Ashunyashayanavrata, Aśūnyaśayanavrata: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Aśūnyaśayanavrata can be transliterated into English as Asunyasayanavrata or Ashunyashayanavrata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexAśūnyaśayanavrata (अशून्यशयनव्रत).—Offering worship to Hari sleeping with His consort in the milk ocean, on the black half of the śrāvaṇa month, second day, with ritual, dancing and music. Gifts of bed, food, lights, etc., conduce to happiness in married life and the attainment of viṣṇuloka.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 71. 5-20.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAśūnyaśayanavrata (अशून्यशयनव्रत):—[=a-śūnya-śayana-vrata] [from aśūnya-śayana > a-śūnya] n. Name of ceremonies on that occasion, [Matsya-purāṇa; Bhaviṣya-purāṇa, khaṇḍa 1 & 2: bhaviṣya-purāṇa & bhaviṣyottara-purāṇa ii.]
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: Ashunyashayana, Vrata.
Starts with: Ashunyashayanavratam.
Full-text: Ashunyashayanavratam, Ashunyashayanadvitiya.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 265 - Aśūnyaśayana-Vrata < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)