vrata
vrataA religious vow, usually involving a fast, undertaken for a fixed time and tied to a tithi or deity; the basic unit of devotional time.
Where this term appears
- What are the Puranas? Scriptures
The pilgrimage places and the merit of reaching them. The vows, the vratas , fasts and observances anyone could keep.
- Who is Parvati? Deities
The Brahmavaivarta Purana tells the origin differently again, with the boy born of a punyaka vrata and beheaded by Shani's gaze.
- The Rhythms Within the Month Treatise
That form has a name. It is the vrata .
- The Year as a Teacher Treatise
The monthly Shivaratri , the monthly Chaturthi . The vow, the vrata , returning every fortnight.
- Is manifestation the same as Hindu sankalpa? Journal
Before a puja , an act of worship, or a vrata , a vow of observance often carried out over days or weeks, the practitioner recites a sankalpa that fixes three coordinates.