Prajapatyavrata, Prājāpatyavrata, Prajapatya-Vrata: 2 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexPrājāpatyavrata (प्राजापत्यव्रत).—The performance of the vow leads to the world of Śaṅkara.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 101. 66.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrājāpatyavrata (प्राजापत्यव्रत):—[=prājāpatya-vrata] [from prājāpatya > prājāpata] n. Name of a [particular] observance, [Āpastamba-gṛhya-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]
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, Prajapatya.
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