वृत् [ vṛt ] [ vṛt ]1 Root cl. [1] Ā. ( Lit. Dhātup. xviii , 19) [ vártate ] ( rarely [ °ti ] ; in Veda also [ vavartti ] and ( once in Lit. RV. ) [ vartti ] ; Subj. [ vavártat ] , [ vavartati ] , [ vavṛtat ] ; Pot. [ vavṛtyāt ] , [ vavṛtīya ] ; Impv. [ vavṛtsva ] ; impf. [ ávavṛtran ] , [ °tranta ] ; pf. [ vavárta ] , [ vavṛtús ] , [ vavṛté ] Lit. RV. ( here also [ vāvṛté ] ) ; aor. [ avart ] , [ avṛtran ] Subj. [ vártat ] , [ vartta ] Lit. RV. ; [ avṛtat ] Lit. AV. ; [ avartiṣṭa ] Gr. ; 3. pl. [ avṛtsata ] Lit. RV. ; 2. sg. [ vartithās ] Lit. MBh. ; Prec. [ vartiṣīṣṭa ] Gr. ; fut. [ vartitā ] Gr. ; [ vartsyáti ] , [ °te ] Lit. AV. ; [ vartiṣyati ] , [ °te ] Lit. MBh. ; Cond. [ avartsyat ] Lit. Br. ; [ avartiṣyata ] Gr. ; inf. [ -vṛ́te ] Lit. RV. ; [ -vṛ́tas ] Lit. Br. ; [ vartitum ] Lit. MBh. ; ind.p. [ vartitvā ] and [ vṛttvā ] Gr. ; [ -vṛ́tya ] Lit. RV. ; [ -vártam ] Lit. Br. ) , to turn , turn round , revolve , roll (also applied to the rolling down of tears) Lit. RV. ; to move or go on , get along , advance , proceed (with instr. " in a partic. way or manner " ) , take place , occur , be performed , come off Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. ; to be , live , exist , be found , remain , stay , abide , dwell (with [ ātmani na ] , " to be not in one's right mind " ; with [ manasi ] or [ hṛdaye ] , " to dwell or be turned or thought over in the mind " ; with [ mūrdhni ] , " to be at the head of " , " to be of most importance " ; [ kathaṃ vartate ] with nom. or [ kiṃ vartate ] with gen. , " how is it with? " ) Lit. ib. ; to live on , subsist by (instr. or ind.p.) , Lit. ĀśvGṛ. Lit. MBh. ; to pass away (as time , [ ciraṃ vartate gatānām ] , " it is long since we went " ) Lit. BhP. ; to depend on (loc.) Lit. R. ; to be in a partic. condition , be engaged in or occupied with (loc.) , Lit. ĀPast. Lit. MBh. ; to be intent on , attend to (dat.) Lit. R. ; to stand or be used in the sense of (loc.) Lit. Kāś. ; to act , conduct one's self , behave towards (loc. dat. , or acc. ; also with [ itaretaram ] or [ parasparam ] , " mutually " ) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. ; to act or deal with , follow a course of conduct ( also with [ vṛttim ] ) , show , display , employ , use , act in any way (instr. or acc.) towards (loc. with [ parājñayā ] , " to act under another's command " ; with [ prajā-rūpeṇa ] , " to assume the form of a son " ; with [ priyám ] , " to act kindly " ; with [ svāni ] , " to mind one's own business " ; [ kim idam vartase ] , " what are you doing there? " ) Lit. ŚBr. Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. ; to tend or turn to , prove as (dat.) Lit. Śukas. ; to be or exist or live at a partic. time , be alive or present (cf. [ vartamāna ] , [ vartiṣyamāṇa ] , and [ vartsyat ] , p.925) Lit. MBh. ; to continue (with an ind.p. , [ atītya vartante ] , " they continue to excel " ; [ iti vartate me buddhiḥ ] , " such continues my opinion " ) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to hold good , continue in force , be supplied from what precedes Lit. Pat. Lit. Kāś. ; to originate , arise from (abl.) or in (loc.) Lit. BhP. ; to become Lit. TBr. ; to associate with ( [ saha ] ) Lit. Pañcat. ; to have illicit intercourse with (loc.) Lit. R. : Caus. [ vartáyati ] (aor. [ avīvṛtat ] or [ avavartat ] ; in Lit. TBr. also Ā. [ avavarti ] ; inf. [ vartayádhyai ] Lit. RV. ; Pass. [ vartyate ] Lit. Br.) , to cause to turn or revolve , whirl , wave , brandish , hurl Lit. RV. ; to produce with a turning-lathe , make anything round (as a thunderbolt , a pill ) Lit. RV. Lit. R. Lit. Suśr. ; to cause to proceed or take place or be or exist , do , perform , accomplish , display , exhibit (feelings) , raise or utter (a cry) , shed (tears) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to cause to pass (as time) , spend , pass , lead a life , live , subsist on or by (instr.) , enter upon a course of conduct (also with [ vṛttim ] or [ vṛttyā ] or [ vṛttena ] ; with [ bhaikṣeṇa ] , " to live by begging " ) , conduct one's self , behave Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. ; to set forth , relate , recount , explain , declare Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. Lit. R. ; to begin to instruct (dat.) Lit. ŚāṅkhGṛ. ; to understand , know , learn Lit. BhP. ; to treat Lit. Car. ; ( in law , with [ śiras ] or [ śīrṣam ] ) to offer one's self to be punished if another is proved innocent by an ordeal Lit. Vishṇ. Lit. Yājñ. ; " to speak " or " to shine " ( [ bhāṣārthe ] or [ bhāsārthe ] ) Lit. Dhātup. xxxiii , 108 : Desid. [ ví vṛtsati ] , [ °te ] ( Lit. RV. Lit. Br.) , [ vivartiṣate ] ( Lit. Pāṇ. 1-3 , 92) , to wish to turn : Intens. (Ved. , rarely in later language) [ várvartti ] , [ varīvartti ] , [ varīvartyáte ] , [ varīvartate ] , p. [ várvṛtat ] and [ várvṛtāna ] impf. 3. sg. [ avarīvar ] , 3. pl. [ avarīvur ] (Gr. also [ varivartti ] , [ varīvṛtīti ] , [ varvṛtīti ] , [ varīvṛtyate ] ) , to turn , roll , revolve , be , exist , prevail Lit. RV. Lit. ŚBr. Lit. Kāv. ( cf. Lat. (vertere) ; Slav. (vruteti) , (vratiti) ; Lith. (varty4ti) ; Goth. (waírthan) ; Germ. (werden) ; Eng. (-ward) . ) ( 1009,1 )