√ vṛj, “twist”

√ vṛṃh, bṛṃh

√ vṛj

√ vṛt

Present

VII. vṛṇákti vṛṅkté etc. (vṛktām ? M¹.) V.+

Future

Simple Future: varkṣyati -te B. varjiṣyati

Periphrastic Future: varjitā

Aorist

√-Ao: várk etc. (varktam avṛjan varjati vṛjyām etc. RV., avṛk AV.), ávṛkta RV. (várjate RV.)

^RAo: avavarjat

-s-Ao: avārkṣīs B., avṛkṣmahi etc. V.B

-sa- Ao: avṛkṣat etc. V.B

Perfect

vavṛjus etc. RV. (vavṛjyús vavṛktam RV.,-varjúṣī AV.), vāvṛje RV

Causative

varjayati etc. AV.+,-te etc. E.+ (varjyate etc. E.+; varīvarjáyant AV.)

Verbal Nouns

PPP: vṛktá V.+; vṛktvī́ RV.;-vṛ́jya B.S.;-vṛ́je vṛñjáse vṛjádhyai RV.; -várgam V.S

Derivatives

-vṛj V.	varjaka E.	vṛjána V.	vṛñjana S.+
ū́rj etc. ? V.+	varjin E.+	vṛ́jana RV.	vṛjiná V.+
varga V.+	varjya E.+	vṛjanī́ V.	-vṛkti V.B.
-vargyà AV.+	vrajá V.+	varjana B.+	varjayitavya C.
-varja S.+	vrājá V.	varjanīya B.+	varjayitṛ E.+
	-vṛ́jya V.B.S.

Meanings

vṛṇákti vṛṅkté v PPP vṛktá turn, twist off, pluck out (the sacrificial grass), turn or set aside, remove; Ā avert, keep away, withhold. Caus. varjayati (te), PPP varjita (q.v.) abandon, shun, avoid, exempt, spare; renounce, resign; leave out, exclude. P. be deprived of or excluded from.

apa avert, remove, scare away; turn or tear off; finish, conclude. Caus. abandon, avoid, renounce, yield, grant, present, offer (a funeral meal); keep (a promise), conclude, finish.

api procure to, turn upon (L).

ava turn off, sever; Caus. remove, destroy.

ā procure, afford, furnish; take to one's self, appropriate; withhold from (Ab); be favourable to (A). Caus. bend, incline, make favourable, win over. vyā separate, divide. samā take to one's self, appropriate; Caus. bend, incline.

ud remove, destroy.

ni bend down, cause to fall, cast away.

parā turn away (trans. & I), flee; tear off, remove, reject, abandon.

pari turn round, give way, avoid, spare, exempt from (I); reject, turn out. Caus. keep off, remove, shun, avoid, abandon.

pra strew (the sacrificial bed); set in or at the fire, heat or glow.

sam take to one's self, appropriate.

Cf. āvarjita, parivṛkta, vivarjita.