vṛj वृज् cl. 1. 7. P. ([Dhātup. xxxiv, 7]; [xxix, 24]) varjati, vṛṇákti; cl. 2. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 19]) vṛkte (Ved. and [BhP.] also várjate and vṛṅkté; Impv. vṛṅktām [v.l. vṛktām] [Mn. ix, 20]; vṛṅgdhvam, [BhP. xi, 4, 14]; pf. vavarja, vavṛje [Gr. also vavṛñje, [RV.] vāvṛje; vavṛjyúḥ, vavṛktam, [AV.] p. f. -varjúṣī]; aor. avṛk, [AV.]; vark [2. 3. sg.], varktam, avṛjan, Pot. vṛjyām, [RV.]; ávṛkta, [ib.]; avṛkṣam, °ṣi, [ib.]; avārkṣīs, [Br.]; avarjīt, avajiṣṭa, Gr.; fut. varjitā, [Br.]; varjiṣyati, [ib.]; varkṣyati, °te, [Br.]; inf. vṛ́je, vṛñjáse, vṛjádhyai, [RV.]; varjitum or vṛñjitum Gr.; ind.p. vṛktvī́, [RV.]; -vṛ́jya, -vargam, [Br.] &c.), to bend, turn, [RV. iv, 7, 10]; to twist off, pull up, pluck, gather (esp. sacrificial grass), [RV.]; [TBr.]; to wring off or break a person's (acc.) neck, [RV. vi, 18, 8]; [26, 3]; to avert, remove, [RV.]; (Ā.) to keep anything from (abl. or gen.), divert, withhold, exclude, abalienate, [RV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [BhP.] ; (Ā.) to choose for one's self, select, appropriate, [BhP.] : Pass. vṛjyáte, to be bent or turned or twisted, [RV.] &c.: Caus. varjayati ([Dhātup. xxxiv, 7]; mc. also °te; Pot. varjayīta, [MBh.]; aor. avavarjat), to remove, avoid, shun, relinquish, abandon, give up, renounce, [ChUp.]; [GṛŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.; to spare, let live, [MBh.]; to exclude, omit, exempt, except (°yitvā with acc. = excepting, with the exception of), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Pass. of Caus. varjyate, to be deprived of, lose (instr.), [Hariv.] (cf. varjita) : Desid. vivṛkṣáte ([Br.]), vivarjiṣati, °te (Gr.), to wish to bend or turn &c.: Intens. varīvṛjyate, varvarkti (Gr.; p. várīvṛjat, [RV.]), to turn aside, divert : Caus. of Intens. varīvarjáyati (p. f. °yantī), to turn hither and thither (the ears), [AV.] vṛ́j = bala strength, [Naigh. ii, 9.] vṛji वृजि m. N. of a man, [L.] pl. N. of a people, [Buddh.] (cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 131]) f. N. of a country = vraja (the modern Braj, to the west of Delhi and Agra), [W.] vṛjya वृज्य mfn. to be bent or turned away, [MW.] vṛjanī वृजनी vṛjanī́ f. an enclosure, fold, [RV. i, 164, 9] (‘a cloud’, [Sāy.]) wile, intrigue, [AV. vii, 30, 7.] vṛjana वृजन vṛjána n. (once vṛ́j°) an enclosure, cleared or fenced or fortified place (esp. ‘sacrificial enclosure’; but also ‘pasture or camping ground, settlement, town or village and its inhabitants’), [RV.] crookedness, wickedness, deceit, wile, intrigue, [ib.] = bala, strength, [Naigh. ii, 9] the sky, atmosphere, [L.] = nirākaraṇa, [L.] vṛjika वृजिक mfn. (fr. vṛji), [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 131.] vṛjinā वृजिना vṛjinā́ (ā́), f. deceit, intrigue, guile, [AV.] vṛjina वृजिन vṛjiná mf(A)n. bent, crooked (lit. and fig.), deceitful, false, wicked, [RV.] &c. &c. disastrous, calamitous, [MBh. ii, 857] vṛjiná m. curled hair, hair, [L.] vṛjiná n. id., [RV.]; [AV.]; [TBr.] sin, vice, wickedness, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. distress, misery, affliction, [BhP.] red leather, [L.] vṛjanya वृजन्य vṛjanyà mfn. dwelling in villages &c. vṛjanyà n. (prob.) a community, people, [RV. ix, 97, 23.] vṛjināya वृजिनाय Nom. P. (only p. -yát) to be crooked or deceitful or wicked, [RV.] vṛjinīvat वृजिनीवत् vṛjinī-vat m. = vṛjina-vat, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] vṛjinavat वृजिनवत् vṛjina—vat m. N. of a son of Kroṣṭu (son of Yadu), [BhP.] vṛjigārhapata वृजिगार्हपत vṛji—gārhapata n., [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 42], Vārtt. 1, [Pat.] vṛjinavartani वृजिनवर्तनि vṛjiná—vartani (vṛjiná-), mfn. following evil courses, wicked, [RV.]