anuvritti, meaning

Anuvritti, anuvrtti,
Anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).—One of the six devices which form the requisite qualifications of Sanskrit grammar;—Anuvṛtti is a repetition or recurrence of a word from the previous to the subse quent rule or rules, which is necessary for the sake of intended interpretation. So far as the uṇādi-sūtras are concerned, the anuvṛtti is invariably present, permeating the whole uṇādi-pāṭha, to give a clear meaning of each and every sūtra.

Anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).—f.
1) Assenting to, approval; तवानुवृत्तिं न च कर्तुमुत्सहे (tavānuvṛttiṃ na ca kartumutsahe) Ku.5.65.

2) Obedience, conformity, following, continuance in (opp. vyāvṛtti); taking up; continuity; ज्येष्ठानुवृत्तिजटिलम् (jyeṣṭhānuvṛttijaṭilam) R.13.78 by following the example of; अनुवृत्त्या प्रमार्ष्टुमागतः (anuvṛttyā pramārṣṭumāgataḥ) Dk.1 service; cf. also वाचानुवृत्तिः खलु अतिथिसत्कारः (vācānuvṛttiḥ khalu atithisatkāraḥ) Pratimā 5. ततान वह्निः पवनानुवृत्त्या (tatāna vahniḥ pavanānuvṛttyā) Ki.16.52 in consequence of.

3) Acting according or suitably to, compliance, acquiescence; gratifying, pleasing; कान्ता° – चातुर्यमपि शिक्षितं वत्सेन (kāntā° – cāturyamapi śikṣitaṃ vatsena) U.3; Māl.9; Śi.9.58; K.265; M.2.9; राज्यं हि नाम राजधर्म° परस्य नृपतेर्महदप्रीतिस्थानम् (rājyaṃ hi nāma rājadharma° parasya nṛpatermahadaprītisthānam) Mu.3 who conforms to or is true to the duties of kings; (previous) compliant or obedient spirit, previous course of conduct; U.7.5.

4) Rememberance आसेदुषां गोत्रभिदोऽ- नुवृत्त्या (āseduṣāṃ gotrabhido’- nuvṛttyā) Ki.18.18.

5) (Gram.) Being supplied or repeated in a following rule; continued influence of a preceding on a following rule.

6) Imitating, resembling &c.

7) Repetition; वर्णानामनुवृत्तिरनुप्रासः (varṇānāmanuvṛttiranuprāsaḥ).
Derivable forms: anuvṛttiḥ (अनुवृत्तिः).
(Source): DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarycontext information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family. 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.
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(Source): archive.org: Uṇādi-Sūtras In The Sanskrit Grammatical Tradition
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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
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(grammar) In the Paninian grammar of Sanskrit, the “carrying over” of earlier-described rules into subsequent contexts, without explicitly restating those rules.

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