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.]