व्रतvrata

व्रत (vrata) is a Sanskrit word meaning will, command, law, ordinance, rule, obedience or service, dominion, realm, sphere of action, function, or mode of life, conduct, manner, usage, or custom, a religious vow or practice. Its 28 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Vow, Rule, or Religious Observance, Proper Name or Specific Term, Dietary Observance or Food in Vrata.

Roots: 2. वृ (2. vṛ), चर् (car), वृ (vṛ)
Etymology: E. वृ to choose, aff. अतच्, र substituted for the vowel, or व्रज to go, (to heaven by it,) घ aff. and the form irr
Definitions: 28

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Meanings by context

Vow, Rule, or Religious Observance

12 definitions

1. A religious vow or practice. 2. A pious observance, meritorious act of devotion, or austerity. 3. A solemn vow, rule, or holy practice.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

any vow or firm purpose

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Will, command, law, dominion, service, and regular function. 2. Action, conduct, religious rite, ascetic observance, vow, and holy work. 3. Resolve.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A religious vow, penance, or austerity. 2. Eating.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A vow. 2. Eating.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A rite or observance. 2. A design or plan. 3. A vow or resolution. 4. A course of conduct. 5. Devotion, faithfulness, or devoted worship. 6. A religious act of devotion or austerity.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A religious vow, penance, or austerity. 2. Eating. 3. A design or plan. 4. A vow or resolution. 5. A course of conduct.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A voluntary act, rule. 2. Action, doing. 3. Work. 4. A devout act, fasting, continence, or a vowed observance. 5. Eating.

व्रत (vrata) [Printed book page 0922-a]
व्रत (vrata) vrata (an old ptcple. of the pf.

pass. of vṛ), n. 1. A (self-chosen)

voluntary act, Chr. 43, 24; rule, Rām.

3, 53, 18; Bhartṛ. 2, 69. 2. Action,

doing, Man. 9, 304. 3. Work, Chr. 295,

12 = Rigv. i. 92, 12. 4. A devout act,

Man. 2, 173; as fasting, continence, a

vowed observance, a vow, Vikr. 37, 7;

Pañc. 260, 13. 5. Eating (cf. payas

-vrata). — Comp. A-, adj. one who does

not observe the rules of his order, Man.

3, 170. Arka-, n. levying taxes, draw-

ing the wealth of the people, as the
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sun evaporates water, Man. 9, 305.

Asi-dhārā-, n. a vow to stand on the

edge of a sword, Pañc. 196, 15.

Ārya-, adj. one who observes the rules

of the Āryas, or respectable men, MBh.

1, 7424. Indu-, n. a kind of vow, MBh.

13, 1797. Indra-, n. the duty of the

king to distribute gratifications, Man.

9, 304. Go-, adj. continent, MBh. 5,

3560. Gaurī-, n. lasciviousness, Hit.

42, 2. Daṇḍa-, n. judicial power,

Bhāg. P. 4, 13, 22. Dṛḍha-, adj. 1.

one who observes his vows, Man. 11,

81. 2. persevering in observing one's

vow, Sund. 1, 10. 3. persisting in,

Rām. 3, 52, 52. Deva-, adj. attached

to the deities, pious, Bhāg. P. 1, 9, 1.

Dhṛta-, adj. attached, faithful, Rām.

3, 2, 18. Niyama-, n. vow of penance,

Pañc. 165, 9. Nis-, adj. one who does

not observe the religious precepts,

MBh. 12, 1335. Pati-, I. n. fidelity to

one's husband, ib. 13, 165;

Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 741. II. f. tā, a faithful or virtuous

woman, Pañc. iii. d. 151. Payovrata,

i. e. payas-, I. n. the vow of living

only on milk, Bhāg. P. 8, 16, 58. II.

adj., f. tā, nourished by milk alone,

Man. 11, 144. Brahmavrata, i. e. brah-

man- (n.), chastity, Pañc. 187, 6.

Madhu-, m. a bee. Mahā-, adj., f. tā,

one who has undergone great austeri-

ties, Chr. 17, 27; 40, 15 (read mahā-

vrataḥ). Māruta-, n. the duty of a

king to trace out everything by means

of spies, cf. Man. 9, 306. Mauna-,

adj., f. tā, holding one's tongue, Pañc.

94, 8. Yata- (vb. yam), adj. firm to

an engagement or vow, Johns. Sel. 36,

12. Yama-, n. the duty of a king to

punish offences without partiality,

cf. Man. 9, 305. Rahasya-, n. the

command of that mysterious power

by which mystical weapons may be

wielded. Vipula-, adj. of great devo-

tion, Johns. Sel. 4, 17. Sam-śita- (vb.

śi), adj. 1. one who has accomplished
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his vow, Man. 1, 104 (read saṃśita in-

stead of śaṃsita). 2. faithful to a vow

or obligation, Johns. Sel. 1, 1. Satya-,

I. adj. veracious, honest, Rām. 3, 55, 38.

II. m. a proper name, Pañc. iii. d.

270. Su-, I. adj. rigidly observing any

religious vow or obligation, virtuous,

Chr. 58, 6. II. f. tā. 1. a virtuous wife. 2.

a cow easily milked. 3. a proper name,

Śāk. 102, 22 (Prākṛ.). Stuti-, m. a

bard, a herald. — Cf. probably ἑορτή.

