vṛ वृ – cover; conceal; ward off; restrain
verbal root · Word type unspecified · verb
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AYI dictionary verbal root
cover; conceal; ward off; restrain
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified · verb
Original text · English · verb
vṛ vṛṇóti vṛṇuté várati vṛṇóti vṛṇuté vára°te1 ·v (cf. also ūrṇu), pp. vṛtá (q.v.) cover, veil, hide; enclose, encompass, surround, guard; shut (a door); hold back or captive, ward off, hinder, restrain. C. vāráyati, °te keep back, hold prisoner, hide, conceal, hinder, stop, ward off, exclude, forbid, withhold. -- anu cover, veil, enclose, surround; C.M. hinder, stop. apa (ápā) uncover, open; C. hide. api veil. abhi cover, C. keep back, ward off. ā cover, veil, hide, surround, confine, bar, obstruct, occupy, fill. C. cover, hide, fill up, ward off. apā uncover, lay open, show, manifest. prā cover, veil; put on, don; fill. samā cover, veil, enclose, surround, fill, stop, hinder. ni ward off; C. keep back, withhold, forbid, remove, banish. vini C. keep back, hinder, stop, suppress, forbid, remove, dethrone. nis be satisfied or pleased. pari cover, veil, surround; shut up, obstruct, hinder. C. encompass, surround, attend. saṃpari C. surround, hem in. pra ward off, C. the same. prati C. keep or send back, ward off, prohibit, contradict. vi A.M. uncover, open, unsheathe (a sword), illumine, display, manifest, explain. sam A.M. cover over, hide, conceal, shut (a door); put together, bring in order; M. intr. gather, assemble, increase. abhisam cover, veil, surround, fill. -- Cf. apavārita, apavārya, ápāvṛta (sic!), ápīvṛta (add.), abhivṛta, ā́vṛta, nívṛta, nirvṛta, párivṛta, párīvṛta (sic!), paryāvṛta (add.), prā́vṛta, vivṛta, vrāṇá, sávṛta.
Original text · English · Word type unspecified
vṛ2 ·vṛṇīté, vṛṇāti, vṛṇoti, vṛṇute, pp. vṛtá choose, esp. in marriage, woo, ask for; prefer, desire, wish, like. C. {varayati, vṛṇīté, vṛṇāti, vṛṇoti, vṛṇute, pp. vṛtá choose, esp. in marriage, woo, ask for; prefer, desire, wish, like. C. varaya°te choose, ask, beg (2 acc.); esp. choose in marriage (±patim or patnīm), -- apa M. content or satisfy with (instr.). abhi choose; prefer to (abl.). ā choose, desire; A. grant. nis choose, pick out. pari M. choose, select. pra M. (A.) choose, adopt. -- Cf. abhivṛta2.
Monier-Williams 1872 verb
Original text · English · verb
vṛ vṛ, cl. 1. P. A. varati, varate, &c.; cl. 5. P. A. vṛṇoti, vṛṇute, &c.; or vṝ, cl. 9. P. A. vṛṇāti, vṛṇīte, &c., Perf. vavāra (2nd sing. vavaritha, Ved. vavartha, Ist du. vavṛva or ac- cording to some vavariva, 3rd du. vavratus, 3rd pl. vavrus or vavarus), vavre or vavare (2nd sing. vavṛṣe or vavuriṣe, 1st pl. vavṛmahe), 2nd Fut. variṣyati, -te, or varīṣyati, -te, Aor. avārīt (1st sing. avāriṣam), avariṣṭa or avarīṣṭa or avṛta or avūrṣṭa, (Ved. forms avar, āvar, var, avran, vran, [apa] vam = vṛṇomi in Ṛg-veda X. 28, 7, avṛṇi, avri, avṛṣata, varṣathas, vurīta, vṛddhi, vartam), varitum, varītum (ep. Inf. also vartum), to screen, cover, cover over, conceal, hide, encompass, surround, envelop; to restrain, keep back, ward off; to prevent, impede, obstruct, hinder, check, stop; resist, confine; to choose for one's self (A.), choose, select, prefer, choose anything (acc.) in preference to anything else (abl.); to love, adore (generally A.); to woo, solicit, beg, ask for, desire (generally A.); to solicit anything (acc.) from any one (acc.); cl. 10. P. A. or Caus. varayati, -yate, -yitum, to choose, select, ask or choose in marriage; to make a request, ask for, beg, solicit (sometimes with a double acc.): Pass. vriyate, Aor. avāri, to be screened or covered; to be restrained or impeded, be blocked up: Caus. vārayati, -yate, -yitum, Aor. avīvarat, avīvarata (Ved. avāvarīt), to cover, conceal, &c.; to prevent, impede, &c.; to keep off, ward off; to avert from (with abl.); to restrain, hinder, suppress, forbid, prohibit, withhold: Desid. vivari- ṣati, -te, or vivarīṣati, -te, or vuvūrṣati, -te: Intens. vevrīyate, vovūryate, varvarti; [cf. Gr. ἐρύω, ἀρνέομαι, ὄρομαι, ὤρα, εὑρίσκω; ἀρά, ἀρείνω, ἄριστος, ἦρα, βούλομαι, βουλή, βελτίων, βέλτιστος; perhaps Lat. aperio, operio, probably velum, velare; verus, valeo, valor; velle: Old Germ. wara, wâr, ‘true;’ wari, werna, warnôn, weljan, ‘to choose:’ Goth. varjan, valjan: Angl. Sax. ware, ‘heed;’ wreon, ‘to cover;’ warian, werian, ‘to ward off;’ wearne, warnian, wearnian, willan.]
