Paravritta, ʲ屹ṛtٲ: 15 definitions
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The Sanskrit term ʲ屹ṛtٲ can be transliterated into English as Paravrtta or Paravritta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra1) ʲ屹ṛtٲ (परावृत्त).—One of the 32 ṅg (major dance movement) mentioned in the ṭyśٰ chapter 4. The instructions for this 貹屹ṛtٲ-ṅg is as follows, “assuming Janita-첹ṇa and putting forwards a foot, then assuming Alātaka-첹ṇa and turning the Trika, [in the Bhramrī Cārī] afterwards the left hand bent and on the cheek, then assuming Kaṭicchinna Karāṇa.�.
An ṅg represents a ‘major dance movement� and consists of a sequence of 첹ṇa (minor dance movements). A 첹ṇa combines ٳԲ (standing position), ī (foot and leg movement) and ṛtٲٲ (hands in dancing position).
2) ʲ屹ṛtٲ also refers to a specific ‘movement of the head� (ś), according to the ṭyśٰ chapter 8. The head is one of the six major limbs (ṅg) used to perform certain gestures (ṅg첹). These gestures form a part of the histrionic representation (abhinaya).
: archive.org: The mirror of gesture (abhinaya-darpana)1) One of the Nine Movements of the Head. ʲ屹ṛtٲ (turned round): the head is turned aside. Usage: saying “Do this�, aversion, modesty, quiver, relaxing the features, slighting, hair, etc.
2) One of the Twenty-four Heads. ʲ屹ṛtٲ: the head is averted. Usage: saying “Do this�, aversion, modesty, etc., relaxing the features, following one who has gone aside, looking back.
: archive.org: Natya Shastraʲ屹ṛtٲ (परावृत्त).—One of the thirteen gestures of the head;—Instructions: when the face is turned round, the ʲ屹ṛtٲ head is the result. (Uses): It is to be used in turning away the face, and looking back and the like. (See the ṭyśٰ 8-23)

Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, ṭyśٰ) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)ʲ屹ṛtٲ (परावृत्त) refers to “turning back (of an animal)� (during hunting), according to the ŚⲹԾ첹-śٰ: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, �Hunting on horseback (śԲ) represents one of the eight subdivisions of Hunting (ṛg). [...] Five or six horsemen are quite enough for hunting rhinoceros. [...] If it turns back (貹屹ṛtٲ), then the horseman relying on the dexterity of his horse should at once run in its front; others should hit it from behind or skilled archers should pierce it with arrows on the sides. [...]�.

This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts�) and Shastras (“sciences�) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Hinduismʲ屹ṛtٲ is a Sanskrit term roughly meaning "turned away", "turned backwards", "freed from" or "diverted"
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary貹屹ṛtٲ (परावृत्त).—p S Turned back or from. 2 Reversed. 3 Given back, restored.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English貹屹ṛtٲ (परावृत्त).�p Turned back. Reversed. Re stored.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryʲ屹ṛtٲ (परावृत्त).�p. p.
1) Returned, turned back.
2) Revolved.
3) Exchanged.
4) Reversed (as a judgement).
5) Restored, given back.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionaryʲ屹ṛtٲ (परावृत्त).�ppp., and 貹屹ṛtti, n. act. (both Sanskrit), reversed, and reversion, revulsion, of the basic mentality (especially called āśraya, q.v., in Suzuki, Studies, 390 with refs.); technically of the fundamental change in mental attitude which is taught as necessary to knowledge of the true doctrine: 貹屹ṛttāśraya (text °ṛtā°) ṅk屹-ūٰ 9.11; compare 10.14; 貹屹ṛtty-āśraya, having the basis (of conscious- ness) characterized by (this) revulsion 93.3 (or read °ṛttāśra° ?); 貹屹ṛtٲ, e.g. 284.11; °tti 10.14; for others see Suzuki's Index and Glossary; also in AbhidhK, see LaV-P's Index; Asṅg (Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra) ix.12�17 (Lévi *20, *24).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʲ屹ṛtٲ (परावृत्त).—mfn.
(-ٳٲ�-ٳ-ٳٲ�) 1. Fled, retreated, turned back. 2. Turned round, revolved. 3. Exchanged. 4. Reversed, (as a judgment.) 5. Given back, restored. 貹 before. ṛt to be, kta aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ʲ屹ṛtٲ (परावृत्त):—[=貹-ṛtta] [from 貹-ṛt] mfn. turned (also to flight) returned, averted from ([ablative]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] passed away, disappeared, [Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan]
3) [v.s. ...] wallowing, rolling (n. as a [substantive]), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] exchanged, [Horace H. Wilson]
5) [v.s. ...] reversed (as a judgement), [ib.]
6) [v.s. ...] given back, restored, [ib.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʲ屹ṛtٲ (परावृत्त):—[貹-ṛtta] (tta�-ttā-tta�) p. Fled; turned; reversed; changed; restored.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusʲ屹ṛtٲ (ಪರಾವೃತ್ತ):�
1) [adjective] turned or spun around a centre or axis; revolved.
2) [adjective] goning or gone back; retreated.
3) [adjective] reflected.
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ʲ屹ṛtٲ (ಪರಾವೃತ್ತ):�
1) [noun] = ಪರಾವರ್ತನ [paravartana] 1 & 5.
2) [noun] (dance.) a turning of one’s head (as from anger, shame, shyness, etc.).
3) [noun] (dance.) one of the thirty two 첹ṇa (coordinated movements of hands and feet).
4) [noun] (dance.) one leg is moved backward and bending at knee, the shank is kept on the ground.
5) [noun] (dance.) a standing with both the feet united, one facing forward and the other facing backward.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionaryʲ屹ṛtٲ (परावृत्त):—adj. 1. turned back; reverted; 2. reflected; 3. changed;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Vritta, Para.
Starts with: Paravrittatala, Paravrittavadana.
Full-text: Aparavritta, Paravrittatala, Paravrittavadana, Paravrit, Aparavrittabhagadheya, Nine Heads, Twenty-four Heads, Angahara, Shiras, Pravasa, Ashraya, Para, Vrit.
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Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)
Gati pertaining to Characters < [Chapter 3 - Application of gati in Dṛśya-kāvyas]
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Abhinaya-darpana (English) (by Ananda Coomaraswamy)
Arts in the Puranas (study) (by Meena Devadatta Jeste)
3. Sculpture and other Fine Arts < [Chapter 4 - Sculpture in the Puranas]
6. Movements of the various Limbs < [Chapter 2 - Dance in the Puranas]
Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 1053-1054 < [Chapter 16 - Examination of the Import of Words]
Verse 1760-1762 < [Chapter 20 - Examination of Syādvāda (doctrine)]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 7.94 < [Section VIII - Duties in Battle (saṅgrāma)]
Verse 7.93 < [Section VIII - Duties in Battle (saṅgrāma)]
Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)