Janmashtamivrata, Janmāṣṭamīvrata: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Janmāṣṭamīvrata can be transliterated into English as Janmastamivrata or Janmashtamivrata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Janmāṣṭamīvrata (जन्माष्टमीव्रत) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—W. p. 337-39. See Kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamīvrata.
2) Janmāṣṭamīvrata (जन्माष्टमीव्रत):—[dharma] L.. 622.
—assigned to the Brahmapurāṇa. L.. 232.
—from the Viṣṇudharma. L.. 343.
Janmāṣṭamīvrata (जन्माष्टमीव्रत):—[=janmāṣṭamī-vrata] [from janmāṣṭamī > janma > janīya] n. Name of a vow described in a tale (which is said to be taken from, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa])
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: Janmashtami, Vrata.
Starts with: Janmashtamivratakatha, Janmashtamivratapuja, Janmashtamivratatattva.
Ends with: Krishnajanmashtamivrata.
Full-text: Vishnudharma, Brahmapurana.
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