āvarta आवर्त – eddy; whirl

Original text · English · substantive masculine

āvartá ·m. turning, winding; whirl, vortex (lit. & fig.); tuft of hair on the top of the head or between the eyebrows.

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Ā-varta, as, m. turning, winding, turning round, revolving; whirl, gulf, whirlpool; deliberation, revolv- ing (in the mind); a lock of hair that curls backwards, especially on a horse; the two depressions of the fore- head above the eyebrows; a crowded place where many men live close together; a kind of jewel; N. of a form of cloud personified; (ā), f., N. of a river; (am), n. a mineral substance, pyrites, marcasite.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

āvarta ā-varta, &c. See under ā-vṛt.

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

āvartá 1〉 m. a〉 Wendung, Windung, = āvartana H. an. 3,245. MED. t. 91. pradakṣiṇāvartaśikhaḥ (pāvakaḥ) R. 6,19,44. dakṣiṇāvartaśaṅkha SĀH. D. 64,12. śaṅkhanābhyākṛtiryonistryāvartā sā prakīrtitā SUŚR. 1,343,11. (gude balayastisraḥ) śaṅkhāvartanibhāḥ SUŚR. 1,258,13. āmrāvarta (s. d.) verdickter Mangosaft, wohl deshalb so genannt, weil er in gewundener Form erscheint. — b〉 Wirbel, Strudel (auch in übertr. Bed.) AK. 1,2,3,6. H. 1076. H. an. 3,244. MED. apām ŚAT. BR. 12,9,2,4. nāvyāyā dakṣiṇāvarte KAUŚ. 18. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 1,5. MBH. 3,9955. MBH. 15,422. MBH. 16,141. R. 2,46,28. R. 2,50,12. R. 2,59,29. R. 3,31,45. R. 4,44,73. R. 5,50,16. RAGH. 6,52. MEGH. 29. KATHĀS. 26,10. KATHĀS. 26,11. imaṃ mānavamāvartaṃ nāvartante CHĀND. UP. 4,15,6. āvartaḥ saṃśayānām BHARTṚ. 1,76 (= PAÑCAT. I, 204). mamatāvarta DEV. 1,40. vom Kreislauf der Gedanken, = cintana TRIK. 3,3,148. H. an. 3,245. MED. t. 91. — c〉 Wirbel des Haupthaars: dvāvāvartau mūrdhanyau KAUŚ. 124. daśāvarta R. 5,32,12. zwischen den Augenbrauen: ūrṇā — āvarte cāntarā bhruvoḥ AK. 3,4,52. beim Pferde: hṛdvaktrāvartī śrīvatsakī hayaḥ H. 1236. śuddhāndaśabhirāvartaiḥ sindhujānvātaraṃhasaḥ N. (BOPP) 19,14. — d〉 du. die beiden Verliefungen im Stirnbein über den Augenbrauen SUŚR. 1,351,2. — e〉 ein Ort, an dem eine Menge Menschen dicht zusammengedrängt wohnen; auf diese Weise ist das Wort wohl in āryāvarta und brahmāvarta aufzufassen; vgl. auch PRAB. 88,2: pāñcālamālavābhīrārvatasāgarānukūleṣu und oben u. b. mānavamāvartam. — f〉 eine Art Edelstein (s. rājāvarta) RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. Vgl. āvartanamaṇi. — g〉 N. einer bestimmten und personificirten Wolkenform: meghanāyakacatuṣṭayāntargatameghādhipaviśeṣaḥ . iti purāṇaṃ jyotiṣaṃ ca . ŚKDR. Vgl. āvartaka. — 2〉 f. ˚rtā N. pr. eines Flusses HARIV. 7995. HARIV. 8052 (āvartāyāḥ — gaṅgāyāḥ). — 3〉 n. ein bes. Mineral (mākṣikadhātu) RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — Vgl. āgamāvartā, udāvarta, śambūkāvarta.

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āvarta 1〉 m. nom. act. das Drehen: manthānāvarta (so die neuere Ausg.) HARIV. 4424. — a〉 KATHĀS. 61,279. — b〉 nadīmākulāvartām R. 7,110,2. — c〉 Haarwirbel überh.: āvartāvapi yasyai syātāṃ pradakṣiṇau grīvāyām ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 1,5,9. lekhāsaṃdhiṣu pakṣmasvāvarteṣu ca yāni te Ind. St. 5,370. — h〉 N. eines best. Kometen VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,50. — Vgl. āryāvarta, dakṣiṇāvarta, durāvarta, dhruvāvarta, nandyāvarta, brahmāvarta, rājāvarta, vāmāvarta, ṣoḍaśāvarta, sūryāvarta, hṛdāvarta.

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āvartá — 1〉 m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a〉 Drehung. — b〉 Wendung, Windung. — c〉 Wirbel, Strudel. — d〉 Haarwirbel. — e〉 Du. die beiden Vertiefungen im Stirnbein über den Augenbrauen. — f〉 Tummelplatz. — g〉 ein best. Komet. — h〉 Bez. best. mythischer Wolken. — i〉 *ein best. Edelstein. — k〉 *Brunnenrad GAL. — l〉 *das Hinundhergehen der Gedanken, Sorgen. — 2〉 f. ā N. pr. eines Flusses. — 3〉 n. *Schwefelkies RĀJAN. 13,85.

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āvartaḥ 1 Turning round, winding, revolving; pradakṣiṇāvartaśikhaḥ Rām. 2 A whirlpool, an eddy, whirl; nṛpaṃ tamāvartamanojñanābhiḥ R. 6. 52; darśitāvartanābheḥ Me. 28; Dk. 2; āvartaḥ saṃśayānāṃ Pt. 1. 191. 3 Deliberation, revolving (in the mind), anxiety. 4 A lock of hair curling backwards, especially on a horse. 5 The two depressions of the forehead above the eye-brows. 6 A crowded place (where many men live closely together). 7 A kind of jewel. 8 N. of a form of cloud personified; āvarto nirjalo meghaḥ. 9 Melting (of metals). 10 Doubt. 11 Worldly existence (saṃsāra). — rtaṃ A mineral substance, pyrites (mākṣikadhātu).

Original text · German · substantive masculine

āvartá m. Drehung, Wirbel, Strudel, Haarwirbel.

Original text · French · substantive masculine

āvarta m. sinuosité, détour, tournant; spirale; tourbillon, gouffre, raz; boucle de cheveux; épi de poils sur les chevaux; écussons aux cuisses des vaches. Action de retourner qqc. dans son esprit.