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āvṛtआवृत्ā-√ vṛt P. (only pf. in [RV.], -vavárta) Ā. -vartate (aor. 3. sg. ā́vṛtsata, [RV. viii, 1, 29]; Inf. -vṛ́te, [RV. iii, 42, 3]) to turn or draw round or back or near, [RV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; to turn or go towards; to turn round or back, return, revolve, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.]; [MBh.]; [Kathās.]; [R.] &c.: Caus. P. -vartayati (Ved. Subj. -vavártati Pot. -vavṛtyāt, &c.) Ā. -vartayate (Ved. Pot. -vavṛtīta, &c.) to cause to turn, roll; to draw or turn towards; to lead near or towards; to bring back; to turn round or back, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [TBr.]; [MBh.]; [BhP.] &c.; to repeat, recite, say repeatedly; to pray, [ĀśvŚr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Kathās.]; [R.]; [Hariv.] &c.: Intens. -varīvartti, [RV. i, 164, 31]; [AV. ix, 10, 11], &c., to move quickly or repeatedly.
ā-vṛ́t f. turning towards or home, entering, [RV.]
turn of path or way, course, process, direction, [AV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]
progress of an action, occurrence, a series of actions, [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.] &c.
doing an act without speaking or silently (cf. agnihotrāvṛt), [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [ĀśvŚr.] &c.
order, method, [ŚBr.]
āvṛtaआवृतā́-vṛta mfn. covered, concealed, hid
screened, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Kathās.]; [MBh.]; [BhP.] &c.
enclosed, encompassed, surrounded (by a ditch, wall, &c.), [Mn.]; [R.]; [Rājat.]; [Pañcat.] &c.
invested, involved
spread, overspread, overcast
filled with, abounding with
ā́-vṛta m. a man of mixed origin (the son of a Brāhman by a woman of the Ugra caste), [Mn. x, 15.]
āvṛtiआवृतिā-vṛti f. covering, closing, hiding.
āvṛttaआवृत्तā-vṛtta mfn. turned round, stirred, whirled
reverted, averted
retreated, fled
ā-vṛtta n. addressing a prayer or songs to a god.
āvṛttiआवृत्तिā́-vṛtti f. turning towards, entering, turning back or from, reversion, retreat, flight
recurrence to the same point, [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Bhag.]; [Kathās.] &c.
repetition, [KātyŚr.]
repetition (as a figure of rhetoric), [Kāvyād.]
turn of a way, course, direction
occurrence
revolving, going round, [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.] &c.
worldly existence, the revolution of births, [Kap.]
use, employment, application.
āvṛtyaआवृत्यā-vṛtya ind.p. having covered &c., [Śak.]; [MBh.] &c.
ā-vṛtya ind.p. having turned, turning towards, &c.
āvṛtvatआवृत्वत्ā-vṛt—vat mfn. turning or turned towards, [RV. viii, 45, 36.]
āvṛtīśayānaआवृतीशयानāvṛtī-śayāna mfn. lying covered, [JaimUp.]
āvṛttidīpakaआवृत्तिदीपकā-vṛtti—dīpaka n. (in rhetoric) enforcing a statement by repeating it, [Kuval.]