vārtta

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. [vṛtti-aṇ] 1 Healthy, hale, doing well. --2 Light, weak, unsubstantial (asāra). --3 Follow- ing a profession. --rttaṃ 1 Welfare, good health; sarvatra no vārttamavehi rājan R. 5. 13; 13. 71; sa pṛṣṭaḥ sarvato vārtta- mākhyadrājñe na saṃtatiṃ 15. 41; Śi. 13. 68. --2 Skill, dexterity; anuyukta iva svavārttamuccaiḥ Ki. 13. 34. --3 Chaff.

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a. [vṛtti-aṇ] 1 Healthy, hale, doing well. --2 Light, weak, unsubstantial (asāra). --3 Follow- ing a profession. --rttaṃ 1 Welfare, good health; sarvatra no vārttamavehi rājan R....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

120

Texts Appeared In

36

DCS: name of a people

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha 16 13.3%
2. Daśakumāracarita 15 12.5%
3. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 14 11.7%
4. Arthaśāstra 9 7.5%
5. Mahābhārata 9 7.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: vārttāyāṃ

  vārttāyāṃ lupyamānāyām ārabdhāyāṃ punaḥ punaḥ

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: vārttayā

  vedopagītaṃ ca na śṛṇvate 'budhā manorathānāṃ pravadanti vārttayā

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: vārttayā

  tvadvārttayā tariṣyāmas tāvakair dustaraṃ tamaḥ