviour
(ord. mg.), towards (lc., —°); method,
course; respectful or affectionate treatment
of (g., —°; E.); general usage, rule (S.); manner
of being, nature, kind; being, occurring, or
appearing in (lc., gnly. —° a.); occurrence or
existence of (—°); devotion or addiction to,
practice of (lc., —°; —°; —° a. devoted to, practising);
sg. pl. subsistence, maintenance, livelihood
(by means of, in.), profession, occupation
(ord. mg.); activity, working, function;
disposition, mood (of the mind); occurrence
or use of a word in a particular sense (lc.);
mode of pronunciation or recitation (S.);
style of composition (dr.; there are four
kinds: kaiśikī, sāttvatī, ārabhaṭī, bhāratī);
alliteration (rh.); form or kind of word (gr.);
commentary (on a Sūtra): -ṃ kṛ or kalpaya, subsist by, live on (in.); provide a
means of subsistence for (g.). [ID=16948]

वृत्ति (vṛtti) [Printed book page 687-04]
वृत्ति (vṛtti) f. 1. Revolving, turning round; 2. being, abiding, remaining, residing, (generally at the end of compounds, विपक्षवृत्ति (vṛtti) (pakṣavṛtti) (vipakṣavṛtti), सपक्षवृत्ति (vṛtti) (pakṣavṛtti) (sapakṣavṛtti), पक्षवृत्ति (vṛtti) (pakṣavṛtti) &c.); 3. the circumference of a wheel or circle; 4. state, condition; 5. behaviour, action, conduct, course of action, जनो यः पराधीनवृत्ति (vṛtti)ः (jano yaḥ parādhīnavṛttiḥ)  Megh. i.8,  R. ii.53; 6. business, practice, profession, employment, वार्धके मुनिवृत्तीनाम् (vārdhake munivṛttīnām)  R. i.8; 7. action, engagement, operation, शतैस्तमक्ष्णामनिमेषवृत्ति (vṛtti)भिः (śataistamakṣṇāmanimeṣavṛttibhiḥ)  R. iii.43; 8. respectful treatment; 9. livelihood, means of livelihood or subsistence,  M. iv.259, x.85; 10. wages, hire; 11. style in composition, (said to be of four kinds- कैशिकी (kaiśikī), भारती (bhāratī), सात्वती (sātvatī) and आरभटी (ārabhaṭī)); 13. gloss, comment, commentary, exposition, (as in वामनसूत्रवृत्ति (vṛtti) (vāmanasūtravṛtti)), अनुत्सूत्रपदन्यासासवृत्ति (vṛtti)ः सन्निबंधना (anutsūtrapadanyāsāsavṛttiḥ sannibaṃdhanā)  Sis. ii.112; 13. a complex formation (in gram.); 14. the connotative power of a word; (these are three, viz. अभिधा (abhidhā), लक्षणा (lakṣaṇā) and व्यंजना (vyaṃjanā)). [ID=36056]

वृत्ति (vṛtti) [Printed book page 0894-a]
वृत्ति (vṛtti) vṛt + ti, f. 1. The circum- [ID=13894]

वृत्ति (vṛtti) [Printed book page 519]
वृत्ति (vṛtti) f. turning, rolling; being, existence, livelihood, maintenance (acc. w. कृ (kṛ) or कल्प् (kalp) & instr. live on or by); mode of being or acting, conduct, behaviour, esp. good conduct or respectful behaviour towards (gen. or —°); devotion to or pursuit of (loc. or —°); usage, practice, rule; nature, character, style (d.); action, activity, function or force of a word; commentary on a Sūtra. [ID=30760]

