Vratacarana, Vratācaraṇa, Vratacaraṇa, Vrata-acarana, Vrata-carana: 6 definitions
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Vratacarana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Vratacharana.
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric TraditionsVratacaraṇa (व्रतचरण) or Vratacaryā refers to the “performance of timed religious observances”.—Cf. Caryā which, in early Śaiva works, may refer specifically to ascetic observance, presumably indeed because it is a contraction of the collocation vratacaryā/vratacaraṇa, “the performance (caryā/caraṇa) of timed religious observances (vrata)”. The verb car, “to move,” but also “to be engaged in”, has indeed long been the natural idiomatic verb of choice for use with vrata, and this accounts for the frequency of such bahuvrīhi expressions as cīrṇavrata (“who has observed his observances”), both in non-Mantramārga works (e.g. Bodhāyanagṛhyasūtra 4.12.2 on p. 118, Yājñavalkyasmṛti 3.298c, Mahābhārata 3.81.135c) and in works of the Mantramārga (e.g. Mālinīvijayottara 10.17c and 10.34c, Mohacūḍottara 1.14a, etc), as well as for the distinctively Tantric bahuvrīhi expression cīrṇavidyāvrata (e.g. Siddhayogeśvarīmata 13.1a).
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVratācaraṇa (व्रताचरण).—the observance of a vow.
Derivable forms: vratācaraṇam (व्रताचरणम्).
Vratācaraṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vrata and ācaraṇa (आचरण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVratācaraṇa (व्रताचरण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) Observing a religious obligation, especially continence, as the duty of the student. E. vrata and ācaraṇa going.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVratācaraṇa (व्रताचरण):—[from vrata] n. the act of observing a vow or rel° obligation ([especially] that of continence), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVratācaraṇa (व्रताचरण):—[vratā+caraṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Keeping a vow.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVratācaraṇa (ವ್ರತಾಚರಣ):—[noun] = ವ್ರತಾಚರಣೆ [vratacarane].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Carana, Acarana, Vrata.
Full-text: Somavaravratacaranakrama, Carana, Vratacarya, Cirna, Cirnavrata, Carya.
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