vṛtti (f)
Meanings
- (esp.) moral conduct
- (in gram.) a complex formation which requires explanation or separation into its parts
- (in rhet.) alliteration
- a commentary
- activity
- behaviour
- being
- business
- character
- comment
- common practice
- condition
- course of action
- devotion or addiction to
- disposition
- existing
- explanation (esp. on a Sūtra)
- final rhythm of a verse
- frequent repetition of the same consonant
- function
- general usage
- gloss
- hire
- kind
- kind or respectful behaviour or treatment
- livelihood
- maintenance
- mode of being
- mode of life or conduct
- mode or measure of pronunciation and recitation
- mood (of the mind)
- name of the wife of a Rudra
- nature
- occupation with
- occurring or appearing in
- practice
- profession
- rolling
- rolling down (of tears)
- rule
- state
- style of composition (esp. dram. style)
- subsistence
- the use or occurrence of a word in a particular sense
- wages
- working
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