Pashupatavrata, Pāśupatavrata, Pashupata-vrata: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pāśupatavrata can be transliterated into English as Pasupatavrata or Pashupatavrata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexPāśupatavrata (पाशुपतव्रत).—(Paśupāśāvimocana)—ordained for all āśramas.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 30. 295.
Pāśupatavrata (पाशुपतव्रत) or simply Pāśupata refers to type of Vrata (“religious observances”), according to the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, the Pāśupatavrata is the most important mode of worship for [the Pāśupatas]. The Saurapurāṇa (45.64ff) describes the procedure for the observation of this vrata.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPāśupatavrata (पाशुपतव्रत).—The system of पाशुपत (pāśupata). See पाशुपतम् (pāśupatam).
Derivable forms: pāśupatavratam (पाशुपतव्रतम्).
Pāśupatavrata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pāśupata and vrata (व्रत). See also (synonyms): pāśupatayoga.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Pāśupatavrata (पाशुपतव्रत) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—the 40th Pariśiṣṭa of the Av. W. p. 91.
2) Pāśupatavrata (पाशुपतव्रत):—Pariś. 40 of the Av. Tb. 214.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pāśupatavrata (पाशुपतव्रत):—[=pāśupata-vrata] [from pāśupata > pāśava] n. = -yoga, [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of the 40th Pariśiṣṭa of [Atharva-veda]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Pashupata, Vrata.
Starts with: Pashupatavratavivarana.
Full-text: Pashupatavratavivarana, Pashupatayoga, Pashupata, Pashupatajnana, Mandara, Mahavrata.
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The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 33 - Rules governing Pāśupatavrata < [Section 7.1 - Vāyavīya-saṃhitā (1)]
Chapter 1 - Acquisition of sons by Śrīkṛṣṇa (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) < [Section 7.2 - Vāyavīya-saṃhitā (2)]
Chapter 9 - Śiva’s campaign < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]
Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study) (by Arpita Chakraborty)
25. Atharvaśira upaniṣad on “Pāśupata vrata” < [Chapter 2 - Greatness of Bhasma and Dhāraṇa]
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
The various sects of Shaivism < [Volume 2 - Nampi Arurar and Mythology]
Symbology of the sacred thread (Yajnopavita or Pancavata) < [Volume 2 - Nampi Arurar and Mythology]
Chapter 4.6 - (b) Symbology of Man (the deer) < [Volume 2 - Nampi Arurar and Mythology]
Shiva Gita (study and summary) (by K. V. Anantharaman)
Chapter 1 - Pre-eminence of Śiva devotion (śivabhakti-utkarṣa-nirūpaṇa)
Chapter 3 - Declaration of Virāja Dīkṣā (virājadīkṣā-nirūpaṇa)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 130 - Greatness of Pāśupateśvara (Pāśupata-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 74 - The Greatness of Oṃkāra (Continued) < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
Chapter 82 - Greatness of Suparṇeśvara (Suparṇa-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)