प्र-√ वृत् aĀ. -वर्तते, (
ep. also
P. °ति), to roll or go onwards (as a carriage), be set in motion or going,
[ChUp.] ;
[MBh.] &c.;
to set out, depart, betake one's self,
[MBh.] ;
[R.] &c.;
to proceed (
वर्त्मना, or
°नि, on a path;
अपथेन, on a wrong path),
[Kāv.] ;
[Kathās.] ;
to come forth, issue, originate, arise, be produced, result, occur, happen, take place,
[VS.] ;
[Br.] ;
[MBh.] &c.;
to commence, begin to (
inf. ), set about, engage in, be intent upon or occupied with (
dat. loc. , or
अर्थम्ifc. ),
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.;
to proceed against, do injury to (
loc. ),
[MBh.] ;
[R.] ;
[Ragh.] ;
to debauch (
अन्यो ऽन्यम्, ‘one another’),
[MBh.] ;
to act or proceed according to or with (
instr. or
abl. ),
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.;
to behave or conduct one's self towards, deal with (
loc. ),
ib.;
to hold good, prevail,
ib.;
to continue, keep on (
pr.p. ),
[Hariv.] ;
[Sarvad.] ;
to be, exist,
[MārkP.] ;
to serve for, conduce to (
dat. , or
अर्थम्ifc. ),
[Sarvad.] ;
to mean, be used in the sense of (
loc. ),
ib.;
to let any one (
gen. ) have anything (
acc. ),
[MBh.] :
Caus. -वर्तयति, to cause to turn or roll, set in motion,
[RV.] &c. &c.;
to throw, hurl, Pour forth,
[RV.] ;
[MaitrS.] ;
to send,
[Prab.] ;
to set on foot, circulate, diffuse, divulge,
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.;
to introduce, appoint, instal,
ib.;
to produce, create, accomplish, devise, invent, perform, do, make,
ib. (with
सेतुम् to erect a dam; with
व्ययकर्म, to effect expenditure; with
लोक-यात्राम्, to transact the business of life; with
कथाम्, to relate a story);
to exhibit, show, display,
[R.] ;
[BhP.] ;
to undertake, begin,
KātyŚr.;
[MBh.] &c.;
to use, employ,
[Bhaṭṭ.] ;
to induce any one to do anything, betray into (
loc. ),
[Kathās.] ;
to proceed against (
loc. ),
[MBh.] प्र-वृत् f. bf. (?),
[VS. xv, 9.]