n. the track or rut of a wheel, path, road, way, course (literally and figuratively) etc. (instrumental case or locative casein fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' = by way of. along, through, by)
वर्त्मन् n. [वृत्-मनिन्] 1 A way, road, path, passage, track; वर्त्म भानोस्त्यजाशु Me.41; पारसीकांस्ततो जेतुं प्रतस्थे स्थलवर्त्मना 'by land'; आकाशवर्त्मना 'through the air'. -2 (Fig.) A way, course, an established or prescribed usage, the usual manner or course of conduct; मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः Bg.3.23; रेखामात्रमपि क्षुण्णादा मनोर्वर्त्मनः परम् । न व्यतीयुः प्रजास्तस्य नियन्तुर्नेमिवृत्तयः R.1.17 (where the literal sense is also intended); अहमेत्य पतङ्गवर्त्मना पुनरङ्काश्रयिणी भवामि ते Ku.4.2 'after the manner of a moth'. -4 Room, scope for action; न वर्त्म कस्मैचिदपि प्रदीयताम् Ki.14.14. -5 An eye-lid; अस्मिन् सर्पिर्वोदकं वा सिञ्चन्ति वर्त्मनी एव गच्छति Ch. Up.4.15.1. -6 An edge, a border. -Comp. -आयसः fatigue of the journey; वर्त्मायासविनिर्मुक्तं वसन्तं सुस्थिरासने Brav. P. ब्रह्मखण्ड 1.4. -कर्मन् n. 'roadwork', engineering. -पातः 1 deviation from the road. -2 coming into the way. -पातनम् waylaying. -बन्धः, -बन्धकः an affection of the eye-lids. -रोगः a disease of the eyelids. -शर्करा hard excrescences on the eyelids.
n. [√ vrit: turning mark of a wheel], rut, track; path, road, way, course (also fig.); eyelid: in. vartmanâ, by way of = along, through, by; nadî½adri vana-vartmasu, through rivers, mountains, and forests.
noun (neuter) an edge (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an eyelid (as encircling the eye) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
basis (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
border (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
course (lit. and fig.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
foundation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
path (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rim (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
road (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the track or rut of a wheel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
way (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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