Vratastha, Vrata-stha: 11 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVratastha (व्रतस्थ):—adj. einem Gelübde u. s. w. obliegend [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 234. 11, 210.] [Mahābhārata 5, 7362.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 29, 177. 35, 65.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 26, 29. 6, 18, 57.] kanyāvratasthā so v. a. die Regeln habend [Kathāsaritsāgara 26, 56.]
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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Ends with: Ekapadavratastha, Ekapatnivratastha, Kanyavratastha.
Full-text: Kramastha.
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The Practice Manual of Noble Tārā Kurukullā (by Dharmachakra Translation Committee)
Chapter 8 < [Appendix - Sanskrit Text]
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 7 - Religion of the Purāṇas < [Chapter 3 - General Characteristics of the Purāṇic Religion and its Link with the Vedic Tradition]