aparīvṛta

 

The Sanskrit word aparivṛta / aparīvṛta means “not surrounded, 

unfenced, open”, and its Devanagari spellings are अपरिवृत and अपरीवृत.

✅ Meaning (from Sanskrit dictionaries)

The supplied dictionary entry defines aparivṛta (अपरिवृत) as:

• “not enclosed or fenced on all sides; uninclosed, unsurrounded”

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• Used for things like an open field or anything not hedged in

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It also notes the Vedic/variant form aparīvṛta (अपरीवृत), which is 

equivalent in meaning to aparivṛta

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✅ Devanagari spellings

Both forms appear in the source:

• अपरिवृत — aparivṛta

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• अपरीवृत — aparīvṛta (Vedic/variant form)

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These differ only in the vowel length of the second syllable (i vs. ī), but 

the meaning is the same.

✅ Notes on usage

• The dictionaries cite occurrences in Ṛgveda, Manusmṛti, and 
• Gautama-dharma-śāstra for the meaning “open, unfenced, 
• not surrounded”

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• The term is a tatpuruṣa compound: a- (negation) + parivṛta
• (“surrounded”) → “not surrounded”

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✅ Summary

• Meaning: “not surrounded; unfenced; open.”
• Devanagari: अपरिवृत / अपरीवृत.
• IAST: aparivṛta / aparīvṛta.

Aparivṛta (also spelled aparīvṛta) means

“not surrounded, not enclosed, open, 

unfenced.”

Core meaning

The Sanskrit dictionaries describe aparivṛta as an adjective meaning:

• “Not enclosed or fenced on all sides” (e.g., a field)

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• “Unsurrounded, open, unhedged”

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• In German glosses: “unumfangen, unumschlossen; uneingehegt” 
• (unbounded, unenclosed)

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The Yogawiki entry confirms the same sense:

• “nicht umschlossen, nicht zu umschließen” (“not enclosed, 
• not to be enclosed”)

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Variant spellings

The term appears in two forms:

• aparivṛta
• aparīvṛta

Both forms mean the same thing and are treated as equivalents 

in Vedic and classical Sanskrit sources

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Etymology

From:

• a‑ (negation) + parivṛta (“surrounded, enclosed”).
  Thus, a‑parivṛta = not surrounded / not enclosed

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Usage in texts

The word appears in:

• Ṛgveda 2.10.3, describing something “unsurrounded” or “open”

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• Manu-smṛti 8.238, referring to “aparivṛtaṃ dhānyam”
• — grain that is unenclosed

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• Gautama-dharma-śāstra 12.28, again meaning unenclosed

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These contexts show that the term is often used for fields, grain, 

or spaces that are not fenced or protected.

Summary

Aparivṛta / aparīvṛta = open, unenclosed, unfenced, not surrounded.
It is an adjective used in Vedic and Dharmaśāstra literature to 

describe land, grain, or spaces lacking enclosure or protection.