Yatavrata, Yata-vrata: 8 definitions
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Yatavrata (यतव्रत).—a.
1) observing vows; इन्द्रोऽन्यः सर्वदेवानां भवेदिति यतव्रताः (indro'nyaḥ sarvadevānāṃ bhavediti yatavratāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.31. 13
2) keeping to one's engagements or promised observances.
Yatavrata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yata and vrata (व्रत).
Yatavrata (यतव्रत).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Firm to an engagement or vow. E. yata, vrata a vow.
Yatavrata (यतव्रत).—(vb. yam), adj. firm to an engagement or vow, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahābhārata.] 36, 12.
Yatavrata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yata and vrata (व्रत).
Yatavrata (यतव्रत).—[adjective] observing vows; devout, firm, constant.
Yatavrata (यतव्रत):—[=yata-vrata] [from yata > yam] mfn. observing vows, firm of purpose, [Mahābhārata; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
Yatavrata (यतव्रत):—[yata-vrata] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Firm to a vow.
Yatavrata (यतव्रत):—(yata + vrata) adj. f. ā an seinem Vornehmen fest haltend [Mahābhārata 1, 6936. 3, 9996. 13, 2038.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 74, 7.]
Yatavrata (यतव्रत):—Adj. (f. ā ) an seinem Vorhaben festhaltend.
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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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
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