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vrāव्राvrā́ f. (fr. √ 1. vṛ accord. to some fr. a masc. stem vra) a heap, host, multitude (mostly vrā́s, pl.), [RV.] ([Sāy. i, 121, 2],‘night’, ‘dawn’), [AV.]; (accord. to some also, ‘a woman, esp. a wanton or lustful woman’)
vrādhव्राध्(prob. connected with √ vṛdh), only in vrādhanta and superl. of pr. p. vrā́dhantama, (prob.) to be great or mighty (accord. to others ‘to urge, incite’), [RV.]
vrāṇaव्राणvrāṇá mfn. held back, pent up (as rivers), [RV.]
vrājaव्राजm. (for 2. See below) going, movement, motion, [MW.]
vrājá m. (for 1. See above) = vrajá, a troop, host, band (am ind. in troops), [AV.]
a domestic cock, [L.]
1. 2. &c. See p. 1042, col. 1.
vrājiव्राजिf. ‘who or what moves (?)’, a gale of wind, [W.] (cf. dhrāji).
vrātaव्रात&c. See below.
vrā́ta m. (connected with √ 1. vṛ, or with vratá and √ 2. vṛ) a multitude, flock, assemblage, troop, swarm, group, host (vrā́taṃ vrātam, in companies or troops; páñca vrā́tās, the five races of men), association, guild, [RV.] &c. &c.
the company or attendants at a marriage feast, [W.]
= manuṣya, [Naigh. ii, 3]
the descendant of an out-caste Brāhman &c. (= vrātya), [L.]
vrā́ta n. manual or bodily labour, day-labour, [ib.]
vrājamव्राजम्(am), ind., in troops
vrājinव्राजिन्See viṣṭhā-vrājin, p. 999, col. 1.
vrātyāव्रात्याvrā́tyā (ā), f. a female Vrātya, [Mn. viii, 373]
a vagrant life, [PañcavBr.]
vrātyaव्रात्यvrā́tya m. a man of the mendicant or vagrant class, a tramp, out-caste, low or vile person (either a man who has lost caste through non-observance of the ten principal Saṃskāras, or a man of a partic. low caste descended from a Śūdra and a Kṣatriyā; accord. to some ‘the illegitimate son of a Kṣatriya who knows the habits and intentions of soldiers’; in [AV. xv, 8, 1]; [9, 1], the Rājanyas and even the Brāhmans are said to have sprung from the Vrātya who is identified with the Supreme Being, prob. in glorification of religious mendicancy; accord. to [ĀpŚr.] is used in addressing a guest), [AV.] &c. &c.
vrā́tya mfn. belonging to the Vrata called Mahā-vrata (q.v.), [PañcavBr.], Sch.
vrācaḍaव्राचडvrācaṭa or m. a kind of Apabhraṃśa dialect, [Cat.]
vrācaṭaव्राचटor vrācaḍa m. a kind of Apabhraṃśa dialect, [Cat.]
vrājikaव्राजिकn. a kind of fast (subsisting on milk; observed by religious mendicants), [L.]
vrātīnaव्रातीनmfn. living by the profession of a Vrāta, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 21]
having no fixed employment, belonging to a vagrant gang, [Lāṭy.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]
vrātikaव्रातिकn. a partic. observance, [Gobh.]
vrātyatāव्रात्यताvrātya—tā f. the condition of a Vrātya, [Viṣṇ.]; [Mn.] &c. ([IW. 271]).
vrājabāhuव्राजबाहुvrāja—bāhu m. du. outstretched arms (lit. ‘arms that form an enclosure’), [ŚāṅkhBr.]
vrājapatiव्राजपतिvrājá—patí (or vrājá-p°) m. the lord of a troop or host, [RV.]; [AV.]
vrātabhṛtaव्रातभृतvrāta—bhṛta mf(I)n. addressed to Agni Vrata-bhṛt, [ĀpŚr.]
vrātamayaव्रातमयvrāta—maya mf(I)n. consisting of a multitude of (comp.), [BhP.]
vrātapataव्रातपतvrāta—pata mf(I)n. relating or belonging or sacred to Vrata-pati, [ŚrS.]; [Vas.]
vrātapatiव्रातपतिvrā́ta—pati (vrā́ta-), m. lord of an assemblage or association, [VS.]
vrātasāhaव्रातसाहvrāta—sāhá ([Padap.] -sahá) mfn. conquering hosts or in hosts, [RV.]
vrātyatvaव्रात्यत्वvrātya—tva n. the condition of a Vrātya, [Viṣṇ.]; [Mn.] &c. ([IW. 271]).
vrātyabhāvaव्रात्यभावvrātya—bhāva m. = -tā, [Kāty.]
vrātyadhanaव्रात्यधनvrātya—dhana n. the property of a Vr°, [PañcavBr.]
vrātyagaṇaव्रात्यगणvrātya—gaṇa m. the vagrant class, [KātyŚr.]
vrātajīvanaव्रातजीवनvrāta—jīvana mfn. living by manual or bodily labour, [MW.]
vrātapatīyaव्रातपतीयvrāta—pa°tīya mfn. id., [KātyŚr.], Sch.
vrātyabruvaव्रात्यब्रुवvrātya—bruvá m. one who calls himself a Vr°, [AV.]
vrātyacaryāव्रात्यचर्याvrātya—caryā f. ([Lāṭy.]) the life and practice of a vagrant.
vrātyastomaव्रात्यस्तोमvrātya—stoma m. N. of partic. Ekāhas, [ŚrS.]; [Gaut.]; [Vas.]
(with kratu) a partic. sacrifice (performed to recover the rights forfeited by a delay of the Saṃskāras), [Yājñ. i, 38.]
vrātyayajñaव्रात्ययज्ञvrātya—yajña m. a kind of sacrifice, [PañcavBr.] (cf. -stoma).
vrātyacaraṇaव्रात्यचरणvrātya—caraṇa n. ([ib.]) the life and practice of a vagrant.
vrātyayājakaव्रात्ययाजकvrātya—yājaka m. one who sacrifices for a Vr°, [MW.]
vrātapateṣṭiprayogaव्रातपतेष्टिप्रयोगvrāta—pa°teṣṭi-prayoga m. N. of wk.