वर्त्र (vartra)

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Capeller Eng

English

 व॑र्त्र f.
  ई warding off,  holding back
 n.
  dam,  weir. 

Spoken Sanskrit

English

वर्त्र 	-	 vartra 	-	 adj.
  	-	  keeping or warding off
वर्त्र 	-	 vartra 	-	 adj.
  	-	  defending
वर्त्र 	-	 vartra 	-	 adj.
  	-	  protecting
वर्त्र 	-	 vartra 	-	 n.
  	-	  dike
वर्त्र 	-	 vartra 	-	 n.
  	-	  dam

Apte

English

वर्त्र [vartra],  a.
  Ved.
  Protecting. -र्त्रम् A dam,  dike.

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Apte 1890

English

 वर्त्र a. Ved. Protecting. 
र्त्रं A dam,  dike. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 व॑र्त्र mf(ई)n.  keeping or warding off,  protecting,  defending,  ĀśvGṛ.
 

 व॑र्त्र n.
  a dike,  dam,  AV.
  
 TS.
 

Monier Williams 1872

English

 वर्त्र,  अस्,  आ,  अम्,  Ved. keeping or warding off, 
protecting,  defending
 (अम्),  n. a dike,  dam.

Macdonell

English

 वर्त्र var-tra,  a.
  [√ 1. vṛ] warding off (S.)
 🞄dam,  embankment (V.).

Lanman

English

 vártra,  a. warding off,  holding back
as n. a water-stop,  dam,  weir. [√1vṛ, 
‘cover, ’ q. v.]

Vedic Reference

English

 Vartra in the Atharvaveda^1 and the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa^2
denote the ‘dam’ of a tank. In the former passage the
commentator and some manuscripts have Varta.^3
1) i. 3,  7.
2) i. 6,  8,  1.
3) Whitney,  Translation of the Athar-
vaveda,  4.

Capeller

German

 व॑र्त्र,  f.
  ई abwehrend
 n.
  Deich,  Damm. 

Grassman

German

 (vartra),  a. [von vṛt],  umwendend,  enthalten in a-vartrá.

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