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Word (IAST)	Word (Devanagari)	Overview
pravṛt	प्रवृत्	pra-√ vṛt Ā. -vartate, (ep. also P. °ti), to roll or go onwards (as a carriage), be set in motion or going, [ChUp.]; [MBh.] &c.; to set out, depart, betake one's self, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to proceed (vartmanā, or °ni, on a path; apathena, on a wrong path), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; to come forth, issue, originate, arise, be produced, result, occur, happen, take place, [VS.]; [Br.]; [MBh.] &c.; to commence, begin to (inf.), set about, engage in, be intent upon or occupied with (dat. loc., or artham ifc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to proceed against, do injury to (loc.), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Ragh.] ; to debauch (anyo 'nyam, ‘one another’), [MBh.]; to act or proceed according to or with (instr. or abl.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to behave or conduct one's self towards, deal with (loc.), [ib.]; to hold good, prevail, [ib.]; to continue, keep on (pr.p.), [Hariv.]; [Sarvad.]; to be, exist, [MārkP.]; to serve for, conduce to (dat., or artham ifc.), [Sarvad.]; to mean, be used in the sense of (loc.), [ib.]; to let any one (gen.) have anything (acc.), [MBh.] : Caus. -vartayati, to cause to turn or roll, set in motion, [RV.] &c. &c.; to throw, hurl, pour forth, [RV.]; [MaitrS.]; to send, [Prab.]; to set on foot, circulate, diffuse, divulge, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to introduce, appoint, instal, [ib.]; to produce, create, accomplish, devise, invent, perform, do, make, [ib.] (with setum to erect a dam; with vyayakarma, to effect expenditure; with loka-yātrām, to transact the business of life; with kathām, to relate a story); to exhibit, show, display, [R.]; [BhP.]; to undertake, begin, [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.; to use, employ, [Bhaṭṭ.]; to induce any one to do anything, betray into (loc.), [Kathās.]; to proceed against (loc.), [MBh.]
		pra-vṛ́t f. (?), [VS. xv, 9.]
pravṛta	प्रवृत	pra-°vṛta mfn. chosen, selected, adopted (as a son), [BhP.]
pravṛttā	प्रवृत्ता	pra-°vṛttā f. N. of a female demon, [MārkP.]
pravṛtta	प्रवृत्त	pra-°vṛtta mfn. rotund, globular, [ŚāṅkhBr.]
		driven up (as a carriage), [ChUp.]
		circulated (as a book), [Pañcat.]
		set out from (-tas), going to, bound for (acc. loc. inf., or artham ifc.; dakṣiṇena, ‘southwards’; with pathā, ‘proceeding on a path’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
		issued from (abl.), come forth, resulted, arisen, produced, brought about, happened, occurred, [VS.] &c. &c.
		come back, returned, [MBh.]
		commenced, begun, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
		having set about or commenced to (inf.), [Kathās.]
		(also -vat mfn.)
		purposing or going to, bent upon (dat. loc., or comp.), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; [Rājat.]
		engaged in, occupied with, devoted to (loc. or comp.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
		hurting, injuring, offending, [MBh.]
		acting, proceeding, dealing with (loc.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
		existing, [Āpast.]
		who or what has become (with nom.), [R.]
		(with karman n. action) causing a continuation of mundane existence, [Mn. xii, 88]
		w.r. for pra-cṛtta and pra-nṛtta
		pra-°vṛttá (°vṛttá), m. = °varta, a round ornament, [ŚBr.]
pravṛtti	प्रवृत्ति	pra-°vṛtti f. moving onwards, advance, progress, [GṛŚrS.]; [MBh.]; [Suśr.]
		coming forth, appearance, manifestation, [ŚvetUp.]; [Kālid.]; [Rājat.]
		rise, source, origin, [MBh.]
		activity, exertion, efficacy, function, [Kap.]; [Sāṃkhyak.]; [MBh.] &c. (in the Nyāya one of the 82 Prameyas, [IW. 63])
		active life (as opp. to ni-vṛtti [q.v.] and to contemplative devotion, and defined as consisting of the wish to act, knowledge of the means, and accomplishment of the object), [W.]
		giving or devoting one's self to, prosecution of, course or tendency towards, inclination or predilection for (loc. or comp.), [Rājat.]; [Hit.]; [Sāh.]
		application, use, employment, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [MārkP.]
		conduct, behaviour, practice, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
		the applicability or validity of a rule, [KātyŚr.]; [Pāṇ.], Sch.
		currency, continuance, prevalence, [ib.]
		fate, lot, destiny, [R.]
		news, tidings, intelligence of (gen. or comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
		cognition (with viṣaya-vatī, ‘a sensuous cognition’), [Yogas.]
		the exudation from the temples of a rutting elephant, [L.] (cf. [Vikr. iv, 47])
		N. of Avanti or Oujein or any holy place, [L.]
		(in arithm.) the multiplier, [W.] (w.r. for pra-kṛti?)
pravṛttaka	प्रवृत्तक	pra-°vṛttaka n. = °pravartaka n., [Pratāp.]
