Kokilavrata, Kōkilāvrata, Kokilāvrata, Kokila-vrata: 5 definitions

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Kokilavrata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kokilavrata in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kōkilāvrata (कोकिलाव्रत).—n An observance among women throughout that intercalary month which occurs before āṣāḍha.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kokilavrata in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kokilavrata (कोकिलव्रत) or Kokilāvrata (कोकिलाव्रत).—Name of an observance.

Derivable forms: kokilavratam (कोकिलव्रतम्), kokilāvratam (कोकिलाव्रतम्).

Kokilavrata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kokila and vrata (व्रत).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Kokilāvrata (कोकिलाव्रत) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—from Bhavishyottarapurāṇa. W. p. 341. Bhk. 25.

2) Kokilāvrata (कोकिलाव्रत):—from the Vratamāhātmya of the Nāradīyapurāṇa. Fl. 17.
—from the Varāhapurāṇa. L. 4108.

3) Kokilāvrata (कोकिलाव्रत):—from the Nāradīyapurāṇa. L.. 202.
—from the Bhaviṣyapurāṇa. L.. 274.

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

Kokilāvrata (कोकिलाव्रत):—[=kokilā-vrata] [from kokilā > kokila] n. Name of an observance.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kokilavrata 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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