परि-√ वृत् Ā. -वर्तते (
ep. also
°ति;
ind.p. -वृत्य, or
परी-वर्तम्),
to turn round, revolve, move in a circle or to and fro, roll or wheel or wander about, circumambulate (
acc. ),
[RV.] &c. &c.;
(with
हृदि or
हृदये) to run in a person's mind,
[MBh.] ;
to return, go or come back to (
acc. ),
ib.;
to be reborn in (
loc. ),
[VP.] ;
(also with
अन्यथा) to change, turn out different,
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] ;
to abide, stay, remain,
[Mn.] ;
[MBh.] &c.;
to act, proceed, behave,
[R.] :
Caus. -वर्तयति, to cause to turn or move round or back or to and fro,
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.;
(
Ā. ) to roll or bring near (
Subj. -वर्तयाते),
[RV. v, 37, 3] ;
to overthrow, upset (a carriage),
[Hariv.] ;
to invert, put in a reverse order,
[Mṛcch. v, 9/10] (read
-वर्त्य for
-वृत्य);
to change, barter, exchange,
[MBh.] ;
[Hariv.] &c.;
to renew (an agreement),
[Mn. viii, 154 &c.] ;
to understand or explain wrongly (words &c.),
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] ;
to turn topsy-turvy
i.e. search thoroughly,
[R.] ;
to destroy, annihilate,
ib.;
to straiten, contract,
[Car.] ;
(
Ā. ) to cause one's self to be turned round (in having one's head shaved all round),
[TBr.] ;
[ŚBr.] (
cf. -वर्तन) :
Intens. -व॑वर्त्ति, to turn (intrans.) continually,
[RV. i, 164, 11.]