Avratya: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avratya (अव्रत्य).—[vratāya hitam, yat na. ta.] Violation of religious duties, offence against the rule of an ascetic.

Derivable forms: avratyam (अव्रत्यम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Avratya (अव्रत्य):—[=a-vratya] [from a-vrata] n. anything out of harmony with, or violating, a religious obligation, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Aitareya-āraṇyaka]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. with karman idem, [Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa]

3) Avrātya (अव्रात्य):—[=a-vrātya] [from a-vrata] m. not a Vratya, [Atharva-veda xv, 1 3, 6]

4) [v.s. ...] n. = a-vratya n. q.v., [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra]

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Avratya in German

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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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