		N. of a metre, [Col.]
pravṛtāhuti	प्रवृताहुति	pra-°vṛ°tāhuti f. = °tahoma, [ib.]; [Vait.]
pravṛtahoma	प्रवृतहोम	pra-°vṛta—homa m. an oblation offered on the appointment of a priest, [ŚrS.]
pravṛttāśin	प्रवृत्ताशिन्	pra-°vṛt°tāśin m. N. of a partic. class of ascetics, [Baudh.]
pravṛttatva	प्रवृत्तत्व	pra-°vṛtta—tva n. the having happened or occurred, [Jaim.]
pravṛttavāc	प्रवृत्तवाच्	pra-°vṛtta—vāc mfn. of fluent speech, eloquent, [MBh.]
pravṛttavat	प्रवृत्तवत्	pra-°vṛtta—vat mfn.
pravṛttijña	प्रवृत्तिज्ञ	pra-°vṛtti—jña m. ‘knowing the news’, an emissary, agent, spy, [L.]
pravṛttimat	प्रवृत्तिमत्	pra-°vṛtti—mat mfn. devoted to anything, [Kaiy.]
pravṛttyaṅga	प्रवृत्त्यङ्ग	pra-°vṛ°tty-aṅga n. N. of wk.
pravṛtahomīya	प्रवृतहोमीय	pra-°vṛta—ho°mīya mfn. relating to it, [ŚāṅkhBr.]
pravṛttacakra	प्रवृत्तचक्र	pra-°vṛtta—cakra mfn. ‘whose chariot wheels run on unimpeded’, having universal power (°kra-tā f.), [Yājñ.]
pravṛttijñāna	प्रवृत्तिज्ञान	pra-°vṛtti—jñāna n. = -vijñāna, [Sarvad.]
pravṛttimārga	प्रवृत्तिमार्ग	pra-°vṛtti—mārga m. active or worldly life, occupancy about the business and pleasures of the world or with the rites and works of religion, [MW.]
pravṛttakarman	प्रवृत्तकर्मन्	pra-°vṛtta—karman n. any act leading to a future birth, [W.]
pravṛttapānīya	प्रवृत्तपानीय	pra-°vṛtta—pānīya mfn. (a well) with abundant water, [MBh.]
pravṛttapāraṇa	प्रवृत्तपारण	pra-°vṛtta—pāraṇa n. a partic. religious observance or ceremony, [Śak.] (v.l.)
pravṛttivacana	प्रवृत्तिवचन	pra-°vṛtti—vacana mfn. (a word) expressing activity, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 51]
pravṛttacakratā	प्रवृत्तचक्रता	pra-°vṛtta—cakra-tā f.
pravṛttinimitta	प्रवृत्तिनिमित्त	pra-°vṛtti—nimitta n. the reason for the use of any term in the particular significations which it bears, [MW.]
pravṛttivijñāna	प्रवृत्तिविज्ञान	pra-°vṛtti—vijñāna n. cognition of the things belonging to the external world, [Buddh.]
pravṛttipratyaya	प्रवृत्तिप्रत्यय	pra-°vṛtti—pratyaya m. a belief in or conception of the things relating to the external world, [Buddh.]
pravṛttiparāṅmukha	प्रवृत्तिपराङ्मुख	pra-°vṛtti—parāṅmukha mf(I)n. disinclined to give tidings, [Vikr.]
pravṛttasamprahāra	प्रवृत्तसम्प्रहार	pra-°vṛtta—samprahāra mfn. one who has begun the fight (°ra-tva n.), [Kathās.]
pravṛttinivṛttimat	प्रवृत्तिनिवृत्तिमत्	pra-°vṛtti—nivṛtti-mat mfn. connected with activity and inactivity, [BhP.]
pravṛttasamprahāratva	प्रवृत्तसम्प्रहारत्व	pra-°vṛtta—samprahāra-tva n.

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