Ekadashi
ekādaśīThe eleventh lunar day of each fortnight, observed twice a month as a day of fasting and devotion, especially to Vishnu.
Where this term appears
- The Vishnu Sahasranama Worship
It is favoured on Fridays and on the Ekadashi , the eleventh day of the lunar fortnight sacred to Vishnu.
- The Four Streams of Hinduism Essentials
In the lived tradition a Smarta household keeps a Krishna festival in one month and a Devi worship in another. A Shaiva family fasts for Vishnu's Ekadashi.
- The Rhythms Within the Month Treatise
The eleventh day Of the recurring lunar observances, the most widely kept is Ekadashi , the eleventh tithi .
- The Turning Toward Light Treatise
Vaikuntha Ekadashi , the Ekadashi of the month when the sun sits in Dhanu , falls in this window, the day the gate of Vishnu's heaven is held to stand open and the northern door of the great southern temples is…
- The Year as a Teacher Treatise
Within the month, faster wheels still turn. The twice-monthly Ekadashi , the fast on the eleventh tithi .