Yamavrata, Yama-vrata: 8 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexYamavrata (यमव्रत).—Of kings; to punish impartially.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 226. 4.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYamavrata (यमव्रत).—
1) an observance or vow made to Yama.
2) an impartial punishment (as given by Yama); यथा यमः प्रियद्वेष्यौ प्राप्ते काले नियच्छति । तथा राज्ञा नियन्तव्याः प्रजास्तद् हि यमव्रतम् (yathā yamaḥ priyadveṣyau prāpte kāle niyacchati | tathā rājñā niyantavyāḥ prajāstad hi yamavratam) || Manusmṛti 9. 37.
Derivable forms: yamavratam (यमव्रतम्).
Yamavrata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yama and vrata (व्रत).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryYamavrata (यमव्रत).—n.
(-taṃ) One of the duties of royalty, punishing offences without regard to persons, or without partiality or prejudice. E. yama the judge of Tartarus, and vrata observance.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryYamavrata (यमव्रत).—n. the duty of a king to punish offences without partiality, cf. [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 305.
Yamavrata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yama and vrata (व्रत).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yamavrata (यमव्रत):—[=yama-vrata] [from yama > yam] n. a religious observance or vow made to Y°, [Kauśika-sūtra]
2) [v.s. ...] a [particular] ceremony of the Brahma-cārin, [Kauśika-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]
3) [v.s. ...] Y°’s method (id est. punishing without respect of persons and without partiality, as one of the duties of kings), [Manu-smṛti; Rāmāyaṇa; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a Sāman, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryYamavrata (यमव्रत):—[yama-vrata] (taṃ) 1. n. One of the duties of royalty, impartial justice.
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Ends with: Niyamavrata, Shyamavrata.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 9.306-307 < [Section XL - Personal Behaviour of the King]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Politics in the Matsya Purāṇa (Introduction) < [Chapter 5 - Cultural history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]