Vratapada, Vrata-pada: 1 definition
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Vratapada 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVratapada (व्रतपद).—(m. or) nt. (compare Pali vata-pada, not recorded of this group), point of religious practice; five, viz. the five śikṣāpada, q.v.: Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iii.128.10 ff.; in Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya [Page521-a+ 7] iv.249.2 ff. the five vra°, as taught by Devadatta, are listed as āraṇyakatva, vṛkṣamūlikatva, traicīvarikatva, pāṃsu- kūlikatva (no fifth named; these are dhūtaguṇa).
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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