वृत्ति (vṛtti) [Printed book page 0957-c]
Vṛtti, is, f. turning, turning round, revolving; the circumference of a circle or wheel; being, ex- istence, abiding (often at the end of comps., e. g. tad-vṛtti, is, is, i, abiding in that), staying, re- maining; state, condition; proceeding, career, course of conduct, conduct, behaviour, action (often at the end of comps., cf. vaka-v°); operation, practice, business, profession, function, office, employment
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(at the end of comps. translatable by ‘employed about,’ ‘engaged in’), mode of life [cf. vāgurā- v°]; activity, cause or instrument of activity; treat- ment, respectful treatment; livelihood, maintenance, means of subsistence (often at the end of comps., cf. uñcha-v°; the means of subsistence for a Brāhman are said in Manu IV. 4. to be, 1. ṛta, ‘true,’ i. e. lawful gleaning; 2. a-mṛta, ‘not deadly,’ i. e. unsolicited alms; 3. mṛta, ‘deadly,’ i. e. soli- cited alms; 4. pra-mṛta, ‘very deadly,’ i. e. agri- culture; 5. satyānṛta, ‘true and false,’ i. e. trade, traffic; 6. śva-vṛtti, ‘dog-maintenance,’ i. e. servi- tude; this last should never be engaged in, the preced- ing two, i. e. agriculture and trade, only in times of distress); wages, hire; customary allowance, perquisite, fee; mode of thinking, course of ideas; style, force, character, style in composition (especially dramatic style, said to be of four kinds, viz. 1. Kaiśikī, 2. Bhāratī, 3. Sātvatī, 4. Ārabhaṭī, q. q. v. v.; the first three are described as suited to the Śṛṅgāra, Vīra, and Raudra Rasas respectively, the last as com- mon to all); comment, commentary, explanation, exposition, gloss; general character or force of a word; (in grammar) a complex formation which requires resolution or explanation (as distinguished from a simple or uncompounded form, e. g. any word formed with Kṛt or Taddhita affixes, any com- pound and even duals and plurals which are regarded as Dvandva compounds, of which only one member is left, and all derivative verbs such as desideratives &c.); a measure of the voice in reciting or chanting, (of which, according to the Prātiśākhyas, there are three, viz. vi-lambitā, madhyamā, and drutā); N. of a commentary by Sa-nandana. —Vṛtti-kar- ṣita, as, ā, am, distressed for (want of) a liveli- hood (Manu VIII. 411; according to Kullūka = bhṛty-abhāvena pīḍitaḥ). —Vṛtti-ccheda, as, m. taking away the means of subsistence, confiscation of a patrimony, deprivation of an hereditary office. —Vṛtti-tā, f. or vṛtti-tva, am, n. state of being or residing or being contained in, state of existence, state, condition [cf. anāyatta-v°]; mode of sub- sistence, profession. —Vṛtti-dāna, am, n. the giving of maintenance. —Vṛtti-mat, ān, atī, at, possessing means of subsistence; abiding; having a particular way of thinking. —Vṛtti-lābha, as, m. discovery of the concurrent (in phil.). —Vṛtti-vaikalya, am, n. deficiency or lack of means of subsistence, want of a livelihood. —Vṛtti-stha, as, ā, am, being in any state or condition or employment; (as), m. a chameleon (= saraṭa). —Vṛtti-hetu, us, m. cause or means of subsistence. —Vṛtty-anuprāsa, as, m. alliteration suited to any style or expression. —Vṛtty-artha-bodhaka, as, ikā, am, indicat- ing the meaning of a complex formation, (see under vṛtti above.) —Vṛtty-artham, ind. for the sake of subsistence, in order to sustain life. —Vṛtty- upāya, as, m. means of subsistence. [ID=44713]

the use or occurrence of a word in a partic. sense (loc.), its function or force, Pāṇ.; Sāh., Sch. on KātyŚr. &c. [ID=204512]

(in gram.) a complex formation which requires explanation or separation into its parts (as distinguished from a simple or uncompounded form, e.g. any word formed with Kṛt or Taddhita affixes, any compound and even duals and plurals which are regarded as Dvandva compounds, of which only one member is left, and all derivative verbs such as desideratives &c.) [ID=204514]

(in rhet.) alliteration, frequent repetition of the same consonant (five kinds enumerated, scil. मधुरा (madhurā), प्रौ (prau)ढा (ḍhā), पुरुषा (puruṣā), ललिता (lalitā), and भद्रा (bhadrā)), Daśarūpa (Title), Introd.  [ID=204516]

final rhythm of a verse (= or v.l. for वृत्त (vṛtta), q.v.) [ID=204517]

mode of being, nature, kind, character, disposition, ib.; Kāv. [ID=204504]

state, condition, Tattvas. [ID=204505]

mood (of the mind), Vedāntas. [ID=204511]

practice, business, devotion or addiction to, occupation with (often ifc. ‘employed about’, ‘engaged in’, ‘practising’), MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ID=204507]

working, activity, function, MaitrUp.; Kap.; Vedāntas. &c. [ID=204510]

mode of life or conduct, course of action, behaviour, (esp.) moral conduct, kind or respectful behaviour or treatment (also v.l. for वृत्त (vṛtta)), GṛŚrS.; Mn.; MBh. &c. [ID=204502]

वृत्ति (vṛtti) [Printed book page 757-2]
Vṛtti (“moral conduct”, personif.) = Nīti: XII, 4432. [ID=12389]

N. of the wife of a Rudra, BhP. [ID=204519]

Vṛtti (II) — transformation of Jayādevas in the seven epochs of Manu. Br. III. 4. 12, 37. [ID=13458]

a commentary, comment, gloss, explanation (esp. on a Sūtra) [ID=204518]

being, existing, occurring or appearing in (loc. or comp.), Lāṭy.; Hariv.; Kāv. &c. [ID=204506]

mode or measure of pronunciation and recitation (said to be threefold, viz. विलम्बिता (vilambitā), मध्यमा (madhyamā), and द्रुता (drutā), q.v.), Prāt. [ID=204513]

style of composition (esp. dram. style, said to be of four kinds, viz. 1. Kaiśikī, 2. Bhāratī 3. Sātvatī, 4. Ārabhaṭī, qq.vv.; the first three are described as suited to the Śṛṅgāra, Vīra, and Raudra Rasas respectively, the last as common to all), Bhar.; Daśar. &c. [ID=204515]

general usage, common practice, rule, Prāt. [ID=204503]