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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वर्त्मन्vartmann.A way, road, path, passage, track; वर्त्म भानोस्त्यजाशु Me.41; पारसीकांस्ततो जेतुं प्रतस्थे स्थलवर्त्मना 'by…

    [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'.
    3. Room, scope for action; न वर्त्म कस्मैचिदपि प्रदीयताम् Ki.14.14.
    4. An eye-lid; अस्मिन् सर्पिर्वोदकं वा सिञ्चन्ति वर्त्मनी एव गच्छति Ch. Up.4.15.1.
    5. An edge, a border.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -आयसः fatigue of the journey; वर्त्मायासविनिर्मुक्तं वसन्तं सुस्थिरासने Brav. Parasmaipada ब्रह्मखण्ड 1.4.

    • -कर्मन् Neuter '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.

    In the Gita3·234·11

    मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः ॥

    mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ. — Men follow in every way my path. For if I did not abide sleeplessly in the paths of action, these peoples would sink to destruction. 3·23
    • वर्त्मvartmaaccusative singular of the neuter noun vartman (path).
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  2. अनुवर्त्मन्anuvartmanm.A follower.

    A follower.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • अनुवर्त्मन् anuvartman, Adjective अनुगतो वर्त्म Following, attending.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वर्त्मन्vartman[várt-man] n. [√vrit: turning mark of a wheel], rut, track; path, road, way, course (also fig.); eyelid: in.…

    [várt-man] neuter [√vrit: turning mark of a wheel], rut, track; path, road, way, course (also figurative, -ly); eyelid: instrumental vartmanâ, by way of Equivalent to along, through, by; nadî ͜ adri vana-vartmasu, through rivers, mountains, and forests.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वर्त्मन्vartmann. the track or rut of a wheel, path, road, way, course (lit. and fig.) RV. &c. (instr. or loc. ifc. = by way…
    1. neuter gender the track or rut of a wheel, path, road, way, course (literally and figuratively) fg-veda etc. (instrumental case or locative case in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' Equivalent to by way of. along, through, by)
    2. neuter gender an edge, border, rim Sus3r.
    3. neuter gender an eyelid (as encircling the eye) AV. ChUp. Sus3r.
    4. neuter gender basis, foundation, Rpra1t. (confer, compare द्यूत-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied).
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  2. अक्लिन्नवर्त्मन्aklinnavartmann. N. of a disease of the eyes Sus3r.

    neuter gender Name of a disease of the eyes Sus3r.

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  3. अनुपलक्ष्यवर्त्मन्anupalakṣyavartmanmfn. having ways that cannot be traced.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having ways that cannot be traced.

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  4. अनुवर्त्मन्anuvartmanmfn. following attending AV. &c.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective following attending AV. etc.
    2. neuter gender a path previously walked by another BhP.
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  5. अर्धवर्त्मन्ardhavartmann. = -पथ above Naish.

    neuter gender Equivalent to -पथ a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page) Naish.

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  6. अर्शोवर्त्मन्arśovartmann. a tumour in the corner of the eye Sus3r.

    neuter gender a tumour in the corner of the eye Sus3r.

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  7. असितवर्त्मन्asitavartmanm. "having a black path (of smoke)", Agni अग्नि Hcar.

    masculine gender "having a black path (of smoke)", Agni अग्नि Hcar.

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