f. rolling, rolling down (of tears), [Śak. iv, 5]; [14]
mode of life or conduct, course of action, behaviour, (esp.) moral conduct, kind or respectful behaviour or treatment (also v.l. for vṛtta), [GṛŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
general usage, common practice, rule, [Prāt.]
mode of being, nature, kind, character, disposition, [ib.]; [Kāv.]
state, condition, [Tattvas.]
being, existing, occurring or appearing in (loc. or comp.), [Lāṭy.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.] &c.
practice, business, devotion or addiction to, occupation with (often ifc. ‘employed about’, ‘engaged in’, ‘practising’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
profession, maintenance, subsistence, livelihood (often ifc.; cf. uñcha-v°; vṛttiṃ-√ kṛ or √ kḷp [Caus.] with instr., ‘to live on or by’; with gen., ‘to get or procure a maintenance for’; only certain means of subsistence are allowed to a Brāhman See [Mn. iv, 4]-[6]), [ŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
wages, hire, [Pañcat.]
working, activity, function, [MaitrUp.]; [Kap.]; [Vedāntas.] &c.
mood (of the mind), [Vedāntas.]
the use or occurrence of a word in a partic. sense (loc.), its function or force, [Pāṇ.]; [Sāh.], Sch. on [KātyŚr.] &c.
mode or measure of pronunciation and recitation (said to be threefold, viz. vilambitā, madhyamā, and drutā, q.v.), [Prāt.]
(in gram.) a complex formation which requires explanation or separation into its parts (as distinguished from a simple or uncompounded form, e.g. any word formed with Kṛt or Taddhita affixes, any compound and even duals and plurals which are regarded as Dvandva compounds, of which only one member is left, and all derivative verbs such as desideratives &c.)
style of composition (esp. dram. style, said to be of four kinds, viz. 1. Kaiśikī, 2. Bhāratī 3. Sātvatī, 4. Ārabhaṭī, qq.vv.; the first three are described as suited to the Śṛṅgāra, Vīra, and Raudra Rasas respectively, the last as common to all), [Bhar.]; [Daśar.] &c.
(in rhet.) alliteration, frequent repetition of the same consonant (five kinds enumerated, scil. madhurā, prauḍhā, puruṣā, lalitā, and bhadrā), [Daśar., Introd.]
final rhythm of a verse (= or v.l. for vṛtta, q.v.)
a commentary, comment, gloss, explanation (esp. on a Sūtra)
N. of the wife of a Rudra, [BhP.]