Rahasyavrata, Rahasya-vrata: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryRahasyavrata (रहस्यव्रत).—
1) a secret vow or penance.
2) the mystic science of obtaining command over magical weapons.
Derivable forms: rahasyavratam (रहस्यव्रतम्).
Rahasyavrata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rahasya and vrata (व्रत).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryRahasyavrata (रहस्यव्रत).—n. the command of that mysterious power by which mystical weapons may be wielded.
Rahasyavrata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rahasya and vrata (व्रत).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryRahasyavrata (रहस्यव्रत):—[=rahasya-vrata] [from rahasya > rah] n. ‘mystical vow’, the mystic science of obtaining command over magical weapons, [ib.]
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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