Query is empty or invalid! Please provide a valid query.
?

This search widget will find dictionary entries based on the selected search mode.

You can type text using the chosen transliteration scheme.


Transliteration Schemes

Read about transliteration schemes for typing Sanskrit text with an English keyboard:


Search Modes
  • Exact Word: Finds entries that exactly match the search term.
  • Prefix: Finds words that start with the search term.
  • Regex: Use regular expressions to match the word or its variants.
  • Translations (FTS): Full-text search in entry meanings. Use "word*" for prefix matching.

nivartana

ni-°vártana mfn. causing to turn back, [RV.]

ni-°vártana n. turning back, returning, turning the back i.e. retreating, fleeing, [AV.]; [MBh.] &c. (mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam, making retreat equivalent to death i.e. desisting from fighting only in death, [MBh. vi], [vii]; w.r. kṛtvā mṛtyu-niv°)

ceasing, not happening or occurring, being prevented, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.

desisting or abstaining from (abl.), [MBh.]; [BhP.]

desisting from work, inactivity (opp. to pra-vartana), [Kām.]

causing to return, bringing back (esp. the shooting off and bringing back of weapons), [MBh.]; [Kāv.]

turning back (the hair), [KātyŚr.]

a means of returning, [RV.]; [AV.]

averting or keeping back from (abl.), [Vedāntas.]

reforming, repenting, [W.]

a measure of land (20 rods or 200 cubits or 40,000 Hastas square), [Hcat.]