Whitney Roots 1885 verbal root
Original text · English · verbal root
vṛ [1] — cover
Original text · English · verbal root
vṛ [2] — choose
Apte 1890 Word type unspecified
Original text · English · Word type unspecified
vṛ I. 1 5 9 U. (varati-te, vṛṇoti-vṛṇute, vṛṇāti-vṛṇīte, vṛta; pass. vriyate) 1 To choose, select, select as a boon; vṛtaṃ tenedameva prāk Ku. 2. 56; vavāra rāmasya vanaprayāṇaṃ Bk. 3. 6. 2 To choose for oneself (Atm.); vṛṇate hi vimṛśyakāriṇaṃ guṇalubdhāḥ svayameva saṃpadaḥ Ki. 2. 30; yadeva vavre tadapaśyadāhṛtaṃ R. 3. 6. 3 To choose in marriage, woo, court; ayonijāṃ rājasutāṃ varītuṃ Mv. 3. 28; A. R. 3. A. R. 42. 4 To beg, solicit, ask for. 5 To cover, conceal, hide, screen, envelop; meghairvṛtaścaṃdramāḥ Mk. 5. 14. 6 To surround, encompass; Bk. 5. 10; U. 4. 18; R. 12. 61. 7 To ward off, keep away, restrain, check. 8 To hinder, oppose, obstruct. 9 To love, adore. — Caus. (vārayati-te) 1 To cover, conceal. 2 To avert from ([Page 1005-b]) (with abl.). 3 To prevent, ward off, restrain, suppress, check, hinder; śakyo vārayituṃ jalena hutabhuk Bh. 2. 11. — Desid. (vuvūrṣati-te, vivariṣati-te; vivarīṣati-te) To wish to choose; II. 10 U. (varayati-te) 1 To choose, select; varaṃ varayate kanyā mātā vittaṃ pitā śrutaṃ Pt. 4. 68. 2 To choose in marriage. 3 To ask for, beg, solicit, (with two acc.); tāṃ tvāṃ saṃvaraṇasyārthe varayāmi vibhāvaso Mb.; śairledraṃ varayāmāsurgaṃgāṃ tripathagāṃ nadīṃ Rām.
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
vṛ s. 1. 2. var.
Burnouf 1866 verbal root
Original text · French · verbal root
*vṛ vṛ. varāmi, vare 1; vṛnomi, vṛṇve 5; vṛṇāmi, vṛṇe 9; p. vavāra [3p. pl. vavrus], vavare et vavre; f1. varitāsmi et varitāsmi; f2. variṣyāmi, variṣye, a1. avāriṣam, avariṣi [ou avarīṣi, avṛṣi, avūrṣi], o. vriyāsam et vūryāsam, variṣiya [ou vṛṣiya, vūrṣiya] a2. vd. avaram [2ᵉ et 3ᵉ p. avar]. Ps. vriye; a1. 3 p. avāri; pp. vṛta et vūrṇa; pf. vārya et vṛtya. I. Choisir [ordt. 9], patim un mari; agniṃ dūtam vṛṇīmahe nous choisissons Agni pour messager; avec l'inf. prendre le parti, hantuṃ kapim de tuer le singe. Faire choix de, vouloir, désirer; demander qqc. à qqn. 2 ac. Préférer une ch. [ac.] â une autre ch. [ab. ou i.]. II. Couvrir; reṇus pṛthivīm avṛnot la poussière couvrait la terre; entourer; śiṣyair vṛtas entouré de disciples. Cacher, obstruer; mārgaṃ śailarājo vṛṇoti un énorme rocher bouche le passage; empêcher, interdire. Qqf. soutenir.
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DYS 1 occurrence
HP 3 occurrences
IVU 2 occurrences
MAN 1 occurrence
PJH 1 occurrence
PYS 4 occurrences
PYS 2.52–53: Karmic Veil and Dhāraṇā 1 occurrence
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PYS 2.52 Segment 4
SiSa 4 occurrences
SS 1 occurrence
SVU 8 occurrences
SVU 3.13-3.18: In the Heart and in the World 2 occurrences
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