apravṛtti

1 Abstaining from action, inertion.

2 Nonexcitement.

3 (In Medicine) Suppression of the natural evacuations, constipation, ischury, &c.

E. a neg. pravṛtti active exertion.

ing, not taking place; e. g. in the Mīmānsā Sūtra: karmaṇa-

stvapravṛttitvātphalaniyamakartṛsamudāyasya &c.; or in Mādhava's

Jaim.-nyāyam.: pradhānakarmaṇo'nākāṅkṣitasya vikṛtāvapravṛtte-

statsaṃbaddhāḥ phalādayo'pyanākāṅkṣitatvānnātidiśyante; or in the

modern compilation of a comm. to Pāṇini (VIII. 1. 73.):

uttarasūtrasthaṃ sāmānyavacanapadaṃ bhāṣyakṛdbhiratra yojitam . paryā-

yaśabdeṣvapravṛttaye ‘that the word sāmānyavacana may not take

place in, i. e. may not be applied to, synonymes of a word’.

² Inactivity, inertion; e. g. in the definition of the term

ālasya in a comm. of the Yoga S.: ālasyaṃ kāyacittaguru-

tvādapravṛttiḥ. ³ (In Medicine.) Stoppage of the natural func-

tions of the body, as suppression of the evacuations &c.;

e. g. in Suśruta: tathā majjagate rukca na kadācitpraśāmyati .

apravṛttiḥ pravṛttirvā vikṛtiḥ śukrage'nile. E. a neg. and pravṛtti.

f. (-ttiḥ)

1. Abstaining from action, inertion.

2. Non-excitement.
3. (In Medicine) Suppression of the natural evacuations, constipa-
tion, ischury, &c.

E. a neg. pravṛtti active exertion.

— 1) Unwirksamkeit SUŚR. 1,23,14.

— 2) das nicht mehr am Platz Sein , kein ferneres Fortgelten KĀTY. ŚR. 4,3,22. 7,5,25.