Vṛtti
वृत्तिस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminino) · वृत् धातु (vṛt — girar) + क्तिन् प्रत्यय
vṛtti
Mind and Psychology
AI translationMental modification; activity of the mind
Vṛtti is any mental state or activity — perception, memory, imagination, doubt, sleep. Patañjali defines yoga as 'citta-vṛtti-nirodha', cessation of vṛttis. In Vedānta, vṛtti has a specific role: knowledge occurs when a mental vṛtti takes the form of its object (e.g.: vṛtti-pot reveals the pot). Ātman is not known by ordinary vṛtti — its 'knowledge' is its own nature, not cognition through vṛtti.
Occurrence in the corpus
॥ ११ ॥ 【भाष्यम्】 सर्वद्वारेषु आत्मनः उपलब्धिद्वाराणि श्रोत्रादीनि सर्वाणि करणानि तेषु सर्वद्वारेषु अन्तःकरणस्य बुद्धेः वृत्तिः प्रकाशः देहे अस्मिन् उपजायते तदेव ज्ञानम् यदा एवं प्रकाशो ज्ञानाख्यः उपजायते तदा ज्ञानप्रकाशेन लिङ्गेन विद्यात् विवृद्धम् उद्भूतं सत्त्वम् इति उत अपि
|| 11 || 【bhāṣyam】 sarvadvāreṣu ātmanaḥ upalabdhidvārāṇi śrotrādīni sarvāṇi karaṇāni teṣu sarvadvāreṣu antaḥkaraṇasya buddheḥ vṛttiḥ prakāśaḥ dehe asmin upajāyate tadeva jñānam yadā evaṃ prakāśo jñānākhyaḥ upajāyate tadā jñānaprakāśena liṅgena vidyāt vivṛddham udbhūtaṃ sattvam iti uta api
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Vishva Vidya (2026). Vṛtti (वृत्ति). Vishva Vidya — Vedanta. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/vrtti
Vishva Vidya. "Vṛtti (वृत्ति)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026, https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/vrtti.
Vishva Vidya. "Vṛtti (वृत्ति)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/vrtti.
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