Suryavrata, Sūryavrata: 5 definitions

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Suryavrata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Sūryavrata (सूर्यव्रत).—In honour of the Sun god.*

  • * Matsya-purāṇa 101. 36.
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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.

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India history and geography

Source: Academia: Ritual Period: A Comparative Study of Three Newar Buddhist Menarche Manuals

Sūryavrata (सूर्यव्रत) refers to the “vow of Sūrya” (consisting in the liberation from evil of her who is marked by the flower), according to the “Vādhā byaṃ ke vidhi”: the name of two manuscripts written by (1) Kathmandu-based priest, Badriratna Bajracharya and (2) Buddharatna Bajracharya from Lalitpur.—[Cf. puṣpavatī pāpamocana sūryāvrata saṃkṣipta]

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Suryavrata in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Sūryavrata (सूर्यव्रत) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—from the Bhavishyottarapurāṇa. W. p. 342.

2) Sūryavrata (सूर्यव्रत):—[dharma] Fl. 163.

3) Sūryavrata (सूर्यव्रत):—according to the Madanaratna and Sauradharma. L.. 669 (inc.).

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

1) Sūryavrata (सूर्यव्रत):—[=sūrya-vrata] [from sūrya > sūr] n. a [particular] ceremony, [Catalogue(s)]

2) [v.s. ...] a [particular] diagram, [ib.]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of various works.

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Suryavrata in German

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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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