As a deity name
Name 43 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 228 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
आवर्तन · noun · masculine
चक्कर देना । घुमाव । फिराव · विलोड़न । मथन । हिलाना · दोपहर के पीछे पदाथोँ की छाया का पशि्चम से पूर्व की ओर पड़ना — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "आवर्तन" is आवर्त + -न: आवर्त means "rotated, turned", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "आवर्तन" is आ- + वर्तन: वर्तन means "Livelihood, subsistence", and the prefix आ- forms until; contrary. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(8) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
turning, turning round, returning
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Dictionary citations
ā-vartana mfn. turning round or towards
revolving, TS.
ā-vartana n. turning, turning round, returning, RV. x, 19, 4; 5
circular motion, gyration, churning, stirring anything in fusion
melting metals together, alligation, L.
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