Vrittanta, Vṛttānta, Vritta-anta, Vrittamta: 11 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Vṛttānta can be transliterated into English as Vrttanta or Vrittanta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Vṛttānta (वृत्तान्त):—(vṛtta + anta) m. (n. wohl nur fehlerhaft [Ṛgveda] [Anukramaṇikā] bei [ROSEN] zu [Ṛgveda 1, 6, 5.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 2, 29.] [Pañcatantra 30, 22])

1) Geschichte, Vorfall, Begebenheit, Erlebnisse, Lebensumstände; Bericht über einen Vorfall u. s. w.; = vārttā [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 5, 8. 3, 4, 14, 66.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 260.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 304.] [Medinīkoṣa t. 160.] [Halāyudha 1, 146. -] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 26, 3.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 25, 14, 28] (pl.). na brāhmaṇakṣatriyayorāpadyapi hi tiṣṭhatoḥ . kasmiṃścidapi vṛttānte śūdrā bhāryopadiśyate .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 14.] [Mahābhārata 1, 102] (pl.). dṛṣṭvā cainaṃ tato pṛcchanvṛttāntaṃ sarvameva tam [3, 2182.] vṛttāntamuttaraṃ brūhi [11, 3.] ityevaṃ mama vṛttāntaḥ kathyatāṃ kau yuvāmiti [Harivaṃśa 14618. 16355.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 19, 16. 5, 64, 14.] [Spr. 2886.] [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 66. 14, 87.] [Śākuntala 108, 16.] [Sāhityadarpana 407.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 1, 65. 7, 29.] āmūlataḥ sarvaṃ vṛttāntaṃ tamavarṇayat [?12, 191. 13, 161. 18, 198. 25, 54. 28, 135. 72, 11. fg. 90, 96. Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 258. 319. 3, 15 (pl.). 323. 4, 77. 109. 338 (pl.). 5, 67. 6, 80. Prabodhacandrodaja 20, 6. 84, 1. 88, 12. PAÑCAR. 1, 4, 45. Pañcatantra 38, 22. 130, 4. 10. 236, 1. Hitopadeśa 17, 4. 30, 18. 123, 14. Vetālapañcaviṃśati in Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 8, 15. 9, 6. 11, 3. 4. Sāyaṇa zu Ṛgveda 1, 114, 6.] ājuhāva taṃ sūtaṃ rāmavṛttāntakāraṇāt um Nachrichten von Rāma zu erhalten [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 58, 1.] kathayāmāsa bhūyo pi rāmavṛttāntavistaram Rāma’s Erlebnisse [59, 2.] jāra die Erlebnisse mit dem Nebenmanne [Spr. 2712.] upakośā Geschichte der UP. [Kathāsaritsāgara 4, 90.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 71, 8.] samara [Prabodhacandrodaja 83, 9.] haya [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 252.] tadvṛttāntā na darśitāḥ [4, 307.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 25, 4.] [Hitopadeśa 65, 9.] na kasyacidākhyeyo yamasmadvṛttāntaḥ [Pañcatantra 236, 3.] ātmavṛttāntaḥ sarvo niveditaḥ [68, 21.] tadbrūhi nijavṛttāntaṃ janmataḥ prabhṛti [Kathāsaritsāgara 2, 28.] sva [?52. 7, 22. 34, 227. Sāyaṇa zu Ṛgveda 1, 125, 1.] rātri was sich in der Nacht begeben hat [Kathāsaritsāgara 18, 124.] kuśala Nachrichten über [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 79, 23.] kāryavṛttāntamapṛcchat Bericht über [5, 56, 1.] svāgamana [Oxforder Handschriften 128,b,15.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā): sabhāparva bahuvṛttāntam mit vielen Geschichten [Mahābhārata 1, 407.] bahuvṛttāntā mithilā wo Vieles vorgefallen ist, von der man Vieles erzählt [3, 13709.] śruta [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 5, 25.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 12, 186.] jñāta [18, 344.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 437.] avagata [Śākuntala 111, 4, v. l.] vidita [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 281.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 113, 14.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 39, 88.] ukta [52, 358.] uktasva [21, 124. 123, 263.] ākhyātatadvṛttānta [32, 122.] yathāvadadhigatanarapatikopādyaśeṣavṛttānta vollständige Nachrichten über [Spr.(II) 1704.] —

2) Hergang, die Art und Weise, wie Etwas vor sich geht, geschieht: lokaparyāyavṛttāntaṃ prājño jānāti netaraḥ [Spr. 1424.] ramaṇīyaḥ kila dināvasānavṛttānto rājaveśmanaḥ [Vikramorvaśī 37, 10.] = prakāra [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 14, 66.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] (wo prakāśa wohl nur Druckfehler für prakāra ist). = prabheda [Medinīkoṣa] = bhāva [VIŚVA im Śabdakalpadruma] Ausserdem noch folgende Bedd. bei den Lexicographen: kārtsnya [Amarakoṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] prakaraṇa [Amarakoṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] prakriyā und prastāva [Medinīkoṣa] avasara und ekānta (vācaka) [VIŚVA im Śabdakalpadruma] sadvṛttāntāḥ [Hitopadeśa 78, 3] fehlerhaft für sadvṛttāśca bhūtāḥ, wie die v. l. hat. — Vgl. prativṛttāntam (der Erzählung gemäss, wie berichtet wird auch [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 189]), prājvṛttānta, yathā, loka .

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Vṛttānta (वृत्तान्त):—= prapāṭhaka [KAIY.] in [MAHĀBH. lith. Ausg. 1,10,a.] śas adv. [Patañjali] ebend.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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