Candrayanavrata, Cāndrāyaṇavrata: 4 definitions
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Candrayanavrata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chandrayanavrata.
In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study (dharma)Cāndrāyaṇavrata (चान्द्रायणव्रत) or simply Cāndrāyaṇa refers to penances for expiating (prāyaścitta) sins (pātaka) according to the Manusmṛti XI.217.—Accordingly, “If a person diminishes his food daily by one mouthful during the dark half of the month and increases in the same manner during the bright half and bathes daily at the time of three libations: that is called a cāndrāyaṇavrata”.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryCāndrāyaṇavrata (चान्द्रायणव्रत).—n.
(-taṃ) The penance called Chandrayana. E. cāndrāyaṇa as before, and vrata observance.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCāndrāyaṇavrata (चान्द्रायणव्रत):—[=cāndrāyaṇa-vrata] [from cāndrāyaṇa > cāndra] n. idem, [Hitopadeśa i, 4, 2/3.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryCāndrāyaṇavrata (चान्द्रायणव्रत):—[cāndrāyaṇa-vrata] (taṃ) 1. n. Penance.
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: Vrata, Candrayana.
Full-text: Candrayana.
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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 4.28 < [Chapter 4 - Jñāna-Yoga (Yoga through Transcendental Knowledge)]
Verse 6.46 < [Chapter 6 - Dhyāna-yoga (Yoga through the Path of Meditation)]
Verse 9.2 < [Chapter 9 - Rāja-guhya-yoga (Yoga through the most Confidential Knowledge)]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 21 - On Gāyatrī Puraścaraṇam < [Book 11]
Chapter 23 - On the Tapta Kṛcchra vrata and others < [Book 11]
Laghu-yoga-vasistha (by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar)
Part 5 - The Story of Gādhi < [Chapter V - Upaṣānti-prakaraṇa]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 43 - Giving ear to Dvārakā’s greatness and eminence of basil wood < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-māhātmya]
Chapter 40 - Bath, charity and śrāddha at Cakratīrtha during the month of Kārtika < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-māhātmya]
Chapter 238 - Importance of Penance < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)
1.3. Expiatory Rites in Īśānaśivagurudevapaddhati < [Chapter 3 - Expiatory Rites in Kerala Tantric Ritual Manuals]
7. Impacts of Purāṇas in Temple Expiatory Rites < [Chapter 4 - Socio-Cultural aspects of Expiatory Rites]