1 Turning round, wind- ing, revolving; pradakṣiṇāvartaśikhaḥ Rām.

2 A whirlpool, an eddy, whirl; nṛpaṃ tamāvartamanojñanābhiḥ R. 6. 52; darśitāvartanābheḥ Me. 28; Dk. 2; āvartaḥ saṃśayānāṃ Pt. 1. 191.

3 De- liberation, revolving (in the mind), anxiety.

4 A lock of hair curling backwards, especially on a horse.

5 The two depressions of the forehead above the eye-brows.

6 A crowded place (where many men live...