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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Puṇyakavrata (पुण्यकव्रत).—the worship of Kṛṣṇa for a year, performed by a woman desirous of a son.

Derivable forms: puṇyakavratam (पुण्यकव्रतम्).

Puṇyakavrata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṇyaka and vrata (व्रत).

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

Puṇyakavrata (पुण्यकव्रत):—[=puṇyaka-vrata] [from puṇyaka > puṇya] n. the worship of Kṛṣṇa for a year with daily presents (to be performed by a woman desirous of a son), [Brahma-purāṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Puṇyakavrata (पुण्यकव्रत):—[puṇyaka-vrata] (taṃ) 1. n. The vow of a woman who to obtain a son worships Krishna for a year with daily presents.

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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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Partial matches: Punyaka, Vrata.

Full-text: Punyaka.

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