vrata

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noun

A pious observance such as fasting and pilgrimage.

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Meanings

nounvrata (plural vratas)

plural vratas

  1. HinduismJainismA pious observance such as fasting and pilgrimage.

Origin

Transliteration of Sanskrit व्रत (vratá). Related to the group word, verb, and verve, from the same Proto-Indo-European root, *werh₁- (“to speak, say”).

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