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?)