Anyavrata, Anya-vrata: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnyavrata (अन्यव्रत).—a. following other (than Vedic) observances, devoted to other gods, infidel.
Anyavrata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anya and vrata (व्रत).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnyavrata (अन्यव्रत):—[=anya-vrata] [from anya] (anya-) m. devoted to others, infidel, [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnyavrata (अन्यव्रत):—[bahuvrihi compound] m.
(-taḥ) One who has other vows or fol-lows other practices. The vaidik commentators explain the word according to where it occurs either ‘one whose practices are different from those enjoined by the sacred books i. e. impious, a demon’ or ‘one whose practices are different from human practices i. e. the Supreme Spirit’. E. anya and vrata.
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Ends with: Aranyavrata, Kanyavrata.
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