f. See below
f. livelihood, business, profession (esp. that of a Vaiśya i.e. agriculture, breeding of cattle, and trade; ifc. living on or by), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
(sometimes pl.) an account of anything that has happened, tidings, report, rumour, news, intelligence, story of or about (gen. or comp.), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] &c. (vārttāṃ-√ kīrt with gen., ‘to give an account of, talk about’; kā vārttā, ‘what is the news?’)
talking or talk about (gen. loc. acc. with uddiśya, or comp.), [ib.] &c. (kā vārttā with loc., ‘what talk or question can there be about that?’ vārttayā-√ kṛ with acc. ‘to talk about’; anayā vārttayāpi kiṃ kāryam, ‘what is to be done with her even in mere words?’) the mere mention of facts without poetical embellishment (in rhet.), [MW.]
staying, abiding, [W.]
occurrence, event, [L.]
the egg-plant, [L.] (cf. vārttāka)
a female monster, [Car.] (v.l. vātā)
N. of Durgā, [DevīP.]