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वृ ƣ vritta, vulg. vritt, part. (fr. rt. vrit, 'to turn,' etc.), Turned; rounded; round, circular;—been, existed, lived; happened, occurred; past, gone; finished; dead, deceased;—done, performed; acted; engaged in, undertaken;—(rt. vrit, 'to choose') chosen, selected, appointed;—(S. vrittam, rt. vrit, 'to turn'), s.m. A circle; circumference;—event, occurrence;—procedure; practice; profession, occupation, mode of life, means of subsistence, livelihood;—act, action, behaviour, manner, demeanour; conduct;—observance of any enjoined practice, established rule or usage, actual practice, law;—rhythm; verse, metre:—vrittārdh (˚ta+ar˚), s.m. A semicircle:—vrittānt (˚ta+an˚), s.m. 'The end or result of a course of action'; occurrence, event, incident;—fact;—tidings, rumour, report, intelligence;—tale, story, narrative, history, account; topic, subject;—sort, kind; difference; mode, manner; state, condition:—vrittānt-patr, s.m. Any document containing a statement of events; a newspaper; a report (of):—vritt-sūćak, adj. & s.m. (f. -ikā), Explaining (or explainer of) actions, or established practices, etc. (see vritt):—vritt-khaṇḍ, s.m. Segment of a circle.