Vratati, Vratatī: 9 definitions
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Vratati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: Wisdom Library: Raj NighantuVratati (व्रतति) refers to a “creeper” (viz., a creeping plant), as mentioned in a list of eight synonyms for Vīrudh or Latā, according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Vratati] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVratati (व्रतति) or Vratatī (व्रतती).—f.
1) A creeper; पादाकृष्टव्रततिवलयासंगसंजातपाशः (pādākṛṣṭavratativalayāsaṃgasaṃjātapāśaḥ) Ś.1.33; R.14.1.
2) Expansion, extension.
Derivable forms: vratatiḥ (व्रततिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVratati (व्रतति).—f. (-tiḥ or tī) 1. Expansion, spreading. 2. A creeper. E. vṛt to abide, ati aff.; the vowel changed to its congener.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVratati (व्रतति).—vratatī (vb. vṛt). f. 1. Spreading. 2. A creeper, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 32.
Vratati can also be spelled as Vratatī (व्रतती).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVratati (व्रतति).—[feminine] creeping plant, creeper.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vratati (व्रतति):—f. ([probably] [from] √vṛt) a creeping plant, creeper, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. (also tī)
2) expansion, extension, spreading (= pra-tatī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVratati (व्रतति):—[(tiḥ-tī)] 2. 3. f. Expansion; a creeper.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVratati (ವ್ರತತಿ):—
1) [noun] a spreading, extending or being spread, extended widely.
2) [noun] the space, amount or degree to which a thing extends; extent.
3) [noun] any plant whose stem puts out tendrils or rootlets by which it can creep along a surface as it grows; a creeper.
4) [noun] a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; a crowd.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with: Vratatipatti, Vratativalaya.
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Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Kṣīrasvāmin’s citations of Bhoja < [Chapter 6 - Grammatical Aspects]
Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
2. Descriptions of nature and natural objects < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CCCII < [Mokshadharma Parva]
Abhijnana Shakuntala (synthetic study) (by Ramendra Mohan Bose)
Chapter 1 - Prathama-anka (prathamo'nkah) < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and commentary]