Mantravat: 6 definitions
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Mantravat (मन्त्रवत्).—a.
1) Attended with spells or incantations; अशिक्षतास्त्रं पितुरेव मन्त्रवत् (aśikṣatāstraṃ pitureva mantravat) R.3.31.
2) Initjated. -ind.
1) According to sacred texts.
2) According to the rules of consultation.
Mantravat (मन्त्रवत्).—mfn. (-vān-vatī-vat) 1. Accompanied with holy texts, (a ceremony.) 2. Entitled to use the Vedas. 3. Initiated. 4. Having or hearing counsel. E. mantra and matup aff.
1) Mantravat (मन्त्रवत्):—[=mantra-vat] [from mantra > man] 1. mantra-vat ind. in conformity with or accompanied by the recitation of s° t°, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] according to all rules of consultation, [Mahābhārata]
3) [v.s. ...] 2. mantra-vat mfn. attended with s° t° or hymns, [???; Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya]
4) [v.s. ...] enchanted (as a weapon), [Raghuvaṃśa]
5) [v.s. ...] entitled to use the Mantras, initiated, [Horace H. Wilson]
6) [v.s. ...] having or hearing counsel, [ib.]
Mantravat (मन्त्रवत्):—[mantra-vat] (vān-vatī-vat) a. Having counsel; initiated; accompanied with texts; using the Vedas.
Mantravat (मन्त्रवत्):—(von mantra) adv.
1) den heiligen Sprüchen gemäss, unter Hersagen heiliger Sprüche: gṛhṇītānyāni mantravat [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 64.] mantravacca yathānyāyaṃ yajño sau maṃpravartate [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 32, 10. 60, 9. 2, 106, 24.] [Mahābhārata 1, 6134.] Vgl. mantratas . —
2) nach allen Regeln der Berathung: mantrita [Mahābhārata 13, 2424.]
Mantravat (मन्त्रवत्):—Adv. nach allen Regeln der Berathung. Vgl. mantravant 2).
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2.64 < [Section XIII - Initiation (upanayana)]
Verse 3.217 < [Section XIV - Method of Feeding]
Verse 2.29 < [Section IX - The ‘jātakarma’ sacrament]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Brahma Purana (critical study) (by Surabhi H. Trivedi)
35. Women not to be killed < [Marriage, Family and Position of Women]
Yajnavalkya-smriti with Mitakshara and Viramitrodaya (by J. R. Gharpure)
Verse 1.60 < [Chapter 3 - Marriage]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.3.164 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 16 < [Chapter 5 - Pañcama-yāma-sādhana (Aparāhna-kālīya-bhajana–kṛṣṇa-āsakti)]