Suvritta, Suvṛttā, Suvṛtta, Su-vritta: 12 definitions
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Suvritta has 12 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Suvṛttā and Suvṛtta can be transliterated into English as Suvrtta or Suvritta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Suvratt.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSuvṛtta (सुवृत्त):—
1) adj. (f. ā) a) schön rund: bāhū [Mahābhārata 1, 5970.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 70, 2.] [PAÑCAR. 3, 12, 3.] ati [Spr. (II) 4961.] — b) (adj. comp.) von gutem Betragen, wohl gesittet (insbes. von Frauen) [Mahābhārata 1, 724.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 29, 19. 103, 13. 3, 65, 8. 5, 11, 9. 6, 103, 6.] [Raghuvaṃśa 8, 76.] [Spr. (II) 2442.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 104, 7] (mit Anspielung auf das Metrum). [Oxforder Handschriften 52,b,18.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 27,56. 88. 37,97.] ati [29, 72.] — a) b) [Spr. (II) 165. 654. 3886, v. l. 7134. 7140.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 29, 9.] — c) in einem schönen Metrum verfasst (adj. comp.) und zugleich schön rund [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 27, 90.] —
2) m. eine best. runde Knolle, Arum [Rājanirghaṇṭa 7, 62.] —
3) f. ā a) eine Traubenart (mit runden Beeren) [Rājanirghaṇṭa 11, 106.] = śatapattrī (mit runden Blüthen) [10, 80.] — b) ein best. Metrum: 4 Mal ˘ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 398. fg.] — c) Nomen proprium einer Apsaras [Harivaṃśa 12472.] —
4) n. a) Wohlergehen [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 39, 3.] — b) gutes Betragen, guter Lebenswandel [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 1, 11.] [Spr. (II) 4547. 7091.] suvṛttācchahṛdayā [Kathāsaritsāgara 21, 98.]
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