n. [vṛt-manin] 1 A way, road, path, passage, track; vartma bhā- nostvajāśu Me. 39; pārasīkāṃstato jetuṃ pratasthe sthalavartmanā ‘by land’; ā- kāśavartmanā ‘through the air’.

2 [Page0949-b+ 56] (Fig.) A way, course, an establish- ed or prescribed usage, the usual manner or course of conduct; mama vartmānugacchaṃti manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ Bg. 3. 23; rekhāmātramapi kṣuṇṇādāmanorvartmanaḥ param. na vyatīyuḥ...