[ID=14318]

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Will, decree, or command. 2. Dominion or sphere of activity. 3. Customary activity, conduct, or way of life. 4. Choice, determination, or vow. 5. Religious observance or holy work. 6. Duty, obedience, or service.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Will, decree, or command. 2. Domain or that over which one exercises command. 3. Firm resolution or choice. 4. A religious vow or holy work. 5. Religious or general duty.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. An enclosed place, realm, sphere, or sway. 2. A law, ordinance, command, or rule. 3. A rite, religious observance, or practice. 4. A religious act or obligation enjoined by the gods, or a sacrifice. 5. A self-chosen or voluntary act of devotion, austerity, fasting, continence, or vow. 6. An action, agency, deed, design, or plan.

व्रत (vrata) [Printed book page 0984-a]
व्रत (vrata) vrata, as, am, m. n. (probably an old

past pass. participle fr. rt. vṛ), anything enclosed, an

enclosed place, enclosure, realm, sphere, sway (Ved.);

anything fenced off or settled, a law, ordinance, com-

mand, rule, (anu-vratam, according to law or ordi-

nance); rite, observance, practice [cf. arka-v°,

yama-v°]; any religious act or obligation enjoined

by the gods; a sacrifice; a self-chosen or voluntary

act, any meritorious act of devotion or austerity,

fasting, continence, vowed observance, solemn pur-

pose, vow, (asi-dhārā-vrata or āsidhāraṃ vra-

tam, a vow to stand on the edge of a sword or a

vow as difficult as standing on the edge of a sword);

action, agency, doing, work, deed; a design, plan;

eating, in payo-vrata, q. v.; [cf. probably Gr.

ἑορτή.] —Vrata-kalpadruma, am, n., N. of a

work by Ratnākara. —Vrata-caryā, f. the practice of

religious vows; (as), m. a religious student. —Vrata-

cārin, ī, iṇī, i, Ved. vow-performing, fulfilling or

performing vows. —Vrata-tattva, am, n., N. of a

part of the Smṛti-tattva. —Vrata-nimitta, as, ā,

am, caused by a vow. —Vrata-pati, is, m., Ved.

‘lord of vows,’ epithet of Agni. —Vrata-pā, ās, ās,

am, Ved. upholding ordinances, protecting sacred

rites. —Vrata-pāraṇa, am, ā, n. f. conclusion of

a fast, eating or drinking after a fast. —Vrata-pra-

kāśa, as, m. ‘illustration of vows,’ N. of a work by

Viśva-nātha on the subject of vows (compiled from

the Purāṇas and other more ancient sources). —Vra-

ta-pratiṣṭhā, f. the performance of a religious act

voluntarily undertaken. —Vrata-bhaṅga, as, m. the

interruption of an act of devotion, breach of a vow.

—Vrata-bhikṣā, f. soliciting alms (as one of the

ceremonies accompanying investiture). —Vrata-bhṛt,

t, m., Ved. ‘bearer of sacrifices,’ epithet of Agni.

—Vrata-rāja, as, m. = vrata-prakāśa above.

—Vrata-lupta, as, ā, am, one who has broken a

vow (of fasting &c.). —Vrata-lopana, am, n. the

breaking of a vow (of fasting, chastity, &c.), violat-

ing any religious vow or obligation. —Vrata-vai-

kalya, am, n. imperfection or incompletion of a
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vow or religious observance. —Vrata-śeṣa, as, m.

the remainder of a religious vow. —Vrata-saṃra-

kṣaṇa, am, n. the keeping of a vow, observing

penance. —Vrata-saṅgraha, as, m. undertaking any

act of devotion, taking on one's self any voluntary

religious obligation (= dīkṣā). —Vrata-stha, as,

ā, am, engaged in religious austerities or in a vow

of any kind, performing penance. —Vrata-snātaka,

as, m. a Brāhman who has completed his term of

studentship, (see snātaka.) —Vratācaraṇa (°ta-

āc°), am, n. the act of observing a vow or religious

obligation (especially that of continence, as the duty

of a religious student; cf. brahma-carya). —Vra-

tādāna (°ta-ād°), am, n. undertaking the obliga-

tions of a devotee. —Vratādeśa (°ta-ād°), as, m.

investiture of a youth of one of the first three classes

with the sacred cord. —Vratopavāsa (°ta-up°), as,

m. fasting as a religious obligation, a fast. —Vratopā-

yana (°ta-up°), am, n. = vāyana, presents of cakes

&c. which may be eaten during a religious feast. [ID=45884]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

vows enumerated

— The Purana Index

Proper Name or Specific Term

6 definitions

a particular Stotra and the day for it

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A name of Samans. 2. A month. 3. A season. 4. A year. 5. Fire. 6. A name of Vishnu. 7. A name of one of the seven islands of Antara-dvipa.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a son of Manu and Nadvala

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a country belonging to Pracya

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of Chakshusha Manu

— The Purana Index

a god of the Abhutaraya group

— The Purana Index

Dietary Observance or Food in Vrata

4 definitions

the practice of always eating the same food

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Feeding only on milk as a religious observance, or the milk itself.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

any food

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the milk used by one living on that beverage alone as a vow or penance

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Authoritative Command or Law

1 definition

will, command, law, ordinance, rule

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Conduct, Function, or Custom

1 definition

1. Sphere of action, function, or mode of life. 2. Conduct, manner, usage, or custom.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Dominion or Realm

1 definition

dominion, realm

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Meaning Unknown

1 definition

of unknown meaning

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Obedience or Service

1 definition

obedience or service

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Performer of a Vow

1 definition

one who has taken the vow of learning the Veda

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.