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वृत्ति f. f. rolling, rolling down (of tears), [Śak. iv, 5; 14] वृत्त mode of life or conduct, course of action, behaviour, (esp. ) moral conduct, kind or respectful behaviour or treatment (also v.l. for ), [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. उञ्छ-व्° profession, maintenance, subsistence, livelihood (often ifc. ; cf. ; वृत्तिं-√ कृ or √ कॢप् [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, [Pañcav.] working, activity, function, [MaitrUp.] ; [Kap.] ; [Vedântas.] &c. mood (of the mind), [Vedântas.] the use or occurrence of a word in a partic. sense (loc. ), its function or force, [Pāṇ.] ; [Sāh.] Sch. on KātyŚr. &c. विलम्बिता mode or measure of pronunciation and recitation (said to be threefold, viz. , मध्यमा, and द्रुताq.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 कृत् or तद्धित affixes, any compound and even duals and plurals which are regarded as द्वंद्व 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. कैशिकी, 2. भारती 3. सात्वती, 4. आरभटी, q.v. ; the first three are described as suited to the शृङ्गार, वीर, and रौद्ररसs respectively, the last as common to all), [Bhar.] ; [Daśar.] &c. मधुरा (in rhet. ) alliteration, frequent repetition of the same consonant (five kinds enumerated, scil. , प्रौ-ढा, पुरुषा, ललिता, and भद्रा), [Daśar.,] Introd. वृत्त final rhythm of a verse (= or v.l. for q.v. ) a commentary, comment, gloss, explanation (esp. on a सूत्र) N. of the wife of a रुद्र, [BhP.]
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