Vratadhara, Vrata-dhara: 4 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVratadhara (व्रतधर):—adj. = vratacārin. mauna [Mahābhārata 1, 1960.] brahma [Pañcatantra 187, 12.] mahā [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 17, 8.] bhava [4, 2, 28.] — Vgl. daṇḍa, nagna .
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Dhara, Vrata, Tara.
Starts with: Vratadharana.
Ends with: Bhavavratadhara, Brahmavratadhara, Dandavratadhara, Mahavratadhara, Maunavratadhara, Nagnavratadhara, Vidyavratadhara.
Full-text: Dandavratadhara, Nagnavratadhara, Maunavratadhara, Ekapatni, Bhavavratadhara, Brahmavratadhara, Mahavratadhara.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.21.58 < [Chapter 21 - The Lord’s Chastisement of Devānanda]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 38 - The Installation of the Image of Vāmana < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study) (by Riddhi J. Shah)